Paramedics - Doctors For Ghosts? Quiz

Answer: The Television Ghost

"The Television Ghost" broadcast on W2XAB from 1931-33. Because it was just actor George Kelting in white makeup and cloth draped over his head, the show was also broadcast on the radio, on W2XE and WABC, both in New York.

The show was live, and no recordings were made. The show is believed to be the first dramatic television series.

Answer: Coraline

The film was based on the 2002 book by Neil Gaiman. It is the story of a young girl named Coraline, who moves to a new house and finds a door that leads to another world, where her "Other Mother" wants her to stay. Which is not really a good idea.

The 2009 film was directed by Henry Selick ("The Nightmare Before Christmas"). Among the changes made for the film is the addition of Coraline's friend Wyborn "Wybie" Lovat. One of the ghost children is the sister of Wybie's grandmother.

Answer: Our Town

"Our Town" is a 1938 play by Thornton Wilder (1897-1975), telling the story of the citizens of Grover's Corners during different points from 1901 to 1913. When the young mother, Emily, dies, she finds that reliving a day from her life is painful.

The play is supposed to be performed with a minimum of props - two ladders represent the upper windows of neighboring houses, for example - and the character of the Stage Manager breaks the fourth wall to address the audience directly.

Answer: Boston Brand

Boston Brand was a selfish circus acrobat. After his death, he became a ghost with the power to possess the living. He first appeared in "Strange Adventures" #205 (1967).

Deadman typically works against supernatural threats, sometimes alongside magic-using allies. Some stories have him use his powers to help
"regular" people.

While Deadman's appearance was initially the same as he was in life, dressed in his circus costume, starting in "Kingdom Come" (1996), he has been depicted as more skeletal, adding to the ghostly nature of the character.

Answer: make pottery

"Ghost" (1990) stars Patrick Swayze (1952-2009) as Sam, a banker who is killed as part of an embezzling scheme. Sam, now a ghost, communicates through a psychic in order to protect his girlfriend.

The famous pottery wheel scene has been parodied or recreated in numerous films and television programs.

Answer: Boo

First introduced in "Super Mario Bros. 3" (1988) as "Boo Diddleys", Boos have been a common enemy across multiple "Mario" games, though their patterns and behaviors do change between games.

Boos (King Boo and his minions) were the main antagonists in "Luigi's Mansion" (2001).

Answer: Ghostwriter

"Ghostwriter" ran from 1992-95 on PBS networks. It was a children's mystery series where a ghost (Ghostwriter) rearranged letters and words to communicate to help solve the mysteries. The show taught reading and writing skills to a target audience at the elementary/middle school level, and presented a multi-culturally diverse urban neighborhood.

While not explained within the show, an interview with Kermit Frazier (a writer and producer of the show) revealed that Ghostwriter was an escaped slave who taught other slaves how to read before he was killed during the American Civil War.

Answer: Mouse

"Gus Was A Friendly Ghost" (1962) was written by by Jane Thayer and illustrated by Seymour Fleishman. It was the first book in a series about the little ghost.

In "Gus Was a Friendly Ghost", Gus enjoys the company of the Scott family while they live in the country house in the summer, and they enjoy their non-threatening ghost. He invites Mouse to spend the winter, but the rodent bothers the people when they return, and Gus has to reprimand his friend.

Answer: meat

"Danny Phantom" (2004-07) was an animated series about Danny Fenton, a teenage boy who accidentally becomes a "half-ghost" and uses his new powers to defend his town from ghosts.

In the pilot episode, "Mystery Meat", Danny's friend Sam changes the school lunch menu to ultra-recyclo-vegetarian food, and the ghost of the lunch lady goes on a rampage to return meat to the school.

Answer: Gentleman Ghost

Jim Craddock is the Gentleman Ghost, who first appeared in "Flash Comics" #88 (1947). In most stories he is the real ghost of a highwayman, usually cursed by a gypsy. He is usually considered part of Hawkman's rogue gallery.

In "The Ghost," a 1977 episode of "The All-New Super Friends Hour", the Super Friends defeat the ghost of "Gentleman Jim Craddock" (he is not called the "Gentleman Ghost" in the cartoon) by pointing seven wands at him to return him to his grave.