All Hallows Evil Trivia Quiz

Answer: Al-Muqtadir

At just thirteen years of age, Al-Muqtadir became the youngest caliph in Abbasid history and the first underage caliph in Muslim history. During the early portion of his reign a council was set up to act on his behalf and he often spent his time in his mothers quarters.

Unfortunately, his reign of power would be the downfall of the Abbasids and their power eventually declined. Rather than priding himself on restoring Islam due to a series of wars prior to his reign, he preferred to indulge himself with female slaves and musicians and once spent 120,000 golden pieces to pay for the freedom of Muslim prisoners.

The city of Baghdad came into a period of disorder and a rebellion took place in 928 AD forcing Al-Muqtadir to abdicate. His brother Al-Qahir took over for a brief period, but rebels did not get any support from the army. Al-Muqtadir regained power, but was eventually slain outside of the city gates in 932 AD. During his reign, his empire had up to thirteen different viziers, the Abbasid Empire lost many territories in Northern Africa, and almost lost its control in Egypt following a war with the Greeks.

Answer: Food poisoning

Fra Bartolomeo served as an apprentice under the direction of Cosimo Roselli and formed a workshop with painter Mariotto Albertinelli. Some of his most famous works include "Annunciation" in 1497, a portrait of Savanarola in 1498, "The Scene of Christ in the Temple" in 1516, and "Two Friars on a Hillside" just prior to his death in 1517.

A follower of friar Girolamo Savanarola, Bartolomeo quit painting altogether becoming a Dominican friar for a period of nearly four years and entered the convent of Saint Marco in 1500.

In 1517, Bartolomeo began to suffer from a "violent fever" and initially it was believed that he had contracted food poisoning after eating a large quantity of figs. He succumbed to his illness on October 31, 1517. Some modern theorists, however, believe that it was more likely that Bartolomeo had contracted malaria while visiting Rome, rather than a case of food poisoning.

Answer: Pegleg

Raised in the fishing district of Scheveningen in the Netherlands, Cornelis Corneliszoon Jol joined the Dutch West India Company in 1626. By 1631, he was a vice-commander and eventually worked his way through the ranks earning the rank of admiral. Records are unclear, but it is believed that he lost his leg in a battle prior to his time with the West India Company earning him the nickname "Pegleg". Documents of him having a wooden leg are regarded as the earliest known records of a pirate having a wooden leg.

In 1640, after taking over the city of Luanda, Angola, Jol and his crew traveled to Sao Tome and Principe to take them out, he became stricken with malaria and his recorded death was October 31, 1641.

Answer: No

Victor Amadeus II was the Duke of Savoy from 1675 to 1730. During his reign, he implemented the persecution of the Vaudois (a pre-Protestant movement) and built a new administrative zone in the city of Turin that included a heavy military presence, a mint, a customs house, and the ministry of war. Victor Amadeus II was not without his flaws however and it was widely known that he was unfaithful to his wife Anne Marie d'Orleans.

It is known that he had two children aside from his marriage; both with mistress Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes. During his reign, he was responsible for the building of the Basilica of Superga in Turin.

The church included the tombs of many princes and kings of the House of Savoy. To spare the family embarrassment and prevent a public reminder of his scandalous behaviors, he was instead buried in the Convent of San Giuseppe di Carignano, regardless of his previous wishes.

Answer: Jehovah's Witnesses

Also known as "Pastor Charles", Charles Taze Russell was the key founder in what is now referred to as the "Bible Student Movement". From this movement came the formation of the Watch Tower Tract Society a eventually through various schisms, the Jehovah's Witnesses Christian denomination.

The organizations and societies that came from this movement often believe in door-to-door preaching to distribute religious literature, they are rarely (if ever) associated with military service and refuse to salute or support national flags.

They also do not support a variety of holidays and events including birthdays, Christmas, Easter, or Halloween. In 1916, while on a ministerial tour in the Western United States, Russell began to suffer from cystitis, but refused to put an early end to the tour.

He died from complications related to the illness while returning to Brooklyn, New York on October 31, 1916.

