The Art of Darkness

Trivia Tuesday

June 3rd, 2014 by Cobwebs

  1. In Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland the hookah-smoking Caterpillar (voiced by Alan Rickman) has a name. What is it?
    A) Nivens
    B) Mallymkun
    C) Absolem
    D) Thackery
    E) Uilleam
  2. In what war was the Headless Horseman reputed to have lost his head?
  3. Bela Lugosi died whilst filming Plan 9 from Outer Space. To replace him, Ed Wood hired his wife’s:
    A) Dentist
    B) Accountant
    C) Chiropractor
    D) Psychiatrist
    E) Gynecologist
  4. Hybrid human/marine creatures are common in this Lovecraftian Massachusetts town, where the primary religion requires interbreeding with Deep Ones.
  5. The lopsided moose (one antler up/one down) mounted over the fireplace in the Addams Family’s mansion has a name. What is it?
    A) Chauncy
    B) Rudolph
    C) Alphonse
    D) Buttercup
    E) Pierre
  6. In Labyrinth, the Goblin King instructs Hoggle to give Sarah a piece of enchanted fruit. What kind of fruit is it?
  7. Saying that everybody should be able to make some music, the irrepressible Maude gives Harold this instrument in Harold and Maude.
    A) Trombone
    B) Flute
    C) Banjo
    D) Tambourine
    E) Guitar
  8. Shakespeare’s Macbeth takes place primarily in what country?
  9. Horror movies frequently win Academy Awards for things like music or visual effects; only one horror movie has ever won an Oscar for Best Picture. Was it:
    A) The Exorcist
    B) Jaws
    C) The Omen
    D) Rosemary’s Baby
    E) The Silence of the Lambs
  10. Kyle MacLachlan played special agent Dale Cooper investigating the death of Laura Palmer in this peculiar TV series.

(Answers below the fold)

  1. C) Absolem (the other choices are all character names in the movie too; Nivens McTwisp is the White Rabbit, Mallymkun is the Dormouse, Thackery Earwicket is the March Hare, and Uilleam is the Dodo).
  2. The (American) Revolutionary War
  3. C) Chiropractor
  4. Innsmouth
  5. E) Pierre
  6. Peach
  7. C) Banjo
  8. Scotland
  9. E) The Silence of the Lambs
  10. Twin Peaks

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6 Responses

  1. jeanne e. Says:

    6 of 10 today. :) i will happily take that score.

  2. Kathy White Says:

    Hot do! Five out of ten – that’s pretty good for me….

  3. Kathy White Says:

    That was supposed to read “Hot dog!”, not “Hot do”….that’s just nasty.

  4. StoneMaven Says:

    7 out of 10. I can’t believe I forgot Pierre

  5. WitchArachne Says:

    8. I can’t believe I rememberd Pierre.

  6. xJane Says:

    One! (Because I love the new Sleepy Hollow…) but I should’ve gotten Innsmouth. I got as far as Miskatonic University…