Torturous Halloween Trivia
by Andy Moseley - reprinted with permission from the October 2000 Mariners' Log
October 31st is just around the corner, and we all know what that means: Halloween is almost here. To celebrate the spooky day, I have prepared a “who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire”- style trivia quiz to scare you totally, just as the show does. Just as the show does (where is that editor when I need her?), the first couple of questions are simple. From there... well, let’s just say you should be scared of what might happen if you do know all the answers. You don’t win the money; sorry; it went towards trick-or-treat candy. M&Ms for all! Every question will have some kind of Halloween symbol-pumpkin, ghost, witch, and so on-in its question or its answer.
$100: Which of the following has really been the model name of a car?
A) Ghoul
B) Gremlin
C) Ghost
D) Pumpkin
$200: Which celebrity has made a guest appearance on one of the Simpsons’ Halloween specials?
A) Jerry Springer
B) Bill Cosby
C) Whoopi Goldberg
D) “Stone Cold” Steve Austin
$300: What color were Michael Jackson’s wolfman eyes in his creepy “Thriller” video?
A) red
B) yellow
C) white
D) he didn’t have eyes
$500: Which of the following actor’s or actress’s character was killed off in one of the three Scream movies?
A) Neve Campbell
B) David Arquette
C) Courtney Cox-Arquette
D) Sarah Michelle Gellar
$1,000: Finish the lyric from the popular Halloween-themed song “Monster Mash”: “I was working in the lab late one night....”
A) “when Frankenstein came and said, ‘Good night!”
B) “when the Great Pumpkin came out with a big light.”
C) “when my eyes beheld an eerie sight.”
D) “la la la, da da da da boo.”
$2,000: What actor or actress says the line “Heeeeere’s Johnnie!” in the horror movie The Shining?
A) Bob Newhart
B) Jim Carrey
C) Jack Nicholson
D) Nicolas Cage
$4,000: Which Wayans brother did NOT appear in Scary Movie?
A) Damon
B) Shawn
C) Antonio
D) Marlon
$8,000: Who did the vocals for the theme song of Attack of the Killer Tomatoes?
A) General Lee
B) Tommy Lee
C) Curtis Lee
D) Lewis Lee
$16,000: Which classical composer whote “Lucifer Polka”?
A) Strauss
B) Chopin
C) Bach
D) Spears
$32,000: In what year did UNICEF begin collecting money for children in need on Halloween?
A) 1935
B) 1955
C) 1975
D) 1995
$64,000: “What you see... is not always what you get” is the tag line for what movie?
A) Friday the 13th
B) Evil Dead
C) I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
D) Gremlins
$125,000: What current star, who wasn’t really a star back in 1985 when the movie was released, plays a teenager in the vampire movie Once Bitten?
A) Martin Lawrence
B) Jim Carrey
C) Adam Sandler
D) Chris Rock
$250,000: Which of these movies has never been released either in theatrees or on video?
A) Wrestling Women vs. The Mummy
B) The Blair Witch Rejects
C) The Invisible Maniac
D) Freakylinks
$500,000: Which band or artist performs a song titled “Halloween”?
A) Eminem
B) Dave Matthews Band
C) Limp Bizkit
D) Christina Aguliera
$1,000,000: Who directed the 1967 movie Fearless Vampire Killers Or: Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are in My Neck?
A) Roman Rolanski
B) Tobe Hooper
C) Sam Raimi
D) Woody Allen
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