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Thursday, February 21, 2008

Zombie Quiz, Zombie Quiz!

posted by Ilona at 5:31 PM

Answers on Sunday!

1. What's the difference between a zombie and a golem?

2. Wade Davis wrote two books about voudou zombies is Haiti in the 80's. Name one of them.

3. The coup de poudre used by voudou bokors to create a zombie consists largely of the same toxin (Tetrotodoxin) as that found in what type of fish?

4. What was the first name of Shaun's stepfather in Shaun of the Dead?

5. In the 1984 film Night of the Comet, where do the teenage girls get into a gunfight with zombies? Bonus point: what are they doing there?

6. The first zombie movie was made in
a) 1961
b) 1945
c) 1972
d) 1932

7. Put these films in chronological order: Dawn of the Dead, Night of the Living Dead, Day of the Dead

8. Which one of these is not a real title:
a) Chopper Chics in Zombie Town
b) Zombies on Broadway
c) Night of the Zombies
d) Zombie Sunrise

9. The author of Zombie Survival Guide was:
a) John Romero
b) Max Brooks
c) Steven King
d) Wade Davis

10. What does FZVA stand for?
a) Female Zombie Vixen Alert
b) Federal Zombie and Vampire Agency
c) Apocalypse
d) None of the above

11. David Lynch is to Frederico Fellini as George Romero is to ___________.

12. What 1988 film starred Treat Williams as a zombie cop on the trail of
undead crooks?

13. In Shaun of the Dead the name of the pub is...
a) The King's Arms
b) Elephant & Castle
c) Chippers
d) The Winchester

14. What spoof of zombie films proceeded to spoof itself in its sequel
(hint: it's not Evil Dead).

15. Which foreign zombie splatterfest featured a lawnmower put to use on
the undead horde?
a) Undead
b) Zombi 2
c) Brain Dead
d) Shaun of the Dead
13 Comments:

I suck at Zombie trivia - where is Mark when you need him!

I love Shaun of the Dead, it's one of the greatest films ever, I haven't watched it in months though.

February 21, 2008 7:09 PM  

Lol I love the way you say you suck at zombie trivia, like it's a common thing. "Oh God, not more zombie trivia." :-)

February 21, 2008 7:24 PM  

No doubt! I'm about to contest this bad boy up!

February 21, 2008 8:09 PM  

Stacia, believe me, with my ex-boyfriend being a total zombie fan, the trivia was a comming thing, lol.

Mark, you're not allowed in the contest for the quiz!! You probably already know all the answers.

February 21, 2008 10:50 PM  

Wendy - You're right. Every single one.

February 22, 2008 12:07 AM  

I only really know the answer to the last one. My husband rented it while I was suffering morning sickness with our first kid. The lawn mower scene was awful, but the one that really made me gag was when the mother's ear fell in her custard and she ate it. Blech.

February 22, 2008 12:09 AM  

Is the answer to all of the questions "zombie"?

February 22, 2008 6:22 AM  

Naomi, the answer to all of life's questions is "zombie".

February 22, 2008 8:35 AM  

Ok here are my guesses:
1. What's the difference between a zombie and a golem?
A golem is a construct, a zombie is a reanimated life-form

2. Wade Davis wrote two books about voudou zombies is Haiti in the 80's. Name one of them.
Passage of darkness


4. What was the first name of Shaun's stepfather in Shaun of the Dead?
Niall?

5. In the 1984 film Night of the Comet, where do the teenage girls get into a gunfight with zombies? Bonus point: what are they doing there?
Department store – shopping & dressing up I believe


7. Put these films in chronological order: Dawn of the Dead, Night of the Living Dead, Day of the Dead
Night of the Living Dead
Day of the Dead
Dawn of the Dead,

8. Which one of these is not a real title:
a) Chopper Chics in Zombie Town


9. The author of Zombie Survival Guide was:
b) Max Brooks

10. What does FZVA stand for?
b) Federal Zombie and Vampire Agency


13. In Shaun of the Dead the name of the pub is...
d) The Winchester

14. What spoof of zombie films proceeded to spoof itself in its sequel
(hint: it's not Evil Dead).
Book of the Dead?

15. Which foreign zombie splatterfest featured a lawnmower put to use on
the undead horde?
d) Shaun of the Dead


Oh and for your viewing pleasure here are a couple of links to enjoy:

Natalie at Bake and Destroy took a Zombies in popular media class in Chicago, she created a Zombie cookbook for her final!
http://nataliecakes.wordpress.com/category/zombies/

And introducing the Zombie Devil Duckie
http://www.mcphee.com/items/11726.html

February 22, 2008 8:57 AM  

I only know two. I'd hang my head in shame, but that would only make my brains more accessible.

February 22, 2008 9:12 AM  

And, yes, apparently I have more than one brain.

February 22, 2008 9:13 AM  

Hey, I actually know about half of these. Better than I expected.

February 22, 2008 10:56 AM  

Ok, emailed my answers before seeing them here... didn't compare. It's late, I still ahve to do dishes and I'm tired. :p BUT I WANT THE DAMN DUCK!!!

February 23, 2008 11:27 PM  

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