Witches - 31/10/11

1. In some ancient witching recipes, they ask you to stir the pot widdershins – what does that mean?
Anti-clockwise

2. In which state is Salem, where the famous witch trials took place?
Massachusetts

3. In which decade was the last person to be imprisoned in Britain for being a witch?
1940s (1944)

4. According to the book and stage musical Wicked, what is the name of the Wicked Witch of the East – the sister of the main character Elpheba?
Nessa/Nessarose

5. In the Steeleye Span song, who is the ugliest in the north country?
Alison (Gross)

6. Which book by Arthur Miller used the Salem witch trials to commentate on 1950’s American culture?
The Crucible

7. Which historical figure, accused of being a witch, was nicknamed the Maid of Orleans?
Joan of Arc

8. Introduced in the Harry Potter books, if a witch is a mudblood, what does that mean?
Her parents are muggles/non-witches

9. Who sang the song Witchy Woman originally?
The Eagles

10. Which Shakespeare play opens with three witches atop a heath asking “When shall we three meet again?”
Macbeth

Connections - 31/10/11

1. What disease did Marilyn Monroe, Enrique Iglesias and Margaret Thatcher all reportedly suffer from?
Insomnia

2. Who took the Christmas No. 1 slot in 2009?
Rage against the Machine

3. What name is given to the individual rectangular textboxes that make up a spreadsheet?
Cell

4. Who is Frank Lampard’s fiancée?
Christine Bleakley

5. Which first name connects Fisher, the actress who played Prinecss Leia in the original Star Wars triology, and Bradshaw, the main character in Sex and the City?
Carrie

6. Which famous geyser was the first in Yellowstone National Park to receive its name?
Old Faithful

7. Which letter is represented in the NATO phonetic alphabet by the name of a month?
N

8. Which Maroon 5 song includes the lyrics “And there ain't nobody who can comfort me, oh yeah. Why won't you answer me? The silence is slowly killing me, oh yeah?”
Misery

9. What is 44 times 32?
1408

10. What connects these?
Stephen King works

Literary Monsters - 31/10/11

1. Which book is subtitled “The Modern Prometheseus”?
Frankenstein

2. In which epic would you find the monster “Grendel”?
Beowulf

3. In the Roald Dahl book, what to do the witches try to transform all the children into?
Mice

4. Which writer, as well as his more famous poems, write the short stores “The Telltale Heart,” “The masque of the Red Death,” and “The Pit and the Pendulum”?
Edgar Allen Poe

5. Which horror book, made into a 1990 film, features the character Pennywise the Dancing Clown?
It

6. Which character in literature sacrificed himself to defeat the Balrog?
Gandalf (the Grey)

7. Which science fiction author created the monster Cthulu?
HP Lovecraft

8. Complete the title of the novel by Seth Grahame-Smith: Pride, Prejudice and WHAT?
Zombies

9. What connects Darren Shan, Bella Swann and Lady Margalotta?
All vampires

10. Which monster has “terrible tusks and terrible claws and terrible teeth in his terrible jaws”?
The Gruffalo