Answer: Caisses Populaires

Alphonse Desjardins grew up with fourteen siblings and lived in a modest household. While his father could not hold a job for very long, Alphonse was motivated and graduated from a four year commercial program in 1870 from College de Levis in Quebec. During his early career, he worked for newspaper and reporting companies including "L'Écho de Lévis" and "Le Canadien". Using a primarily European model that combined ideals of credit unions, the Schulze people's bank, the Raiffeisen rural lending bank, and the Luzzatti people's bank he co-founded the "Caisses Populaires" in Canada. Through a strong social network, most notably clergy members the Archbishop Messenger Louis-Nazaire Bégin of Quebec City, he found his new system growing in the province of Quebec.

By the time of his death on October 31, 1920, there were 140 caisses in the province of Quebec that included over 31,000 members and approximately 6.3 million dollars in total assets.

Answer: Harry Houdini

Harry Houdini was born in Budapest, Hungary and emigrated to the United States with his mother and siblings at the age of four in 1878. At a young age, he learned to do trapeze art and was also a cross country runner. As a teenager, he became involved in magic, coached by American magician Joseph Rinn. Houdini's initial attempts as a magician began in 1891 and proved to be unsuccessful.

In 1899, he met vaudeville theatre manager Martin Beck who encouraged him to focus on escape art such as escaping from handcuffs.

A trip was arranged for him to travel to Europe in 1900 and while there, he was able to demonstrate escaping from handcuffs with Scotland Yard in London. As a result, he was given a salary of $300 per week and performed in many European locations including Germany, France, and Russia.

He would become known as the "Handcuff King". As his career progressed, he would perform straight jacket routines, aerial suspension tricks, the Milk Can escape, and the infamous Chinese Water Torture Cell predicament escape. Houdini would die from peritonitis on October 31, 1926 possibly associated with a ruptured appendix.

Some accounts suggest that he may have suffered from complications due to an attack by a McGill University student named Jocelyn Gordon Whitehead.

Answer: Bill Durnan

During the course of just seven seasons in the National Hockey League, Bill Durnan won the Stanley Cup twice and received the Vezina Trophy for top goaltender six times. He was also elected to the All-Star team in six of his seven seasons. In 1949, he set a record for registering four consecutive shutouts that lasted for 309 playing minutes.

He would retire in 1950 suffering from a nervous breakdown and unable to handle the pressure of playing in the league. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1964 and was once referred to as "the greatest nearly forgotten player in the history of the NHL" by executive editor John McGourty.

Answer: Her father was Mahatma Gandhi

Contrary to what many people believe, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was not the daughter of pacifist and non-violent civil disobedience leader Mahatma Gandhi. Rather, she was the daughter of India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. During her political tenure, her various positions within India included the Minister of External Affairs, Minister of Defence, and the Minister of Finance.

In 1966, she was elected as the third Prime Minister of India and the first female Prime Minister. Following a tenure that lasted until 1977, she ran into opposition and lost her seat in the election.

In 1978, she was ordered to be arrested after being accused of organizing the "killing of all opposition leaders". The charges would later be dropped and she would be re-elected as Prime Minister in 1980. On October 31, 1984, Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two of her body guards following a Sikh mutiny during a military operation known as "Operation Blue Star".

Her assassination triggered the highly publicized 1984 anti-Sikh Riots.

Answer: Dark Blood

The death of River Phoenix may go down as being one of the most tragic deaths of a young actor in Hollywood history. Growing up in a poor home, without education, and for a period of time lived in a controversial religious movement known as the "Children of God". River began his acting career in various commercials during the early 1980s but was soon given roles in television shows and movies.

In 1986, he became a household name in the movie industry after performing the role of Chris Chambers in the coming-of-age film "Stand By Me".

By the early 1990s, Phoenix became addicted to various drugs and alcohol. While he had managed to hide his addictions for a fear that it would ruin his career, he would eventually succumb to them in 1993. River Phoenix was scheduled to perform a music act with Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers but suffered a drug overdose in the early hours of the day.

At the time, he was working on the film "Dark Blood" in what would be his only role as a "villain".