Halloween TV Trivia

Questions

1. What future co-star of a 70's hit sitcom had an uncredited role as a prison guard in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho "?
2. In the television show " The Addams Family " what was the name of Wednesday's headless doll?
3. What future " Saturday Night Live " regular had a bit part in " Halloween II "?
4. On " Happy Days ", Fonzie was a member of The Falcons. Chachi was asked to join The Lords. What was the name of the local gang of teenagers, all wearing the same jackets with the gang's name emblazoned on the back, to which Richie, Potsie and Ralph Malph considered joining?
5. In 1970, Baskin-Robbins created an ice cream that was a blend of vanilla ice cream with orange pieces and licorice bits. For what television show was this flavor a promotion for?
6. "Man lives in the sunlit world of what he believes to be reality. But, there is, unseen by most, an underworld. A place that is just as real, but not as brightly lit... "
   This is the opening intro to what spooky television anthology series?
7. Freddy Kreuger served as host of the anthology series " Freddy's Nightmares ". What role did Jason Voorhees serve to the show " Friday the 13th: The Series "?
8. In a 5th season episode of " The X-Files ", titled "Travelers", we find out how the unsolved cases division of the FBI got the "X" designation, with a scene from the 1950s. What was the reason they were called "X" files?
   (A) "X" stood for extra-terrestrials(B) "X" case were extremely strange(C) "X" was just a roomy file drawer
9. What's the "dimension of imagination," according to the host of a classic TV series?
10. Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki, the stars of the eerie TV series " Supernatural, " are starring in separate movies in 2009, movies that are remakes of old horror films. For two points, can you name these two movies?
11. Actress Alice Ghostley played Esmerelda, Samantha's maid/babysitter witch, on " Bewitched ". What bodily function caused Esmerelda's already sketchy magical powers to create unforeseen, and comical, situations?
12. In the 70s, Kim Richards and Ike Eisenmann played sister and brother in " Escape to Witch Mountain " and it's sequel " Return from Witch Mountain ". But they also played siblings in what lesser known 1978 TV horror film?
13. Which horror anthology television show had an old book called The Manifest, which cataloged all the cursed items the characters sought to retrieve?

Answers

1. Ted Knight, who went on the television fame as Ted Baxter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
2. "Marie Antoinette." Wednesday also liked to collect spiders. Morticia had a man-eating plant named Cleopatra.
3. Dana Carvey. The killer in the Halloween movies WAS named Michael Myers, but Mike Myers (the actor/comedian) was NOT in Halloween II.
4. The Demons.
5. "Bewitched". The flavor sold only briefly and the only memento from this concoction are the promotional ads and displays that feature Samantha, Endora and Tabitha brewing a huge cup of this strange flavor. The actress who played Tabitha, Erin Murphy, said it was terrible.
6. "Tales from the Darkside", from the 80's.
7. None. The character of Jason Voorhees was not a part of the television show, which only used the name of the movies. The plot and characters were entirely separate. There was some thought about putting the hockey mask in an episode, but it was never done.
8. (C) "X" was just a roomy file drawer. The woman in charge of the FBI's filing system in the 50s did file the unsolved cases under "U" for unsolved. When she ran out of room, she used the "X" file, because, as she said, there is plenty of room there.
9. The Twilight Zone.
10. "Friday the 13th" and "My Bloody Valentine". "My Bloody Valentine," a remake of the 1981 Canadian film, is due in theaters on January 16, 2009 and "Friday the 13th," a remake of the 1980 film with elements of it's first two sequels as well, is due out on Friday, February 13, 2009.
11. Sneezing. Always having trouble making spells work, Esmerelda had even more problems when she sneezed. I also accepted fading from sight when nervous, as Esmerelda did this probably more often than sneeze. Alice Ghostley also played the very funny Bernice Clifton on "Designing Women".
12. "Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell" which also starred Richard Crenna and Yvette Mimieux as their parents.
13. "Friday the 13th: The Series". Lewis Vendredi kept track of all the antiques he sold in this book, and Micki, Ryan and Jack used it to track them all down and get them back safely. The first season of the show was recently released on DVD.