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Quiz #19 - Halloween

  • 27-10-2012 9:30pm
    #1
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Here we go again……….. :)


    Object of the game:
    The point of the game is pretty simple. In a PM to me, answer each of the 10 questions below. There are no wrong answers.
    The point is to give the most popular, correct answer that you think the majority of the people will give.
    So give each question some thought and try to figure out what you think the others will answer and not just the first answer that comes into your head.



    Formatting:

    To make my life easier, make your post look exactly like this:

    1. answer
    2. answer
    3. answer
    4. answer
    ...



    Questions:

    1. Name a popular child's costume.
    2. Name something besides sweets that you get when trick-or-treating.
    3. Name a popular Halloween party game.
    4. Besides a jack o'lantern, name a popular decoration for Halloween.
    5. Name an actor/actress associated with Halloween.
    6. Other than 'Halloween' and its sequels, name a popular horror film.
    7. Name a horror novel (doesn't have to be associated with Halloween)
    8. Name a colour associated with Halloween
    9. Name something that a witch might put in her potion.
    10. Besides a stake through the heart, how might you kill a vampire?



    Send me a PM with your answers.



    You can use this thread to ask any questions you have.


Comments

  • Registered Users Posts: 12,909 ✭✭✭✭Rothko


    Do 6 and 7 have to be a novel and movie set around Halloween or just associated with it?


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    Suas11 wrote: »
    Do 6 and 7 have to be a novel and movie set around Halloween or just associated with it?

    edited for clarity :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 12,909 ✭✭✭✭Rothko


    Ponster wrote: »
    edited for clarity :)

    Ok, thanks


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 614 ✭✭✭aido76


    PM Sent


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    In. Welcome back :)


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,177 ✭✭✭Hope O_o


    Thanks :) Ponster! Sending a PM now...

    :o Think I placed dead last in the previous quiz.... :D ...will try to improve my standing ;)

    Happy Halloween!
    kasper.gif BOO!


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    Thanks all !


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,460 ✭✭✭Blisterman


    PM sent


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,900 ✭✭✭Quality


    pm sent


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,147 ✭✭✭orchidsrpretty


    Pm sent, not feeling too confident about this one though!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,125 ✭✭✭westendgirlie


    PM sent :)


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    PM sent :)


    Hmmm, I didn't get it (unless you're also 'davetherave') :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 567 ✭✭✭egan2020


    PM sent.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    And the winner is.....well, it's a tie actually, between Quality and Woodchuck !
    Interestingly, both were the only entrants who didn't give a unique answer, i.e. an answer that no one else gave.


    Quality 509 points


    1. Witch
    2. Apple (normalised to 'fruit')
    3. bob for an apple
    4. Cobwebs
    5. Jamie Lee Curtis
    6. Nightmare on Elm Street
    7. The Shining
    8. Orange
    9. Newt
    10. Sunlight


    woodchuck 509



    1. Ghost
    2. Fruit
    3. Bobbing for apples
    4. Spiderwebs
    5. Jamie Lee Curtis
    6. Friday the 13th
    7. Bram Stoker's Dracula
    8. Orange
    9. Eye of newt (normalised to newt)
    10. Sunlight


    And the rest......


    2 Blisterman 445,45
    3 Hope O_o 436,36

    4 Suas11 436,36
    5 jebforever 418,18
    6 Inquitus 400,00

    7 Orion 318,18
    8 egan2020 318,18
    9 aido76 309,09
    10 orchidsrpretty 272,73


    Those who answered 'apples' or 'oranges' to question 2 got changed to a generic 'fruit' and as such 'eye of newt' became 'newt' and frogs legs became 'frogs'. yeah, I know Shakespeare said 'eye of newt' but I wasn't going to be that picky :)



    Here are the submissions. Answers in bold are the top answers.


    1. Ghost 6
    1. Pumpkin 1
    1. Witch 4


    2. fruit 6
    2. Money 2
    2. Nuts 3


    3. Bobbing for apples 10
    3. Snap apple 1

    Ahh, snap apple. I loved that game. Doesn't seem to be all that popular with this crowd though :)



    4. cobwebs 4
    4. Skeletons 4

    4. Spiders 1
    4. witch 1
    4. Candles 1



    5. boris Karloff 1
    5. Christopher Lee 1
    5. Jack Nicholson 1
    5. Jamie Lee Curtis 4
    5. johnny depp 2
    5. Sigourney Weaver 1
    5. Tom Atkins 1


    6. Alien 1
    6. Blair Witch Project 1
    6. dracula 1
    6. Exorcist 1
    6. friday the 13th 3
    6. Nightmare on Elm Street 2
    6. Scream 1
    6. The Shining 1



    7. Dracula 3
    7. Frankenstein 1
    7. Pet cemetery 1
    7. The Shining 6

    Surprised with this one. I guessed that Dracula would be top as it's more 'Halloweenie' than The Shining and was written by an Irishman.


    8. Black 5
    8. orange 6


    I'm very sure that if I asked this question 20-30 years ago that 'orange' wouldn't have appeared in this list and that people would have split their votes between black and red. Does 'orange' beating 'black' mean that Halloween is now an American holiday?



    9. (Eye of) newt 6
    9. Frog (legs) 3
    9. Poison 1
    9. spiders 1


    "Eye of newt, and toe of frog,
    Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,
    Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting,
    Lizard's leg, and howlet's wing,--
    For a charm of powerful trouble,
    Like a hell-broth boil and bubble."




    10. Crucifix 1
    10. Garlic 1
    10. holy water 1
    10. sunlight 8

    If the zombie apocalypse don't occur and instead the world is invaded by vampires then I want to team up with the people who said 'sunlight' as besides the stake it's the only sure fire way to really kill one. The garlic and the crucifix will just keep them away and the holy water burns them as though it was acid but again, unlikely to actually kill them.


