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1 People who are born on 31st October are born under what astrological star sign?
A Scorpio.
2 Which group had a UK No.1 in 1981 with Ghost Town?
A The Specials – The song is about the decline of industry and the rise of unemployment in Coventry.
3 How many lines does a limerick always have?
A Five.
4 By what name is a regulation requiring a person to be indoors by a certain hour of the night known?
A Curfew.
5 In which century was the first celebration of Guy Fawkes Night?
A 17th (the Observance of 5th November Act passed in 1606 enforced an annual public day of thanksgiving for the plot’s failure – it was then much about anti-Catholic rhetoric)
6 Who wrote the 1934 novel ‘The Devil Rides Out’ and was a best-selling author of black magic and occult novels?
A Dennis Wheatley.
7 According to a nursery rhyme, what was ‘lost by Lucy Locket and found by Kitty Fisher’?
A Her Pocket
8 In what year did Howard Carter and George Herbert make the ill-fated discovery of the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamen?
A 1922 (King Tut ascended to the throne in 1333 BC, at the age of nine or ten)
9 The ghost of which former president of the United States is said to haunt the White House?
A Abraham Lincoln
10 Name one of the Shakespeare plays in which a ghost appears.
A Hamlet; Julius Caesar; Macbeth