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Quiz about Halloween Delivery with a Literary Flair

Halloween Delivery with a Literary Flair Quiz

Castle Fiachra's whispering library is no place to be trapped on Halloween. To escape before 'the witching hour', find six initial letters (qs.1-6) and four numbers (qs 7-10) for the combination to open the secret door.

A multiple-choice quiz by Fiachra. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Fiachra

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
194,178

Updated
Jan 28 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
822

Last 3 plays: Hayes1953 (6/10), Guest 47 (8/10), Chavs (10/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. It grows intensely cold, from nowhere a flimsy note flutters down to your feet telling you to complete this title to find your first letter clue. 'The Lady and the -----------', by Tracy Chevalier. Hint

Unicorn

Diamond

Usher

Sapphire

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Question 2 of 10

2. Feeling very edgy, you turn the note over to find a very faint spidery scrawl which reads. 'To find your second letter look for the author of 'Lolita'.'? As you look the note disintegrates. Hint

Pushkin

Tolstoy

Nabokov

Chekov

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Question 3 of 10

3. Imagination running riot by now you nearly hop out of your skin as an empty dvd case crashes at your feet. 'The ----------- Vanishes'. Do you know the missing word for your third letter ? Hint

Woman

Lady

Man

Boy

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Question 4 of 10

4. "You ignored a portent today,laughed at the spirit world . Not feeling clever now are you?", a menacing whisper sounds in your left ear. What is a more common word for portent?

Answer: (One Word 4 letters NOT SIGN)

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Question 5 of 10

5. You cannot get 'poltergeist' out of your mind as you frantically search in the growing gloom. Suddenly a book comes flying through the air, narrowingly missing your eye. It is an ancient copy of 'Madame ---------'s Ghost' by Sheridan Le Fanu. Hint

Bush

Murphy

Crowl

Kerry

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Question 6 of 10

6. You keep thinking of the signpost en route to the castle, an English spelling of the Irish word for wood/forest. It makes you so uneasy. What is that word? Hint

Strangle

Murder

Kill

Suffocate

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Question 7 of 10

7. You read another dusty note by firelight. 'Sherlock Holmes lived at
_21B Baker Street'. Pick the missing number. From outside comes an unearthly bay. Could that be the Hound of the Baskervilles? Hint

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Question 8 of 10

8. Take one of the two digits which give James Bond a licence to kill. This will give you your second number.

Answer: (Not 7)

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Question 9 of 10

9. You feel some thing furry at your feet but are too afraid to look down. 'Use the number of lives attributed to an American cat', a voice whispers. Hint

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Question 10 of 10

10. Daylight has almost vanished, but with great effort you read the last clue. '------ blind mice'. Hint

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Unicorn

This excellent novel tells what happens when Jean Le Viste hires an artist to design tapestries celebrating his rising status.
U is the first letterb.

2. Feeling very edgy, you turn the note over to find a very faint spidery scrawl which reads. 'To find your second letter look for the author of 'Lolita'.'? As you look the note disintegrates.

Answer: Nabokov

Nabokov wrote this in 1955 while teaching at Cornell. The financial success it brought enabled him to give up teaching and concentrate on writing.
N is the second letter.

3. Imagination running riot by now you nearly hop out of your skin as an empty dvd case crashes at your feet. 'The ----------- Vanishes'. Do you know the missing word for your third letter ?

Answer: Lady

Originally made as a film in 1938 from a novel by Ethel Lina White, it tells the story of a group of passengers on a train.
L is the third letter.

4. "You ignored a portent today,laughed at the spirit world . Not feeling clever now are you?", a menacing whisper sounds in your left ear. What is a more common word for portent?

Answer: Omen

In the past people believed in many omens, some signified goodness some did not. A simple local Irish one, for example: if a cat sits with its back to a fire then there will be rain.
O is the fourth letter.

Answer: Crowl

A Gothic horror story not to be read by anyone of a nervous disposition.
C is the fifth letter.

6. You keep thinking of the signpost en route to the castle, an English spelling of the Irish word for wood/forest. It makes you so uneasy. What is that word?

Answer: Kill

The Irish word is spelled coill.(It sounds something like kill). There is an actual sign in Co. Waterford which reads Kill 5k. it has been photographed many times.
K is the final letter.

7. You read another dusty note by firelight. 'Sherlock Holmes lived at _21B Baker Street'. Pick the missing number. From outside comes an unearthly bay. Could that be the Hound of the Baskervilles?

Answer: 2

Baker Street still exists in London and there is a Sherlock Holmes Museum.
2 is the first number.

8. Take one of the two digits which give James Bond a licence to kill. This will give you your second number.

Answer: 0

The seven perhaps means he is the seventh person on a list to have such a license.
0 is the second number you are looking for.

9. You feel some thing furry at your feet but are too afraid to look down. 'Use the number of lives attributed to an American cat', a voice whispers.

Answer: 9

Cats are associated with witches at Halloween. But cats bring good luck too; in Ireland it's a black cat for good luck. I was surprised to discover it's a white cat in the US.
9 is the next number.

10. Daylight has almost vanished, but with great effort you read the last clue. '------ blind mice'.

Answer: 3

3 is the final number. You have found the combination. U+N+L+O+C+K+2+0+9+3. The secret door has unlocked.
You've done it. You're free.
But there's still the tree lined avenue, the disused church and the abandoned graveyard before you reach home. OOOOOOH!

Source: Author Fiachra

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