Pop Quiz: Horror & True Crime Edition

I was honored to host a private event recently, a fundraiser for my cousin’s true crime and horror bookstore (https://www.deadtimestoriesbooks.com/). Printer problems meant the players couldn’t play the game exactly as I’d intended, but I think (HOPE) everyone had a great time nonetheless; I know I did!

So here is the full quiz as written. I’ll publish the answers with fun facts later.

ROUND ONE: SERIAL KILLER DATING PROFILES

1. Law student and Sagittarius. I love skiing and traveling the country in my Volkswagen Beetle.
2. I live in Massapequa Park but I commute to mid-town Manhattan for my job as an architect. On the weekends, you’ll find me at Gilgo Beach or building furniture in my workshop. 
3. M.D., University of Michigan. Raised in New Hampshire, I currently live in Chicago and own a pharmacy on West 63rd Street.
4. Army vet and postal worker. My hobbies include playing with my neighbor’s dog and cruising the five boroughs in my Ford Galaxie.

ROUND TWO: TRUE CRIME MISCELLANY

1. This pulp magazine, published from 1924 to 1995, shares its name with an Emmy-winning HBO crime series.
2. This true crime book, published two years after the author’s accidental overdose death, is named for a threat made by the Golden State Killer to one of his victims. 
3. What true crime documentary trilogy details the story of the West Memphis Three, who were convicted of murder based on Satanic Panic, the flimsiest of evidence, and a coerced confession? 
4. The 1975 murder of what Greenwich, Connecticut teenager inspired a 1993 Dominick Dunne novel and the pilot episode of the CBS series Cold Case? 

ROUND THREE: FLANAVERSE FAVORITES (MATCHING ROUND)

Match the roles (numbers 1-7) to the Flanaverse favorite (letters A-G)

1. Leigh Crain, Tamerlane Usher, Bev Keane

2. Frederick Usher, The Bartender/Jack Torrance, Ed Flynn

3. The Storyteller/Older Jamie, Verna, Olivia Crain

4. Sheriff Hassan, Owen Sharma, Napoleon Usher

5. Young Roderick Usher, Mark, Riley Flynn

6. Clara Dudley, Eliza Usher, Dr. Sarah Gunning

7. Erin Greene, Theo Crain, Viola Willoughby/The Lady of the Lake

A. Rahul Kohli

B. Annabeth Gish

C. Zach Gilford

D. Samantha Sloyan

E. Kate Siegel

F. Carla Gugino

G. Henry Thomas

ROUND FOUR: SERIAL KILLERS, AS PLAYED BY…

1. Daniel Zovatto in Woman of the Hour 
2. Cameron Britton in Mindhunter 
3. Charlize Theron in Monster 
4. Zach Villa in American Horror Story: 1984 

ROUND FIVE: HAUNTED HOUSES (PICTURE ROUND)

Name the movie or television series by a picture of its haunted house

ROUND SIX: MURDER SONGS

1. This 2020 country-pop murder ballad was credited with giving the Olive Garden restaurant chain a boost in buzz. 
2. What alliterative AC/DC song lists all the ways a contract killer can dispose of your problem, whether a cheating spouse or a handsy high school principal? 
3. This 1995 PJ Harvey song, about a woman drowning her daughter, was nominated for the Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Grammy Award. 
4. The chorus of this 1977 Talking Heads single, their first to reach the Billboard Hot 100, includes a French phrase that translates to “What is it?” 

ROUND SEVEN: SCREAM QUEENS

1. This actress, the mother of another iconic scream queen, received a Golden Globe award and an Oscar nomination for a 1960 horror classic.
2. What modern-day scream queen has played characters named Sadie Harper, Regan MacNeil, and Natalie Scatorccio?
3. Along with her husband, David LeRoy Anderson, this ’80s scream queen created special makeup effects for films like 2004’s Dawn of the Dead and 2012’s Cabin in the Woods. 
4. Among this scream queen’s credits are The Babysitter, Ash vs Evil Dead, Scream VI, and Ready or Not.

ROUND EIGHT: MICHIGAN MURDERS

1. On March 9, 1995, Jonathan Schmitz murdered Scott Amedure three days after Amedure professed his crush on Schmitz during a taping of what tabloid talk show? 
2. In 1974, this crime novelist and his common-law wife were murdered in their Highland Park apartment; the case remains unsolved.
3. In 1967, amid the 12th Street race riots, three black teens were killed by police at what Detroit motel? 
4. In 1975, seven female sex workers were murdered in the Cass Corridor neighborhood of Detroit. The killer, who remains unidentified, was given what nickname based on evidence and testimony that he had large hands and feet? 

TIE-BREAKER: HORROR FRANCHISE MATH

Total number of films in the Saw franchise PLUS total number of Hellraiser movies PLUS total number of seasons of American Horror Story MINUS total number of films in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre series.