Sleep Paralysis
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Stone Age
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meme (one per team)
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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.
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What is one animal that was mentioned in the Stone Age article to be depicted as half animal-half God?
cat or dog
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Define entrapment
a state of being trapped
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What common feature was discovered among ancient art?
depictions of animal-human hybrids
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This nocturnal bird of prey is famous for its haunting, ghostly calls and its terrifying ability to turn its head up to 270 degrees.
owl
100
An endearing nickname for a close friend or partner.
Pookie
200
What inspired the author to write about sleep paralysis?
Her grandmother's experiences
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What country invented the phrase "What is "bound up with metal" to describe sleep paralysis?
Japan
200
Define chronic
continuous or repeated
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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 fictional, rain-soaked Washington town serves as the eerie, vampire-infested setting for the popular Twilight book and movie saga.
Forks, Washington
200
Full name
Jacob Black
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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
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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
This infamous island prison in San Francisco Bay, once home to Al Capone, is rumored to be haunted by the ghosts of its inmates.
Alcatraz
300
Obsessive tracking, grading, and trying to optimize one's facial features or physical appearance
Looksmaxxing
400
What three sensations do people commonly experience during sleep paralysis?
- difficulty breathing due to perceived pressure on the chest
- hallucinations
- powerful fear
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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
This legendary ghost ship is doomed to sail the oceans forever, and seeing it is considered a terrible omen of doom for sailors.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
400
Used to describe something that tastes incredible
Bussin'
500
What was the name of the lady that was mentioned at the end of the article?
Lori or Lori Ball
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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
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Besides Europe and Africa, rock art sites were surveyed in this third continent, specifically on cliff faces in its northern region.
Australia
500
In "The House Taken Over," to pass the time in her isolated life, Irene obsessively performs this quiet hobby, which she later has to abandon when the back half of the house is seized.
What is knitting?
500
Who?
Simon