TIME to pit you wits again against Globe's quizmaster Peter Grant with these Halloween-themed questions...

1) In the cult 1968 horror film WitchFinder General which star played the title role? He also provided the voice-over for Michael Jackson's Thriller song.

  • a) Boris Karloff
  • b) Vincent Price
  • c) Anthony Hopkins
  • d) Peter Cushing

2) Which of the following actresses did not appear in the 1987 film The Witches of Eastwick?

  • a) Michelle Pfeiffer
  • b) Susan Sarandon
  • c) Nicole Kidman
  • d) Cher

3) What year was the first film in the Halloween series, starring Jamie Lee Curtis, released?

  • a) 1976
  • b) 1978
  • c) 1980
  • d) 1882

4) What was the character name of the nose-twitching good witch in the 60s US TV series Bewitched?

  • a) Samantha
  • b) Matilda
  • c) Belinda
  • d) Melissa

5) What was the title of the first Harry Potter book?

  • a) ... The Goblet of Fire
  • b) ... The Order of the Phoneix
  • c) ... The Deathly Hallows
  • d) ... The Philosopher's Stone

6)Which disney character appeared as a musical sorcerer in Fantasia?

  • a) Pluto
  • b) Mickey Mouse
  • c) Donald Duck
  • d) Goofy

7) How many witches appear in Macbeth?

  • a) Two
  • b) Three
  • c) Four
  • d) Six

8) Birkenhead-born occultist Alex Sanders, known as 'the King of The Witches', is associated with which part of Wirral?

  • a) Frankby
  • b) Hoylake
  • c) Bidston
  • d) Hilbre

9) Where will you find Derren Brown's Ghost Train attraction?

  • a) Thorpe Parke
  • b) Alton Towers
  • c) Madame Tussaud's, London
  • d) Disneyworld Paris

10) What is the spin-off stage musical from The Wizard of Oz called?

  • a) Cursed
  • b) Bedazzled
  • c) Magical
  • d) Wicked

Answers

  • 1) b
  • 2) c
  • 3) b
  • 4) a
  • 5) d
  • 6) b
  • 7) b
  • 8) c
  • 9) a
  • 10) d

Score

  • 1 - 3 You are a proper pumpkin
  • 4 - 7 Wand-erful try
  • 8 - 10 Spellbinding