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1. ANIMALS: We all know about vampire bats, those little blood-eaters that are native to the Americas. But how fast they can RUN?
2. BRAIN TEASERS: In the word VAMPIRE, you can find several two-letter abbreviations (in the order they appear in the word). Which of these is NOT one of them?
3. CELEBRITIES: Which actor was buried in Culver City, California, wearing a Dracula cape?
4. ENTERTAINMENT: Which 2002 comic book miniseries by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith tells the story of vampires descending on Barrow, Alaska? The vampires realize that when the sun goes down in Barrow, it stays down for a loooong time.
5. FOR KIDS: What is the full name of the character The Count on "Sesame Street"?
6. GENERAL: Which of these is not generally considered to be protection from vampires?
7. GEOGRAPHY: Bran Castle, Hunyad Castle and Poenari Castle are all possibilities for the basis of Castle Dracula in the Dracula legend (and Bram Stoker's book). In which country do all these castles stand?
8. HISTORY: From 1913 to 1930, a serial rapist and killer dubbed "The Vampire of Düsseldorf" murdered at least nine people (he boasted of more), and was finally arrested and guillotined in 1932. What was the vampire's name?
9. HOBBIES: What is the campaign setting in the "Dungeons & Dragons" universe that features the vampire Count Strahd von Zarovich?
10. HUMANITIES: In ancient Babylonian and Assyrian mythology, the 'lilitu' were vampiric creatures with birdlike talons who preyed on the weak. Later, the idea of the lilitu was subsumed into Hebrew mythology and transformed into Adam's first wife (before Eve). Who was Adam's first wife?
11. LITERATURE: Barlow the Vampire and his servant Straker come to a small town in Maine, buy the Marsten House and wreak general havoc in this 1975 novel. What's the name of the novel (and the town)?
12. MOVIES: Stephen Norrington, Guillermo del Toro and David S. Goyer directed the first three movies about a dhampir--a half-human, half-vampire who goes up against vampire gods, reapers and eventually Count Dracula himself. What is this dhampir's name?
13. MUSIC: From Tom Petty's "Free Fallin'"-
"All the vampires walkin' through the valley
Move west down..."
What street name is missing?
14. PEOPLE: In 2007, a former member of the Serbian youth political group OTPOR was arrested. He claimed that he and some of his colleagues had broken into a tomb and driven a three-foot stake through the corpse's heart and into the ground to prevent rebirth. Who was the 'vampire' they were trying to keep from returning from the dead?
15. RELIGION: Which fanged Indian goddess destroyed the demon Raktabija by sucking out all of his blood?
16. SCI/TECH: Nancy Garden's 1973 book "Vampires" suggested that a disease may have been responsible for many of the vampire legends in antiquity. What is this disease that causes photosensitivity (aversion to light), necrosis of the skin and gums (making the teeth look longer) and jaundice?
17. SPORTS: What sport does the Cullen family play in the movie "Twilight", taking advantage of a thunderstorm?
18. TELEVISION: Sarah Michelle Gellar played "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" on television from 1997 to 2003. But what was Buffy's last name?
19. VIDEO GAMES: If you're playing a 1986 Konami video game, and your avatar is Simon Belmont (from a long line of vampire-hunting Belmonts), what game are you playing?
20. WORLD: There have been two ships named the HMAS Vampire. The first one was sunk during World War II off Ceylon, and the second served for thirty years before being decommissioned and sent to a maritime museum. Which country did each of these Vampires serve?
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