{"id":33573,"date":"2025-10-25T13:00:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T17:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=33573"},"modified":"2025-10-22T12:09:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T16:09:00","slug":"monsffas-halloween-special-post-2-of-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=33573","title":{"rendered":"MonSFFA’s Halloween Special – Post 2 of 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>This is Post 2 of 4.<\/p>\n

At this moment, the club is holding its annual Super Sci-Fi Book Sale at our downtown meeting locale. As such, there is no interactive ZOOM-chat component included with this month\u2019s MonSFFA event.<\/p>\n

But for our out-of-town club members and friends, we do offer today, here online, a few Halloween-themed items of interest, culled from our meeting archives.<\/p>\n

The Horror, The Horror<\/em>\u2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n

For your perusal, then, this Halloween quiz originally ran as part of our October 15, 2022 Halloween-themed e-Meeting. Good luck! We\u2019ll run the answers in our closing post, today, at 3:00PM.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

1) Halloween is the day before which holiday?<\/p>\n

2) The tradition of making Jack-o-Lanterns to ward off evil spirits is thousands of years old. Which vegetable were they originally made out of?\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

3) According to superstition, if you stare into a mirror at midnight on Halloween, what will you see?<\/p>\n

4) From which region in the world do pumpkins originate?\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

5) Who wrote the novel Frankenstein<\/em>?<\/p>\n

6) Transylvania is a region in which country?\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

7) Halloween has its origins in which ancient Celtic festival?<\/p>\n

8) Which actor played Dr. Frank-n-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show<\/em>?\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

9) Is a pumpkin a fruit or vegetable?<\/p>\n

10) What is the significance of seeing a spider on Halloween?<\/p>\n

11) Which country celebrates the Day of the Dead starting at midnight on October 31?\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

12) According to superstition, a person born on Halloween has what particular ability?<\/p>\n

13) Who directed The Nightmare Before Christmas<\/em>?\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

14) Which vampire said, \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid. I\u2019m going to give you the choice I never had.\u201d?<\/p>\n

15) How many people were hanged during the Salem Witch Trials?\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

16) Every Halloween, Charlie Brown helps his friend Linus wait for which character to appear?<\/p>\n

17) What do people \u201cbob\u201d for on Halloween?<\/p>\n

18) Who is said to haunt the White House Rose Garden?\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

19) Pumpkins can be orange, white, green, or what other colour?<\/p>\n

20) In the The Texas Chainsaw Massacre<\/em>, how many people are killed with a chainsaw?<\/p>\n

21) What\u2019s the body-count in the film Halloween<\/em>?\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

22) In which year was the movie Freaks<\/em> made?<\/p>\n

23) In the original Alien<\/em> film, how many alien eggs were made for the egg chamber inside the downed spacecraft?<\/p>\n

24) How many Oscar nominations did Psycho<\/em> receive?\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Next Post: 2:00PM<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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