Game of 10/26/2020 - Halloween Trivia Week 2
We continue to play trivia each week online - no prizes, just pride. Here are the results from this week's game.
Team Name | Game Score | Rank |
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The Yung Pervs | 52 | 1 |
On the Trophy | 51.5 | 2 |
Hold The Door | 49 | 3 |
Social Masturbation Leads to Chronic Isolation | 48 | 4 |
Bitter Wisdom | 44.5 | 5 |
Tickin Time Bags | 44.5 | 5 |
Trash Can Girls | 40 | 7 |
Round 1 - Scary Phantoms and Nice Spirits
1. Who piloted the plane known as the Spirit of St. Louis?
2. What auto maker’s cars are adorned with an iconic hood ornament known as the Spirit of Ecstasy? (the Ghost, Wraith, and Phantom are some of its models)
3. What do the Irish call a spirit whose wailing warns of an imminent death?
4. Though their more famous mount was a black horse named Tornado, who also rode a white horse named Phantom?
5. The “Surfer on Acid” cocktail is a Jägermeister and pineapple juice mixed with what spirit?
6. In Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace, Gungans (such as Jar Jar Binks) live in underwater cities on what planet?
7. What Christian holiday, which falls 50 days after Easter, commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles?
8. What is the actual first name of The Phantom of the Opera?
1. Who piloted the plane known as the Spirit of St. Louis?
2. What auto maker’s cars are adorned with an iconic hood ornament known as the Spirit of Ecstasy? (the Ghost, Wraith, and Phantom are some of its models)
3. What do the Irish call a spirit whose wailing warns of an imminent death?
4. Though their more famous mount was a black horse named Tornado, who also rode a white horse named Phantom?
5. The “Surfer on Acid” cocktail is a Jägermeister and pineapple juice mixed with what spirit?
6. In Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace, Gungans (such as Jar Jar Binks) live in underwater cities on what planet?
7. What Christian holiday, which falls 50 days after Easter, commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles?
8. What is the actual first name of The Phantom of the Opera?
Round 2 - Scary Media By Any Other Name Would Be As Scary?
1. Alien
2. Child’s Play 3. The Evil Dead 4. Final Destination 5. Friday the 13th 6. Halloween 7. Hocus Pocus 8. Jeepers Creepers 9. Last House on the Left 10. Scream 11. Stranger Things 12. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre |
A. The Babysitter Murders
B. Batteries Not Included C. Book of the Dead D. Flight 180 E. Halloween House F. Headcheese G. Here Comes the Boogeyman H. A Long Night at Camp Blood I. Montauk J. Night of Vengeance K. Night Skies L. Scary Movie M. Star Beast |
Round 3 - Advanced Ghosting
- In Game of Thrones, which character had a direwolf named Ghost?
- Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol is which number film in the MI series?
- Which Shakespeare play features the ghost of Banquo?
- What industrial rock band’s albums include 2008’s Ghosts I-IV, and 2020’s Ghosts V: Together and Ghosts VI: Locusts?
- In The Nightmare Before Christmas, what is the name of Jack Skellington’s ghost dog that has a small glowing Jack-O-Lantern as his nose?
- In 2007, the ghost pepper was ranked as the world’s hottest chili pepper, but has since been superseded by what chili cultivar developed in the southern US by breeder Ed Currie?
- What famous California ghost town located between Yosemite and the Nevada border was once the third most populous city in CA in 1880?
- In the Pac-Man sequel Ms. Pac-Man, the ghost that was Clyde in the original is given what feminine name? (she is recolored to purple in later games)
- In Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, how many ghosts visit Ebenezer Scrooge?
- What book series is written by a collection of ghostwriters writing under the pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon?
- H.P. Lovecraft ghostwrote 1924 short story Imprisoned with the Pharaohs for what famous performer who was born Erik Weisz and died on Halloween 1926?
- Though there is little to no historical evidence of her claim to fame, the ghost of what legendary vexillographer is said to wander the halls of her house that can be visited on Arch St. in Philadelphia?
Round 4 - Costume Party
I will play movie clips featuring Halloween costumes either at a party or trick-or-treating. Name the movie.
Some are short, some are longer.
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Round 5 - What Is Dead May Never Die: Eerie Epitaphs
Identify which famous person was buried with the following epitaphs inscribed on their tombstones. To maybe help you, I’ve included the date of death.
1. (Jul. 10, 1989) “That’s all folks!”
2. (Jul. 4, 1826) “Author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom & Father of the University of Virginia.”
3. (Apr. 4, 1968) “Free at last. Free at last. Thank God Almighty I’m Free At Last.”
4. (Jul. 20, 1973) “Founder of Jeet Kune Do”
5. (May 14, 1998) “The best is yet to come.”
6. “Murdered Apr. 3, 1882 by a traitor and a coward whose name is not worthy to appear here.”
7. (Dec. 21, 1940) “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”
8. (Mar. 14, 1883) “Workers of all lands unite. The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it.”
9. (Mar. 5, 1982) “He could have given us a few more laughs, but nooooo.”
10. (Oct. 5, 2004) “There goes the neighborhood.”
11. (Jan. 24, 1965) “I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.”
12. (Jul. 7, 1930) “Steel True, Blade Straight – Knight, Patriot, Physician, & Man of Letters”
Identify which famous person was buried with the following epitaphs inscribed on their tombstones. To maybe help you, I’ve included the date of death.
1. (Jul. 10, 1989) “That’s all folks!”
2. (Jul. 4, 1826) “Author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom & Father of the University of Virginia.”
3. (Apr. 4, 1968) “Free at last. Free at last. Thank God Almighty I’m Free At Last.”
4. (Jul. 20, 1973) “Founder of Jeet Kune Do”
5. (May 14, 1998) “The best is yet to come.”
6. “Murdered Apr. 3, 1882 by a traitor and a coward whose name is not worthy to appear here.”
7. (Dec. 21, 1940) “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”
8. (Mar. 14, 1883) “Workers of all lands unite. The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it.”
9. (Mar. 5, 1982) “He could have given us a few more laughs, but nooooo.”
10. (Oct. 5, 2004) “There goes the neighborhood.”
11. (Jan. 24, 1965) “I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.”
12. (Jul. 7, 1930) “Steel True, Blade Straight – Knight, Patriot, Physician, & Man of Letters”