1. As the title of this quiz implies, D. Scott Rogo and Raymond Bayless collected several avowedly true stores of ?Phone Calls from the Dead? for their 1979 book of the same name. Which of the following did the authors NOT cite as convincing evidence that these phone calls were paranormal phenomena? The recognition by the witnesses of close friends and relatives Information provided by the caller that only the dead person could have known Strange numerological readings on the witnesses' CallerID That witnesses had nothing to gain by lying - and a lot to lose, socially, from telling the ?truth? about the calls

2. One intriguing case Rogo and Bayless present is that of a couple who received a call from an ailing friend asking for help - the voice on the phone asked the wife to have her husband call as soon as he came in. Hours later, the couple found that their friend had died at the very time the call was received - after lying in a deep coma! What term do paranormal researchers commonly give ghost accounts like this? Poltergeists Ectoplasm D?j? vu Crisis apparitions

3. Perhaps the most notable caller from the choir invisible that Rogo and Bayless document was the son of a great United States Civil War admiral; the caller had written the definitive biography of his pater familias and had an admirable naval career in his own right. What immortal commander?s scion dispatched this defiant cry against mortality? Loyall Farragut, son of David Farragut Horatio Jones, son of John Paul Jones William Perry, son of Oliver Hazard Perry David Mahan, son of Alfred Thayer Mahan

4. Most documented phone calls from the dead are made with a distinct purpose - a crucial message is delivered that the dead person would have been obligated to convey. True False

5. In analyzing these cases, Rogo and Bayless categorize calls from the dead into two types: calls that are brief or interrupted (Type 1) and longer calls where there is meaningful interaction (Type 2). The type of call tends to depend on how long the caller has been dead. What is the nature of this correlation? Type 2 calls are made by the newly dead; Type 1 calls come some time later Calls get progressively shorter the longer the caller has been dead There is no correlation Type 1 calls are made by the newly dead; Type 2 calls come some time later

6. Theorizing about the nature of phone calls from the dead, primary author Rogo eventually concludes that the calls do come from surviving essences of the departed, which he terms ?Theta-agents?. He does give due consideration to other theories, though. Which of these does he not seriously consider? Psychokinesis - a living person wanting to speak with the dead makes the calls happen with the powers of their mind. Demon possession of the local phone exchange as a sign of Satan?s dominion over the material world Extradimensional beings from a parallel universe cause the calls as a way to cause those in our world trouble All of these are considered

7. In their final chapter, Rogo and Bayless include critiques by several professional parapsychologists. Which criticism of the book do these referees NOT offer? Many of the reports were documented long after the incidents occurred. The phenomenon is by its nature a weak one to document, since it occurs when people are least expecting it and does not tend to recur like a haunting or poltergeist and is therefore not conducive to scientific study. Rogo and Bayless are basing their analysis on the existence of ESP and psychokinesis, both of which have repeatedly failed laboratory tests Few, if any, of the witnesses had contacted their phone company about the nature of the call.

8. In the wake of Rogo and Bayless? ?Phone Calls from the Dead?, the floodgates for ghostly phone calls seem to have been thrown open; it is one of the most reported types of life-after-death phenomena reported since 1980, and several books have been written on the subject. True False

9. Psychical research on post-mortem telephony did make its mark in the literary world. The 1987 science fiction novel, ?Dirk Gently?s Holistic Detective Agency?, features ghostly character Gordon Way, a prototypical car phone addict who cannot go into the next world without leaving one last message on his secretary?s answering machine. What revered author penned this iconoclastic "thumping good detective-ghost-horror-whodunnit-time-travel-romantic-musical-comedy-epic"? Orson Scott Card Douglas Adams William Shatner H. G. Wells

10. Finally, perhaps the most well-known case of a phone call from beyond the mortal pale comes from 21st-century television. In this venerable series, a struggling actor seemingly fires his manager over the phone, finds out later that she has died, then receives a call from her saying that he did the right thing. What fixture of American popular culture features this interaction between Joey and the great unknown? Law and Order That 70s Show Seinfeld Friends