{"id":19610,"date":"2013-10-01T06:38:11","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T11:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=19610"},"modified":"2015-03-20T16:36:03","modified_gmt":"2015-03-20T21:36:03","slug":"trivia-tuesday-34","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=19610","title":{"rendered":"Trivia Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"

(No prizes, but if you can answer them all without googling you get bragging rights.)<\/p>\n

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  1. The caretaker of Hogwarts, Argus Filch, takes his name from the 100-eyed giant in Greek mythology who was charged by Hera to guard whom?
    \nA) Europa
    \nB) Ganymede
    \nC) Callisto
    \nD) Io
    \nE) Amalthea<\/li>\n
  2. The greatest goal of alchemy was to synthesize a substance called the Philosopher’s Stone, sometimes said to be an elixir of life but most commonly believed to have what ability?<\/li>\n
  3. The soap opera Dark Shadows<\/i> took place in the fictional town of Collinsport in what U.S. state?
    \nA) Massachusetts
    \nB) New Hampshire
    \nC) Maine
    \nD) Vermont
    \nE) Connecticut<\/li>\n
  4. In Disney’s Haunted Mansion, what is the name of the medium whose head is conducting a s\u00e9ance from within a crystal ball?<\/li>\n
  5. The phrase, “a rag and a bone and a hank of hair” comes from the poem The Vampire<\/i> by which author?
    \nA) Gerard Manley Hopkins
    \nB) Rudyard Kipling
    \nC) Robert Browning
    \nD) John Dryden
    \nE) Thomas Hardy<\/li>\n
  6. The term for the employee in a morgue or forensic lab who is responsible for moving, handling, and cleaning the corpse is Diener<\/i>, which means “servant” in what language?<\/li>\n
  7. The Japanese Mujina<\/i> is a magical animal which can shapeshift and particularly likes to prank people by appearing as a faceless human. What kind of animal is it?
    \nA) Pig
    \nB) Sparrow
    \nC) Cat
    \nD) Badger
    \nE) Fox<\/li>\n
  8. Who wrote and performed the Ghostbusters<\/i> theme song?<\/li>\n
  9. The Bible’s Book of Revelations specifies “the number of the beast” as being 666; rather than a prophecy, however, most scholars believe this to be a politically-pointed numerological reference to what historical figure?
    \nA) Diocletian
    \nB) Julius Caesar
    \nC) Nero
    \nD) Constantine
    \nE) Cicero<\/li>\n
  10. The third installment in the Halloween<\/i> movie franchise didn’t feature any elements from the first two films, instead presenting a convoluted plot about sinister Halloween masks. What was this film’s title? (Hint: It’s also the title of a popular song by Donovan.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    (Answers below the fold)<\/p>\n

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    1. D) Io<\/li>\n
    2. To turn base metals into gold.<\/li>\n
    3. C) Maine<\/li>\n
    4. Madame Leota<\/li>\n
    5. B) Rudyard Kipling<\/li>\n
    6. German (the name derives from Leichendiener<\/i>, which means “corpse servant” and would be an excellent<\/em> name for a band).<\/li>\n
    7. D) Badger<\/li>\n
    8. Ray Parker, Jr.<\/li>\n
    9. C) Nero<\/li>\n
    10. Season of the Witch<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      (No prizes, but if you can answer them all without googling you get bragging rights.) The caretaker of Hogwarts, Argus Filch, takes his name from the 100-eyed giant in Greek mythology who was charged by Hera to guard whom? A) Europa B) Ganymede C) Callisto D) Io E) Amalthea The greatest goal of alchemy was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trivia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19610"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19615,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19610\/revisions\/19615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}