Halloween and Horror SVG Quiz - Statistics

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Answer Stats

Question	Answer	% Correct
Which 1922 film was an unauthorised and unofficial adaptation of the novel Dracula?	Nosferatu	77%
Which author wrote the novels "The Stand", "'Salem's Lot" and "Dreamcatcher"?	Stephen King	65%
Where is the custom of making jack-o'-lanterns at Halloween thought to have originated?	Ireland	58%
Who is the author of the Goosebumps novels?	R. L. Stine	54%
Which major holiday is celebrated on the 31st October in Mexico?	Day of the Dead	50%
Which American writer and poet, whose works have influenced various horror writers, died at the age of 40 on 7th October 1849 under mysterious circumstances?	Edgar Allan Poe	46%
Which horror character wears a glove with razors attached to it?	Freddy Krueger	46%
Which type of ghost typically causes physical disturbances, such as moving objects or making loud noises?	Poltergeist	46%
Who is said to appear in a mirror if you say their name repeatedly?	Bloody Mary	42%
The celebrations for which Gaelic festival begin on the 31st October?	Samhain	42%
The Hecatoncheires, from Greek mythology, were three giants. They each had fifty heads, as well as one hundred of which body part?	Arms	38%
The word "zombi" comes from which country?	Haiti	35%
Who directed Halloween, The Thing and They Live?	John Carpenter	35%
Which two films from 1960, one made in the UK and the other in the US, are often considered to be early slasher films (name either)?	Peeping Tom \| Psycho	27%
Who wrote the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde?	Robert Louis Stevenson	27%
In which country does Victor Frankenstein live when he creates the monster, in Mary Shelley's novel?	Germany	23%
Which type of winged dragon is bipedal?	Wyvern	23%
Yacumama is a giant mythical serpent said to live in which forest?	Amazon Rainforest	19%
Which TV show featured creatures such as the Flukeman and Eugene Victor Tooms?	The X-Files	19%
Jack-o'-lantern is one of the many names given to what phenomenon?	Will-o'-the-wisp	19%
The word "ghoul" is based on a word from which language?	Arabic	15%
The Whowie and yowie are legendary creatures from the folklore of which country?	Australia	15%
Who wrote the horror story The Signal-Man in the 1860s?	Charles Dickens	15%
What is the name of the mummy in the 1932 and 1999 versions of The Mummy?	Imhotep	15%
What name is given to the group of evil extra-dimensional beings in the Hellraiser franchise?	Cenobites	12%
Which artist designed the Xenomorph from the Alien franchise?	H.R. Giger	12%
Which creatures originating in the mythologies of south Asia are half human, half snake?	Nāga	12%
Gashadokuro are spirits in Japanese folklore that resemble giant versions of what?	Skeletons	12%
Which mythical creature from Japan has been depicted as a large bird and as a humanoid figure with a long nose?	Tengu	12%
Which legendary creature from the folklore of the First Nations is characterised by insatiable hunger and cannibalism?	Wendigo	12%
Which undead creatures from Norse mythology often guard the treasure they were buried with?	Draugr	8%
Which mythical creature from Irish folklore is a type of headless horseman?	Dullahan	4%
Which Halloween tradition, similar to trick-or-treating and dating back to the 16th century, involves people dressing up, going house to house and putting on a small performance in exchange for treats?	Guising	4%
Where was the heaviest pumpkin ever measured grown?	Italy	4%
What name is given to the shadowy spirit of a dead person living in the underworld, in Greek and Roman mythology?	Shade	4%
Which novel, in addition to the subsequent 2018 TV series, is a fictionalised account of a lost 1840s expedition to locate the Northwest Passage?	The Terror	4%
Which monstrous son of Gaia and Tartarus in Greek mythology attempted to overthrow Zeus?	Typhon	4%
What alternative name for Halloween doesn't contain the word "hallow"?	All Saints' Eve	0%
The novella At the Mountains of Madness is set in which part of the world?	Antarctica	0%
What is the name of the giant terrestrial beast created at the beginning of creation in the Hebrew and Christian bibles?	Behemoth	0%