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100

According to musical Wicked what are the names of the Wicked Witch of the West and the Good Witch of the South? 

Bonus 100 points: What is the name of the Wicked Witch of the East? 

Elphaba and Glinda 

Bonus: Nessarose (Nessa) Thropp

100

Frankenstein is the name of who in the 1818 novel by Mary Shelley

The young scientist Victor Frankenstein who created the monster. (The monster is usually mistakenly called its creator's name. The monster is unnamed in the book) 

100

"They're creepy and they're kooky. Mysterious and _________.

spooky (The Addams Family)

100

What creature is commonly regarded as the animal familiar of a witch in European folklore? 

a black cat

100

To summon this chaotic ghost, you have to say his name three times

Beetlejuice

200

Name the three witch sisters in the film Hocus Pocus

Who are Winifred (Winnie), Sarah and Mary

200

Which work of literary fantasy does this monster appear in?- "There he lay, a vast red-golden dragon, fast asleep; a thrumming came from his jaws and nostrils, and wisps of smoke, but his fires were low in slumber. Beneath him, under all his limbs and his huge coiled tail, and about him on all sides stretching away across the unseen floors, lay countless piles of precious things, gold wrought and un-wrought, gems and jewels, and silver red-stained in the ruddy light."

J.R.R Tolkien The Hobbit

200

I was working in the lab late one night
When my eyes beheld an _______ sight

eerie (Monster Mash) 

200

References to the mummy as an undead monster and the "curse of the pharoah" gained popularity around the 20th century after which famous pharaoh's tomb was found? (The expedition's financier died from blood poisoning a year after the tomb was opened) 

Bonus 100: What famous film in 1932 starring Boris Karloff added to the mummy hysteria?

King Tut (Tutankhaman)


Bonus: The Mummy

200

What year was the original Ghostbusters released? 

1984

300

In the Harry Potter series; which witch becomes the headmistress of Hogwarts in the book The Order of the Phoenix

Dolores Umbridge 

300

Polyphemus from the The Odyssey is what kind of mythological creature?

A Cyclops 

300

It's close to midnight
And something evil's _________ in the dark

lurking (Thriller) 

300

What female mythological creature from Ireland is known for its scream?

a banshee 

300

In Hocus Pocus, what song do the Sanderson Sisters sing to make everyone dance. 

"I Put a Spell on You"

400

What famous play does the phrase "Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble" come from? 

Shakespeare's MacBeth (The 3 witches- "the Weird Sisters"- chant these lines while gathered around a boiling cauldron to cast a dark spell and brew a toxic potion for Macbeth).

Fun fact- the word witch derives from the Old English wicce meaning "wise woman" 


400

What is the name of the monster in beginning of the epic poem Beowulf? 

Grendel

400

 If there's something __________ in your neighborhood  Who you gon' call

strange (Ghostbusters) 

400

The Grim Reaper image came from a specific event in European history. What was this event?

the bubonic plague 

400

Who directed The Birds?

Alfred Hitchcock

500

Who is the powerful and ambiguous enchantress from the legend of King Arthur (often she and Arthur are portrayed as siblings) 

Morgan la Fay or Morgana (Morgaine) 

500

In Bram Stoker's novel Dracula, Count Dracula cannot enter a home for the first time unless... 

someone of the household bids him to come in.

500

What is the chorus to this song?...

All I want is to be left alone in my average home 

But why do I always feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone 

And...

I always feel like somebody's watchin' me

(Somebody's Watching Me) 

500

What mythical creature is also called lycanthrope 

a werewolf (This comes from the Greek myth about a king named Lycaon who angered Zeus who consequentially turned Lycaon and his sons into werewolves as punishment.) 

500

In the cartoon film It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown what costume do most of the kids wear trick or treating? 

a ghost

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