The
questions and/or answers in this quiz all relate to Halloween or the forces
of evil, and most of the sections contain trivia questions, the exception being
the Folklore section, which consists of cryptic clues, and a letter count is
given for all the answers. Two marks
for each correct answer, one for a near miss.
Two sections have bonus marks available.
Folklore
Too dishevelled to risk comb on hag’s bristles (10) One
foot in the grave? No, stepping out!
(5, 2, 5) Once
a turnip, always a light (4, 1’7) Tractor trek I organised for a small reward (5, 2, 5) |
Films
Had
Linda in a spin in 1973 (3, 8) Turned
Edward into Druid sacrifice in 1973 (3, 6, 3) Cleaned
up in 1984 (12) Out
to get Jack in 1987 (3, 7, 2, 8) (Title of film, bonus for director) |
History
Predicted
Saul’s fate in about 1000 BC (3, 5, 3, 5) Persecuted group in 1692 (3, 7, 2, 5) Alfred’s
rocky exile in 1895 (6, 6) |
Literature
Sold soul in 1588 (2, 7)Fulfilled prophecy in 1606 (7) ‘That
night’ described in 1785 (9) Ancestral problems in 1881 (6) (Title of work, bonus
for author) |
Mythology
Aztec
god of resurrection (12) Egyptian
god of the dead (6) Greek
goddess of darkness (6) Norse
god of evil (4) Roman
god of the underworld (5) |
Nature
Manta
(5, 4) Whirlwind
(4, 5) Island
scavenger (9, 5) Gum tree (5, 5) Disaster
area (6, 8) |
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