Trivia Tuesday
(No prizes, but if you can answer them all without googling you get bragging rights.)
- What actor played Daniel “Oz” Osbourne, guitar-player and werewolf, on Buffy the Vampire Slayer?
- 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 - 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.
- 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 - In the 2000 movie Ginger Snaps, what is the first thing that Ginger and Brigitte use to try and cure Ginger’s lycanthropy?
- 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 - 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?
- 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 - Who sang the 1978 hit “Werewolves of London”?
- “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)
- Seth Green
- E) Werewolf of London (1935, six years before Lon Chaney Jr.’s The Wolf Man)
- Lycaon
- A) Fangface
- A navel piercing with a silver ring
- D) Vukodlak
- Basketball
- E) Sheriff
- Warren Zevon
- “and the autumn moon is bright.”
Posted in Trivia | 6 Comments »
July 3rd, 2012 at 9:39 am
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.
July 3rd, 2012 at 10:49 am
6 of 10…one of my best for the trivia tuesdays! such fun. :)
July 3rd, 2012 at 11:12 am
Why the hell do I know the answer to number 7??
July 3rd, 2012 at 4:20 pm
xJane, I feel the same way about #7. LOL
July 3rd, 2012 at 8:26 pm
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
July 4th, 2012 at 9:59 am
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.)