Trivia at Moynihan's: Fall League 10.26.16

Fall League Trivia 10.26.16

Spooky scary skeletons send shivers down my spine

The Horror!

1. So life isn’t all peachy and nice sometimes and neither are people so here’s a round about actual killers. For starters, what is the nickname of the killer who operated out of the Bay area during the 1960s and 1970s. He sent letters to the Bay Area Press and his last letter said: “Me -37 and SFPD (San Fran Police Dept) – 0. Their identity remains unknown.

The Zodiac Killer

Zodiac – Ryan Leslie

2. This next man decapitated at least 12 victims and kept their heads as trophies. He was also a necrophile and was revisit the sites of his murders and have sex with the corpses. His own defense attorney described him as the definition of heartless evil.” He died on the electric chair in 1989. What was his name?

Ted Bundy

Bundy - Animal Alpha

3. Known affectionately as the Milwaukee Cannibal, this man operated between 1978 and 1991, dismembering 17 men and boys. He even cooked and ate the body parts of some of his victims. He was caught only because a victim was able to overpower him. He was sentenced to 15 terms of life imprisonment but was beaten by a fellow prisoner only after serving 2. Who was this man?

Jeffrey Dahmer

Jeffrey Dahmer and the Chocolate Factory - Macabre

4. Charlize Theron won an academy award in the 2 003 movie ‘Monster’ for depicting this next killer. This woman killed seven men in Florida while working as a prostitute. What was her name?

Aileen Wuornos

Come on Eileen – Dexys Midnight Runners

Bonus: Name me 5 movies about Serial Killers.

1. Silence of the Lambs – Laid to Rest by Lamb of God

2. Psycho – Psycho by Muse

3. Seven – Seven Nation Arm by the White Stripes

4. Texas Chainsaw Massacre – Texas by Magic Man

5. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer – Henry Boy by Bruce Springsteen

1. Candy and processed foods have a tooooon of chemicals in them. Butttttt I wanna know what is added to pop rocks to give them the popping sensation “pop” when you bite into it, what is that chemical?

CO2

Carbon by son little

2.Halloween is coming up and we know that means lots of candy! Which day has the largest sales of candy in the US?

October 28th

October by Icarus

3.Everybody looooves candy corn right? Candy corn has been around since the late 1800s, but tasted completely different, what was the flavor of candy corn before its modern flavors now?

Honey

Honeymoon Avenue by Ariana Grande

4.I personally dislike snickers and any caramel filled bars, but spooooooky enough the snickers bar was named after mars families favorite pet animal what kind of animal was the bar named after?

The horse

Bojack Horseman Main Theme song

What are the 5 most popular swelling candy bars in the world?

1.Milkyway

Milkyway by Madison Mars

2.Butterfingers

Butterfly by Crazy town

3.Kitkat

Cats and dogs by the head and the hearts

4.Reese’s peanut butter cup

Peanut butter jelly by galantis

5.Snickers

Kickapoo by the tenacious D

ZAMBIES.

1. The concept of a zombie comes from a Caribbean island and actually has its roots in French. Originally, zombies were thought to be a dead body reanimated usually through magic. What island culture is responsible for this idea?

Haiti

Haters wanna Be Me – Krispy Kreme

2. The movie Night of the Living Dead is considered the “progenitor” or original Zombie flick. Who wrote and directed this iconic film?

George A. Romero

Budapest – George Ezra

3. One of the biggest hits to grace TV has been the Walking Dead. Personally I’m not a fan of the zombies in this, but that’s fine. Featured on AMC, what is the name of the lead male character on this show? He’s still featured, but to a lesser extent as far as I’m aware.

Rick Grimes

Purple Lamborghini (with Rick Ross) - Skrillex

4. My favorite zombie movie is 28 weeks later. Don’t be fooled by its misleading title and the fact that it’s later than 28 days later because it’s better. This movie features super zombies who have been infected by this super virus that makes them go CRAZYYYY and it’s beautiful. I could spoil it for you and tell you why I really love it but I’ll settle for a question instead. What large city does this movie take place in? Fun fact this movie features Jeremy Renner in 2007 before he got super famous.

London

London Calling – the Clash

Bonus: Zombieland is another famous zombie movie. This movie has a list of rules to live by to make sure that you survive. Name 5.

1. Cardio – Cardiology by Good Charlotte

2. Beware of Bathrooms – Bathroom Sink by Miranda Lambert

3. Check the Backseat – Backseat Freestyle by Kendrick Lamar

4. Wear Seatbelts – Seatbelts for Santa

5. Shake it off – shake it off: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfWlot6h_JM

http://www.zombielandrules.com/

Lore and Folk Tales

1.I’ve been listening to a lot of podcasts that are spooooky. “Lore” is one of my favorites that has many a spoooooky story and do specials around Halloween. A couple of these stories come from books produced by the brothers Grimm. When was children’s and household tales published?

Song can only get you so close

1812 (will be lenient 5-10 years)

The election of 1800 from Hamilton

2.I recently listened to a podcast of a tale from the book. A miller promised the king his daughter could spin hay into gold. Being a king with great wishes the king forces her to sow a room of hay into gold or be executed by morn. Short story an imp shows up and promises to do her bidding for the cheap price of her first-born son, unless she can guess his name. What is this imps name?

Rumplestiltskin

Rumplestiltskin by Patti Austin

3.In the 19th century there was a high demand for fresh bodies and a low supply. This led to a trend in gravedigging and the stealing of freshly buried bodies. In todays term a new body could fetch of 5,000 if sold on the black market to a medical school. What was the new name given to these people who grave robbed?

Resurrectionists

Resurrection fern by iron & wine

4.In 1892 three women who thought to have put a curse on a family member were dug up out of their graves and a tonic was made out of 2 of their organs, unlike today this have been seen as normal. This tonic was then given to the family member who was gravely ill.Name one of the two organs which was ground up and then put into a tonic.

Liver & Heart

Live your Life by T.I. Rihana

BONUS: Since most of this was between the 1800s-1900s I want you to give ne the top five causes of death in the time period.

1.Phenumonia / flu

Say it by flume

2.TB

true disaster by trove lo

3.Infections

Infected by bad religion

4.Heart Disease

Lost in my mind the head and the heart

5.Cerbrovascular Disease