Witches
This witch is probably the smartest at Hogwarts but is also known for her bravery and loyalty
Who is Hermione Granger?
This supernatural romance series was first released in 2005 by Stephenie Meyer and popularized romanticized vampires for young adults and mainstream audiences
What is Twilight?
This werewolf fell in love with Nymphadora Tonks and had a son named Teddy before both tragically died at the Battle of Hogwarts (Hint: also close friends with James Potter and part of the Marauders)
Who is Remus Lupin?
This Disney Channel Original follows the story of optimistic human cheerleader Addison and charismatic zombie football player Zed as they fall in love and overcome prejudices and societal pressure
What is Zombies?
This witch was defeated by a bucket of water
Who is the Wicked Witch of the West?
This novel, written by Bram Stoker in 1897, codified modern vampire lore, powers, and weaknesses into a definitive cultural myth (Hint: probably the most famous vampire of all time)
What is Dracula?
This king (featured in Ovid’s Metamorphoses) is transformed into a wolf by Zeus as a punishment for serving him human flesh (Hint: it’s also where we get the term “lycanthropy”)
Who is King Lycaon of Arcadia?
This author is best known for writing Frankenstein (The Modern Prometheus) while also being a pioneering feminist philosopher known for writing A Vindication of the Rights of Women
Who was Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley?
This Greek mythology sorceress transformed some of Odysseus’s men into pigs
This novel series was written by L.J. Smith and adapted into a TV show by The CW for 8 seasons, following the story of two vampire brothers Stefan and Damon Salvatore and their love triangle with Elena Gilbert
What is The Vampire Diaries?
This book written by Kelley Armstrong pioneered modern urban fantasy werewolf fiction and featured literature’s first major female werewolf protagonist (Hint: a 3-season TV series adaptation also aired on the Syfy channel from 2014 to 2016)
What is Bitten?
This post-apocalyptic graphic novel series follows small-town sheriff Rick Grimes as he wakes from a coma into a world overwhelmed by zombies (Hint: adapted into an 11-season TV series; arguably one of the most popular zombie TV shows)
What is The Walking Dead?
This enchantress appears in Arthurian legend as a powerful sorceress, healer, and half-sister to King Arthur (Hint: she also appears in the Marvel Universe, debuting in Black Knight #1 (1955) and as the season 3 antagonist of the TV series Runaways)
Who is Morgan le Fay?
This book was written by Anne Rice in 1976 and helped spearhead the shift from viewing vampires as mindless monsters to introspective, tragic figures and the burden of immortality (Hint: it’s movie adaptation starred Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, and Kirsten Dunst)
What is Interview with the Vampire?
This epic, written circa 2100 BC, is considered the earliest recorded mention of a human turning into a wolf when the goddess Ishtar turns a former lover into a wolf (Hint: it is considered the oldest surviving notable work of literature and follows the King of Uruk)
What is The Epic of Gilgamesh?
This 2006 zombie novel written by Max Brooks is an oral history of a zombie apocalypse featuring global perspectives, government strategies, and survivor accounts (Hint: it’s movie adaptation of the same name stars Brad Pitt)
What is Word War Z?
This Shakespeare play included the Weird Sisters (Three Witches) as chaotic, pagan outcasts, reflecting historical witch-prosecution fears codified in texts like Malleus Maleficarum (1487)
What is Macbeth?
This Voivode (Slavic title meaning “war leader”) of Wallachia is considered the inspiration for Dracula and is known for his extreme brutality and psychological warfare against the Ottoman Empire (Hint: known for impaling his enemies with wooden stakes)
Who was Vlad III (Vlad the Impaler)?
This horror novel written in 1933 by Guy Endore is considered the “Dracula” of werewolf literature and is set during the Franco-Prussian war, using the werewolf as a metaphor for the savagery of human warfare and societal collapse
What is The Werewolf of Paris?
This author wrote Herbert West—Reanimator, a pulp horror story about a doctor trying to resurrect the dead, leading to flesh-eating results
Who was H.P. Lovecraft?