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We like to do literary challenges. For several years we had a monthly Harry Potter Challenge. Now we have moved onto other juicy topics...
Vampires are perfect for Halloween.

Test your vampire knowledge.

 

1. In Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, a vampire turns up at one of Slughorn's parties. The vampire's name is:

a. Crepusculo
b. Sanguini
c. Circulo

2. Which one of these best describes the creepy character Claudia in Ann Rice's Interview With the Vampire?

a. child vampire
b. a killer of children
c. ghost of a murdered child

3. Who wrote Dracula, the book that made vampires famous?

a. Edgar Allen Poe
b. Bram Stoker
c. Oscar Wilde

4. In Twilight by Stephanie Meyers, what happens to vampires who are exposed to the sun?

a. they burn
b. they sparkle
c. they disappear

5. What is the name of the real man who inspired the legend of Dracula?

a. Draculo of Transylvania
b. Vlad Dracul
c. Dick Cheney

6. Today, Transylvania is part of

a. Albania
b. Madagascar
c. Romania

7. According to European legends, what repels a vampire?

a. a bible
b. a crucifix
c. Sarah Palin

8. Who is Bela Lugosi?

a. the main character in the book Dracula
b. a real serial killer who drank his victims' blood
c. an actor who played a vampire in many movies

9. Which of the following CANNOT (according to legend) kill a vampire?

a. a silver stake through the heart
b. destroying their graves and exposing them to sunlight
c. giving them a blood transfusion

10. Who starred in the TV series Buffy, the Vampire Slayer?

a. Sarah Michelle Gellar
b. Lyndon Baines Johnson
c. Jennifer Love Hewitt

Bonus: In Bunnicula by James Howe, the suspected vampire sucks the life out of

a. vegetables
b. rabbits
c. children


answers: 1) b 2) a 3) b 4) b 5) b 6) c 7) b 8) c 9) c 10) a Bonus: a


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