Trivia Tuesday
(No prizes, but if you can answer them all without googling you get bragging rights.)
- Boris Karloff has portrayed Frankenstein’s monster, the Mummy, and Dr. Fu Manchu. What other actor–who also had a part in some of the Star Wars movies–has also played those three roles?
- Created in the wake of Godzilla’s success, Gamera is a giant, fire-breathing what?
A) Octopus
B) Elephant
C) Stegosaurus
D) Turtle
E) Parrot - What well-known Eurythmics song was covered by Cruxshadows on their “Until the Voices Fade” album?
- In this classic short story by W. W. Jacobs, a couple is given an artifact which grants them three wishes, but each one comes at a terrible cost.
- In the voodoo religion, loas are intermediary spirits which are often worshipped in their own right. Which of these is NOT a loa?
A) Damballa Weddo
B) Ogou Feray
C) Baron Samedi
D) Oreille Singe
E) Erzulie Fréda - Named for the mythical Mars’ acolytes, Fear and Terror, the moons of Mars are called what?
- Winston Smith met his greatest fear in Room 101. What was it?
- The Blob’s theme song (of course it had a theme song) was written by Hal David and:
A) Warren Zevon
B) Art Garfunkel
C) Don Ho
D) Burt Bacharach
E) Paul Anka - The drum machine used by The Sisters of Mercy on many of their albums also “runs” an advice column on their Website. What is its name?
- What did Sarah Connor work as before the Terminator arrived from the future?
A) Police Officer
B) Teacher
C) Waitress
D) Secretary
E) Taxi Driver
(Answers below the fold)
- Christopher Lee
- D) Turtle
- “Here Comes the Rain Again”
- “The Monkey’s Paw”
- D) Oreille Singe
- Deimos and Phobos
- Rats. (From Orwell’s 1984)
- D) Burt Bacharach. The song’s lyrics, incidentally, are: “Beware of The Blob!/It creeps, and leaps, and glides and slides/across the floor, right through the door/and all around the wall/A splotch, a blotch/be careful of The Blob!”
- Doktor Avalanche
- C) Waitress
Posted in Trivia | 7 Comments »
October 4th, 2011 at 11:39 am
I thought you were going for Peter Cushing in #1. Lee was wonderful in Lord of the Rings, but what did he play in Star Wars? I’m appalled that I can’t remember.
October 4th, 2011 at 11:45 am
You probably can’t remember because you blocked out the prequels. Lee played “Count Dooku.” Bleah.
October 4th, 2011 at 7:26 pm
I knew a few of these but number 7 jumped right out at me. RATS! My most favorite book. :)
October 4th, 2011 at 8:56 pm
My boyfriend and I working together only got six. But his nerdy knowledge of astrology and everything Cruxshadows came in handy.
October 6th, 2011 at 8:15 pm
another good trivia post! these are nice and challenging. :) i only got 4 this time, but i love to play.
October 10th, 2011 at 12:32 am
Well I actually did decently for once. 5 isn’t too shabby. I’m slightly ashamed to admit though that I only knew ‘The Monkey’s Paw’ from the Simpsons version :)
October 11th, 2011 at 10:31 pm
Only two this time… :p