Quiz on supernatural creatures and horror in general. Conducted as part of the October Informals Session of Gyanartha Quiz Club

1. Thriller
Researched and Conducted by Harikrishnan M B
Gyanartha Quiz Club, GEC Thrissur
October Informals

3. Dry 1

4.  Comic Collective is the first ever library dedicated to comics in Kerala. It is
situated at Cochin and houses around 1000+ comic books and trade
paperbacks.
 The Kerala Comics Brotherhood is conducting a Halloween themed event
at CC on Oct 29 titled ________. The title is a pun on Halloween using the
name of a comic character (based on a Norse deity) in an upcoming
Hollywood movie.
 FITB

7. Which disease?
 Italy experienced something more closely akin to a zombie movie during the first major outbreak
of _______ in 1494. Since antibiotics were not in use then, this particular disease could literally
rot your face off.
 According to one description, the disease "caused flesh to fall from people's faces, and led to
death within a few months." More specifically, the outbreak caused "the complete destruction of
the lips, others of the nose, and others of various parts of the body.“
 The afflicted somehow lived for months in this condition, the whole time screaming with pain as
their flesh "was eaten away, in some cases down to the bone.“

10. Syphilis

11.  Name the two Hollywood movies Stranger Things is paying homage to in
the following posters

16.  X & Y is a brand of liqueur which consists of two different types of alcohol
with contrasting colours and tastes. They have to be intaked together for
maximum effect.
 An excerpt from their website says: "Two liquids.. One sensational shot. X
& Y when poured together, creates an eerie and exciting layered shot.
Remember……Y likes to be on top!”
 Give me the name of 1886 work of fiction that lends its name to this
alcohol brand or simply ID X & Y

20. FITB
 ____ __ _(X)_ is an urban legend and conspiracy theory alleging that a
certain member of the Beatles died in 1966 and was secretly replaced by
a look-alike. While it was disproved, popular culture continues to make
occasional references to the legend.
 In 2010, American author Alan Goldsher published
the mashup novel ____ __ _(Y)_: The British Zombie Invasion, which
depicts all of the Beatles as zombies.
 The artist himself poked fun at it with a 1993 album (which was recorded
at realtime during one of his tours), titling it ____ __ _(Z)_, with the cover
parodying clues allegedly on the cover of the Beatles' Abbey Road album.

25. FITB
 The word _________ doesn't seem to hold any kind of cultural significance beyond being part of an
old English saying, “_____ ____, Pound Foolish."
 This saying is essentially a warning not to be “_____ ____”— overly cheap when it comes to less
expensive or important things — and "Pound Foolish" — wasteful on big things. Perhaps the word
is a play on the saying, warning children not to be foolish with their lives. Or maybe X just heard the
saying and liked the way " _________ " sounded.

27. Penny Wise

28. FITB
 A __________ ______ is a pedestrian who walks slowly and without attention to their surroundings
because they are focused upon something else. This is now a significant safety hazard as
distracted pedestrians cause accidents. Cities such as Chongqing and Antwerp have introduced
special lanes for such people to help direct and manage them.
 The first blank refers to the cause of this lack of focus while the second blank refers to a creature
(from the world of horror) known for its slow gait and lack of attention to its surroundings.

31. Written
Lego figurines of famous horror movie antagonists
Name the movie

32. 1

33. 2

34. 3

35. 4

36. 5

37. 6

38. 7

39. 8

41. 1. The Silence of the Lambs

42. 2. Friday The 13th

43. 3. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

44. 4. Scream

45. 5. Psycho

46. 6

47. 7

48. 8. The Shining

49. Dry 2

50.  The following is a series of artworks by Chicago-based artist Gail Potocki.
 What do they depict/represent?

56. The 7 Deadly Sins

57. X?
One of the many interesting Easter eggs in Google Maps is as
follows:
If you look in Google Maps for the fastest way from Fort
Augustus to Urquhart Castle, Google would suggest to go by
the which is a rather unconventional mode of transport.

61.  In 2007, daylight saving time changed slightly in USA. Instead of ending in
the last week of October, it now ends in the first week of November. The
decision was made by Congress as part of the Energy Policy Act, a bill that
was presented as a way to conserve energy, giving everyone an extra hour
of daylight in the afternoon.
 But in truth, experts found that this actually lead to a wastage of energy
rather than its conservation.
 What was the real agenda behind this bill?

63. Profits for the Candy Industry
It effectively made Halloween longer for trick-or-treaters.
While a little extra light for collecting candy may not seem that
substantial, for an industry that makes over $2 billion each year
on the holiday alone, it can result in a small fortune.

64.  In vocal jazz, scat singing is vocal improvisation with wordless
vocables, nonsense syllables or without words at all. In scat singing, the
singer improvises melodies and rhythms using the voice as an instrument
rather than a speaking medium.
 The Frank Sinatra hit song "Strangers in the Night" features a scat at the
end. This scat is said to have been the inspiration behind the naming of
which fictional character?

65.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlSbSKNk9f0
 The operative part is from 4:57 onwards

68. X and Y?
 William Alvin Moody better known by the name X is a famous figure in
sports entertainment. He also had a degree in mortuary science and had
certification as an embalmer and mortician. His real-life involvement in
the funeral industry was the inspiration behind his fictional persona of X, a
play on the term Y(who is a figure present at every funeral).
 His association with death was further emphasised via his pale colour &
antics, an object he normally carried and through the various people he
acted as a spokesperson for.

70. X – Paul Bearer, Y - Pallbearer

71.  The following video is from Crossroad Blues which is an episode in the TV
show Supernatural. It shows a famous urban legend about a famous
musician who dies at the end. He's also one of the early entries in a star
studded but a "not looked forward to" group/list.
 Name the musician and the group.

72.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8PsUoWoFgc