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Halloween is upon us so I thought we'd see how much we can about ghoulies and ghosties and the likes thereof. In the interests of getting into the spirit, I suggest you wait until it's dark, light a solitary candle and open a window to get an icey draught and a flickering flame. Spirits of the 'fortifying' variety you'll have to provide yourself I'm afraid: What was Count Dracula’s original name in the Bram Stoker classic?? Who started the black cat superstition? What did Scottish girls hang in front of a Halloween fire to see images of their future husband? Halloween has several different names around the world. Name two? Which song was a 1973 hit for Bobby ‘Boris’ Picket and the Crypt-Kickers? What is a group of witches called? The word Halloween is an abbreviation of what? Which of the following is NOT a sign that you might be a werewolf: Hairy palms, eyebrows that meet in the middle, a long middle finger, red eyes? Count Dracula is based on a real person – Vlad Dracula (Vlad the Impaler). Name the country over which he ruled? Who wrote the novel Frankenstein? The Celts believed that the lord of the dead travelled the earth on Halloween. What was his name? What does the Old English word ‘Hallow’ mean? What do pumpkins grow on: Stalks, trees, vines or bushes? In Shakespeare’s Macbeth the three witches add many things to their bubbling cauldron, starting with “Fillet of a fenny snake”. Name three other additions to the pot? Ghoulies and ghosties and … what … go bump in the night? Is a banshee likely to sing, scream, hum or whistle? Why is it dangerous to step into a fairy-ring formed of mushrooms? Which film from 2008 stars Ricky Gervais as a dentist who can see and talk to ghosts? According to the contemporary witchcraft religion of Wicca, is a male witch known as a wizard, a sorcerer, a witch or a spell-caster? From which ethnic group did Halloween originate? I’ll bet you didn’t know …. A game of Quidditch uses four balls in total: 1 Quaffle, 2 Bludgers and 1 Golden Snitch. Answers on Thursday next week.