Trivia Tuesday
- H.P. Lovecraft’s fictional town of Arkham has a prestigious university named after this river, which runs alongside it.
- This mathematician and astronomer had strong occult leanings, devoting much of his life to the study of magic, divination, and alchemy. He was a trusted advisor to Elizabeth I and used astrology to choose her coronation date.
A) Nicolas Flamel
B) Gerardus Mercator
C) Albertus Magnus
D) Edward Kelley
E) John Dee - Jonathan Swift’s satirical essay “A Modest Proposal” suggests that the poor people in this country should ease their economic woes by raising their children as food for the rich.
- In the novel Dracula, the Count comes to England aboard this ship.
A) Demeter
B) Lucia
C) Czarina Catherine
D) Daedalus
E) Persephone - In 1835 Edgar Allan Poe married a 13-year-old relative. What was her name? (For an extra point, what was their relationship?)
- The “Heaven’s Gate” cult committed mass suicide in anticipation of being uplifted to a UFO they believed to be hiding behind this comet.
A) Halley
B) Shoemaker–Levy 9
C) Hyakutake
D) Kohoutek
E) Hale-Bopp - In Buffy the Vampire Slayer, what is the name of the vampire who sired Angel?
- Which of these is NOT a suit in a modern Tarot deck?
A) Wands
B) Skulls
C) Swords
D) Cups
E) Coins - The “Ghostly Trio” are uncles to what cartoon ghost?
- Many cryptid researchers claim that this legendary water-dwelling monster from Congo River basin folklore is really a relict dinosaur.
A) Menehune
B) Bunyip
C) Mokele-mbembe
D) Ogopogo
E) Wolpertinger
(Answers below the fold)
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