Sleep Paralysis
RANDOM from articles
Words
Stone Age
Random (general)
meme (one per team)
100
What happens to your body during dreaming that causes some people to experience sleep paralysis?
The brain sends a sign to the muscles, so that people go limp and don't act out their dreams.
100
What is one animal that was mentioned in the Stone Age article to be depicted as half animal-half God?
cat or dog
100
Define entrapment
a state of being trapped
100
What common feature was discovered among ancient art?
depictions of animal-human hybrids
100
This nocturnal flying mammal is the only mammal naturally capable of sustained flight
bat
100
If someone tells you that you have "unspoken ability to charm or attract someone," they say you have ____.
rizz
200
What inspired the author to write about sleep paralysis?
Her grandmother's experiences
200
What country invented the phrase "What is "bound up with metal" to describe sleep paralysis?
Japan
200
Define chronic
continuous or repeated
200
The time period when people made stone tools, which began almost three million years ago and ended around 5,000 years ago.
Stone age
200
This rapid-eye movement phase of sleep is the stage where most vivid dreaming occurs.
REM
200
who? 
Doge
300
How many people experience sleep paralysis at some point in their lives? Provide an approximate proportion or percentage.
1 in 20. or 5% of the population.
300
What is "Old Hag syndrome"?
Sleep Paralysis
300
Define hallucination
something that seems to exist in reality, but only exists in the mind
300
Research shows that our fear of this classic horror movie monster goes back over 10,000 years to ancient cave paintings.
Werewolf
300
What is a spelunked or spelunker?
This term refers to a person who explores or studies caves as a hobby or science—also known informally as a "caver."
300
This fictional state became the internet's official home for all chaotic, surreal, and nonsensical meme behavior in 2022–2023.
Ohio
400
What three sensations do people commonly experience during sleep paralysis?
- difficulty breathing due to perceived pressure on the chest
- hallucinations
- powerful fear
400
According to Lori Ball, what does her husband need to do in order to wake her up from sleep paralysis?
shake her
400
Define composite
combined
400
What country features a cave with 30,000-year-old artwork of rearing horses and charging rhinos.
France
400
According to folklore, this shiny precious metal is the primary weakness used to kill a werewolf.
What is silver (or a silver bullet)?
400
Finish the iconic viral Vine line: "Road work ahead? Uh, yeah..."
"...I sure hope it does!"
500
What was the name of the lady that was mentioned at the end of the article?
Lori or Lori Ball
500
What did the word "nightmare" used to mean in the THIRTEENTH CENTURY?
It was used to refer to a supernatural being that tormented sleepers by making it hard for them to breathe.
500
What is video nasty?
Brisith slang for an exceptionally violet movie
500
Besides Europe and Africa, rock art sites were surveyed in this third continent, specifically on cliff faces in its northern region.
Australia
500
This traditional American Native object, made with a hoop and a woven net, is traditionally hung above beds to filter out bad dreams.
What is a dreamcatcher?
500
In 2023, McDonalds released a purple birthday milkshake for this classic mascot that inspired a dark, cinematic horror trend on TikTok.
Grimace