S18 E4 - I Ain't Afraid of No Ghost!

Quiz and Hers

This week, things are getting spooooky, because Hallie is celebrating Halloween with six new trivia questions all about ghosts! We also spirit into discussions of classic video games, classic rock, and a classic (?) film!

2:17: Q1 (Times & Places): Ghosts known as bhoot are an important part of the culture of what nation, bordered by India to the west, north, and east, and by Myanmar to the southeast?

10:11: Q2 (Sports & Games): Name the four colored ghosts that pursue Pac-Man.

16:38: Q3 (Arts & Literature): In A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, who is the first ghost that appears to Ebenezer Scrooge, clad in heavy chains from a lifetime of selfishness and greed?

24:24: Q4 (Music): The 1978 song “Ghost Song” by the Doors featured the reading of a mystic poem by what lead singer who had died of a probable drug overdose in 1971?

30:34: Q5 (Everything Else): What is the name of the illusion technique in which an object that is brightly lit is reflected in a transparent screen at a 45-degree angle, and which is best known for its use on the rides Haunted Mansion and Pinocchio’s Daring Journey at Disneyland?

38:54: Q6 (Movies & TV): In Field of Dreams, Kevin Costner’s character builds a baseball field that attracts the ghosts of baseball legends like this White Sox outfielder and record-setting hitter who was banned from baseball after taking part in the 1919 Black Sox Scandal.

Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0

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