    So well done to the 11 who entered! I'll put another one together this weekend. Follow me @ptegan if you don't visit this forum very often but want to be kept up to date as to when I post these puzzles.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,900 ✭✭✭Quality


    Ponster wrote: »
    And the winner is.....well, it's a tie actually, between [COLOR="red"]Quality[/COLOR] and[COLOR="Red"] Woodchuck[/COLOR] !
    Interestingly, both were the only entrants who didn't give a unique answer, i.e. an answer that no one else gave.


    Quality 509 points


    1. Witch
    2. Apple (normalised to 'fruit')
    3. bob for an apple
    4. Cobwebs
    5. Jamie Lee Curtis
    6. Nightmare on Elm Street
    7. The Shining
    8. Orange
    9. Newt
    10. Sunlight


    woodchuck 509



    1. Ghost
    2. Fruit
    3. Bobbing for apples
    4. Spiderwebs
    5. Jamie Lee Curtis
    6. Friday the 13th
    7. Bram Stoker's Dracula
    8. Orange
    9. Eye of newt (normalised to newt)
    10. Sunlight


    And the rest......


    2 Blisterman 445,45
    3 Hope O_o 436,36

    4 Suas11 436,36
    5 jebforever 418,18
    6 Inquitus 400,00

    7 Orion 318,18
    8 egan2020 318,18
    9 aido76 309,09
    10 orchidsrpretty 272,73


    Those who answered 'apples' or 'oranges' to question 2 got changed to a generic 'fruit' and as such 'eye of newt' became 'newt' and frogs legs became 'frogs'. yeah, I know Shakespeare said 'eye of newt' but I wasn't going to be that picky :)



    Here are the submissions. Answers in bold are the top answers.


    1. Ghost 6
    1. Pumpkin 1
    1. Witch 4


    2. fruit 6
    2. Money 2
    2. Nuts 3


    3. Bobbing for apples 10
    3. Snap apple 1

    Ahh, snap apple. I loved that game. Doesn't seem to be all that popular with this crowd though :)



    4. cobwebs 4
    4. Skeletons 4

    4. Spiders 1
    4. witch 1
    4. Candles 1



    5. boris Karloff 1
    5. Christopher Lee 1
    5. Jack Nicholson 1
    5. Jamie Lee Curtis 4
    5. johnny depp 2
    5. Sigourney Weaver 1
    5. Tom Atkins 1


    6. Alien 1
    6. Blair Witch Project 1
    6. dracula 1
    6. Exorcist 1
    6. friday the 13th 3
    6. Nightmare on Elm Street 2
    6. Scream 1
    6. The Shining 1



    7. Dracula 3
    7. Frankenstein 1
    7. Pet cemetery 1
    7. The Shining 6

    Surprised with this one. I guessed that Dracula would be top as it's more 'Halloweenie' than The Shining and was written by an Irishman.


    8. Black 5
    8. orange 6


    I'm very sure that if I asked this question 20-30 years ago that 'orange' wouldn't have appeared in this list and that people would have split their votes between black and red. Does 'orange' beating 'black' mean that Halloween is now an American holiday?



    9. (Eye of) newt 6
    9. Frog (legs) 3
    9. Poison 1
    9. spiders 1


    "Eye of newt, and toe of frog,
    Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,
    Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting,
    Lizard's leg, and howlet's wing,--
    For a charm of powerful trouble,
    Like a hell-broth boil and bubble."




    10. Crucifix 1
    10. Garlic 1
    10. holy water 1
    10. sunlight 8

    If the zombie apocalypse don't occur and instead the world is invaded by vampires then I want to team up with the people who said 'sunlight' as besides the stake it's the only sure fire way to really kill one. The garlic and the crucifix will just keep them away and the holy water burns them as though it was acid but again, unlikely to actually kill them.


    So well done to the 11 who entered! I'll put another one together this weekend. Follow me @ptegan if you don't visit this forum very often but want to be kept up to date as to when I post these puzzles.


    19 quizzes and I finally win! Whoot

    Thanks ponster


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,446 ✭✭✭davetherave


    You didn't count/include my answers?? :o:( I PMed you on the 29th.

    I demand a recount! :pac:


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    You didn't count/include my answers?? :o:( I PMed you on the 29th.

    I demand a recount! :pac:

    Hmmmm...I don't see a PM from you.

    Any chance you still have the answers?


    EDIT : Looks like I have a problem with my inbox. I have some PMs that I can't seem to open. There may be another 4 entries to add to the totals. Everything could change !


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,446 ✭✭✭davetherave


    Forwarded it on to you again.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    Ok... with dave's addition here is the revised scores. Nothing changes for the top 2 but the rest have moved about a bit...


    Blisterman 450,00
    Suas11 433,33
    jebforever 433,33

    Hope O_o 425,00
    Inquitus 408,33
    davetherave 400,00

    Orion 316,67
    egan2020 316,67
    aido76 300,00

    orchidsrpretty 266,67


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,177 ✭✭✭Hope O_o


    Thanks for all that work, :cool: Ponster!
    Many Congratz Quality and Woodchick! :D Good going!

    :)...I am stunned :eek: that I did not come in dead last again :pac::pac::pac:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,411 ✭✭✭✭woodchuck


    Yay \o/ Thanks Ponster :D

    i-love-halloween.png

    When's the next quiz?! :pac:


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    woodchuck wrote: »
    When's the next quiz?! :pac:

    As soon as I come up with another 5 questions :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,411 ✭✭✭✭woodchuck


    Sweet :) Thanks for all the work you put in Ponster... just looking at all those numbers makes my head hurt :P


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