The Art of Darkness

Trivia Tuesday

July 3rd, 2012 by Cobwebs

(No prizes, but if you can answer them all without googling you get bragging rights.)

  1. What actor played Daniel “Oz” Osbourne, guitar-player and werewolf, on Buffy the Vampire Slayer?
  2. What was the very first mainstream Hollywood werewolf movie?
    A) The Wolf Man
    B) London After Midnight
    C) The Mad Monster
    D) I Was a Teenage Werewolf
    E) Werewolf of London
  3. The word “lycanthropy” is said to derive from the name of this mythical Greek king who was turned into a wolf as punishment for serving Zeus human flesh in an attempt to disprove his omniscience.
  4. This late-70s cartoon was essentially “Scooby-Doo with Werewolves.” It detailed the adventures of a group of teenagers, one of whom turned into a wolf whenever he saw anything resembling the moon, who drove around in their “Wolf-Buggy” and solved crimes.
    A) Fangface
    B) Wolf Patrol
    C) My Favorite Monster
    D) Jabberjaws
    E) Turbo Teens
  5. In the 2000 movie Ginger Snaps, what is the first thing that Ginger and Brigitte use to try and cure Ginger’s lycanthropy?
  6. This Slavic cross between a vampire and a werewolf returns from the grave specifically to have sex with its widow. Its name translates as “wolf’s hair.”
    A) Votyak
    B) Kashub
    C) Libahunt
    D) Vukodlak
    E) Borzoi
  7. In 1985’s Teen Wolf, Michael J. Fox plays an average high school student whose newfound lycanthropy allows him to become the star player on his team. What sport does he play?
  8. In the DC comic series Fables, the Big Bad Wolf is now Bigby Wolf, a shapeshifter who holds what occupation in Fabletown?
    A) Mayor
    B) Chef
    C) Preacher
    D) Farmer
    E) Sheriff
  9. Who sang the 1978 hit “Werewolves of London”?
  10. “Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and…” what?

(Answers below the fold)

  1. Seth Green
  2. E) Werewolf of London (1935, six years before Lon Chaney Jr.’s The Wolf Man)
  3. Lycaon
  4. A) Fangface
  5. A navel piercing with a silver ring
  6. D) Vukodlak
  7. Basketball
  8. E) Sheriff
  9. Warren Zevon
  10. “and the autumn moon is bright.”

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6 Responses

  1. Burning Prairie Says:

    I think cold iron would work better. Beast of Gevaudan aside, silver just hasn’t been proven effective against enchanted beings. Cold iron has long been used against the supernatural. Even a tincture of Aconite would be a better choice. But why even try? Geez, werewolves are just so angst-y about their dual nature.

  2. jeanne e. Says:

    6 of 10…one of my best for the trivia tuesdays! such fun. :)

  3. xJane Says:

    Why the hell do I know the answer to number 7??

  4. Kaitlin Michelle Says:

    xJane, I feel the same way about #7. LOL

  5. WitchArachne Says:

    I’m wondering the same thing.

    Pretty pleased I managed to guess that vampire/werewolf one, though. Based my answer entirely on the name of one of the werewolves in Skyrim :D

  6. cookie Says:

    Back when it was the thing to write books based on TV shows Jack Sharkey ( under-appreciated writer, read ANYTHING he wrote ), wrote one on the Addams Family. In it was a chapter in which Gomez decided to become a psychologist specializing in monsters. When couseling the wolfman he pointedly asked him what he was afraid of; silver loving cups? silver knapkin rings? etc.. Silver BULLETS?!?! At this point the wolfman had an ephipany and left a changed and better man. ( He helped the other classic/Universal monsters too and one very human government bureaucrat. FUNNY stuff! Snag a copy if you see one.)