Magic is Where You Find It Trivia Quiz

Answer: Discworld

The 1983 release of "The Colour of Magic" was both the first "Discworld" novel and the first "Rincewind" story in the series. Rincewind was an ineffectual wizard who, for some reason, had gained the interest of one of the gods, known as The Lady. She protected him and his traveling companion, a tourist named Twoflower, on their journey across the disc on which they lived.

The "Discworld" series consists of several different groups of stories focusing on various characters who live on a disc on the back of four elephants standing on a turtle that is sailing through space. Magic is definitely a part of life on the disc with the wizards and witches that appear in the stories.

Answer: Mozart

First performed in 1791 in Vienna with Mozart conducting, "Die Zauberflöte" was based on a libretto written by Emanuel Schikaneder. The opera told the fairy tale of a prince who rescues a princess with the help of a magic flute that wards of evil and charms wild animals. Both Mozart and Schikaneder were Freemasons, and Masonic elements were included in their work, such as the "rule of three" which appeared throughout the opera.

The opera debuted two months before Mozart's death and has remained popular ever since.

Answer: Practical Magic

Sally Owens (Bullock) and Gillian Owens (Kidman) are witches dealing with a family curse that causes the tragic death of any man that they love. Sally tries to avoid the curse by casting a spell to only allow her to fall in love with an impossibly perfect man. Gillian, however, falls in love with an abusive man, Jimmy, whom Sally accidentally murders, then resurrects him with Gillian's help, only to murder him again when he attacks Gillian.

When a policeman investigates Jimmy's death, Sally realizes the policeman is the man that she imagined in her spell.

The sisters then have to work to break the curse to allow them to live happy lives.

Answer: At an amusement park

Magic Mountain opened in 1971 on the outskirts of Los Angeles and quickly became known for its thrilling roller coasters, including the Colossus (1978), the Viper (1990) and the Goliath (2000). Being close to Hollywood, Magic Mountain has showed up on TV shows and in movies over the years.

It was "Walley World" in "National Lampoon's Vacation" and was featured in the TV shows, "Step by Step", "Wonder Woman" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", among others. In 1979, the park was purchased by the Six Flags Entertainment Corp, which operates theme parks throughout North America and became officially known as "Six Flags Magic Mountain".

Answer: School bus

"The Magic School Bus" was an animated series based on a book series written by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen. Originally shown on PBS in the U.S. and on CBC in Canada, the series aimed to introduce science to kids in an entertaining way. Several celebrities lent their talents to the series, including Little Richard, who performed the theme song, Lily Tomlin and Malcolm-Jamal Warner.

The show originally ran from 1994-1997 but continued to appear on other networks and in countries throughout the 2000s.

Answer: Puff the Magic Dragon

"Puff the Magic Dragon" was co-written by band member Peter Yarrow and Leonard Lipton, a friend of Yarrow's roommate during college. Yarrow wrote the song based on a poem by Lipton, and Lipton ended up with co-writing credits (and royalties). Recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary in 1962, the song reached number two on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.

Despite the denials of the artists, the song was alleged to be about marijuana; the allegations were even mentioned in the film "Meet the Parents". Peter Yarrow maintained that the song was instead about the "loss of innocence in children".

Incidentally, Peter, Paul and Mary recorded another magical song, "It's Magic" on their last studio album, 2004's "In These Times".

Answer: Trading card game

The trading card game was developed by Richard Garfield while in college in the early 1990s and was very successful upon its release by the company, Wizards of the Coast, which later acquired "Dungeons and Dragons" and the "Pokemon" trading card game. "Magic: The Gathering" could be played by two or more players with the deck of 60 or more cards, and later became popular as an online game.

The fantasy storyline involved "Planeswalkers", who were able to travel across different planes of existence. "Magic: The Gathering" has expanded to other mediums; there are comics and books, and numerous video game manifestations of "Magic", starting with "Magic: The Gathering" by MicroProse, "Magic: The Gathering: BattleMage" by Acclaim and "Magic: The Gathering: Armageddon by Acclaim - all released in 1997.

Answer: Monkey Magic

The 1990s anime series of the same name was actually based on a 16th century Chinese novel called "Journey to the West". In the platform-based action/puzzle game released by Sunsoft, Kongo is trying to save his home, Flower Fruit Mountain. The "magic" involved the four powers available to Kongo: fire, ice, strength and shrink.

The television show only lasted for a season, but the video game had an IGN (Imagine Games Network) rating of 7 (good) for its "slick puzzles and fantastic level design".

Answer: The Magic Mountain

Published in 1924, "The Magic Mountain" was originally intended by Thomas Mann to be a somewhat comical companion to his novel, "Death in Venice"; many of the characters in "The Magic Mountain" mirrored or were caricatures of those in "Death in Venice".

The story was that of a young man, Hans Castorp, who went to visit his cousin who was being treated for tuberculosis at a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps. Castorp was also diagnosed with tuberculosis, and his visit turned into a seven-year stay at the facility.

The title of the book came from a passage in Friedrich Nietzsche's "The Birth of Tragedy": "Now it is as if the Olympian magic mountain had opened before us and revealed its roots to us." The "magic mountain" in Mann's novel was the sanatorium high in the Alps as compared to the "flatland" where Castorp lived in northern Germany.

Answer: Every Little Thing She Does is Magic

Sting wrote "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic" as an acoustic ballad in the mid 1970s, although it wasn't a hit for The Police until they released it on their "Ghost in the Machine" album in 1981. Besides the three members of The Police, the recording also featured Jean Roussel on piano and synthesizer.

The song hit number one in the U.K. and the Netherlands, number two in Australia and number three in the U.S and has been covered or sampled by artists as diverse as Petula Clark and Ja Rule.