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
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