Legends of the Fall Quiz

Legends of the Fall Quiz 

What was Dr. Frankenstein’s first name? Victor        b)  Igor       c)  Hadley

2) Which Peanuts character was the first to believe in the Great Pumpkin,  even writing to the Great Pumpkin about his sincere pumpkin patch? Snoopy        b) Linus      c) Charlie

3) The Irish originally used turnips to make Jack-O-Lanterns on Hallowe’en.  True      b) False

4) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a short story about a headless horseman searching for his head. The author of the story is: Bram Stoker     b) Ichabod Crane      c) Washington Irving

5)  Double, double toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble is one of the most famous lines in English literature. These lines are spoken in unison by three witches. Whose future do the witches predict.  Macbeth       b)  Hamlet       c) Lear

6) Which pigment hides any other colors in leaves, but disappears in the fall due to the changes in daylight and temperatures.  glucose      b) chlorophyll       c) retsina

7) Hallowe’en is the third most commercially successful holiday after Valentine’s Day.  True     b)  False

8) One of the most popular ways of killing a vampire was to expose it to sunlight. However, there is a real disease that has similar symptoms; people with this disease are very sensitive to sunlight, so avoid going out during the day. What is the name of this disease.  anemia    b) porphyria    c) scrapie

9) The ghost of the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, is reported to be one of the ghosts that haunts the White House.  True     b) False

10)  In the Northern Hemisphere, the autumnal equinox begins in September. When does autumn begin in the Southern Hemisphere.  February        b) March        c) April

11) Which of these birds do not migrate in autumn? ravens   b) swallows    c) storks

12) John Cleese played which ghostly character who haunted the halls of Hogwarts in the Harry Potter movies.  the Fat Friar    b) the Bloody Baron  c) Nearly Headless Nick

13) How many countries celebrate the harvest festival of  “Thanksgiving” as we know it?   one         b)    two       c)  three

ANSWERS - BUT NO FAIR PEEKING

1. Victor - Igor was the assistant

2. Linus - Linus really believed that his was the most sincere pumpkin patch and that the Great Pumpkin would deliver toys and candy for all the good children on Hallowe’en night. 

3. True - Before using pumpkins, the Irish used turnips, which were more affordable and more plentiful. They were lit with coal and used to beckon deceased love ones and stave off the evil spirits.

4. Traditional folklore holds that the Horseman was a Hessian trooper who was killed during the Battle of White Plains in 1776. Modern folklore had his search taking place around Hallowe’en, when he rises from his grave as a malevolent ghost searching for his head. 

5. Macbeth - aka the Weird Sisters, who held a striking resemblance to the three Fates of Greek mythology which dictate that a person’s fate cannot be changed.

6. chlorophyll - glucose is a simple sugar; retsina is a Greek wine

7. False - Hallowe’en is the second most commercially successful holiday after Christmas. Valentine’s Day is third.

8. Porphyria causes great sensitivity to light and people with the disease might even have red eyes and teeth.

9. True - the official White House website states that Abraham Lincoln has appeared in the Lincoln Bedroom and Yellow Oval Room. First Lady Grace Coolidge, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands all claimed to have seen the ghost of the President.

10. March

11. Ravens - Most ravens mate for life and use the same nest each year.

12. Nearly Headless Nick

13. Three:  the U.S., on the 4th Thursday in November; Canada, on the 2nd Monday in October, and Germany, the Erntedankfest is celebrated on the first Sunday in October.