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VAMPIRE TRIVIA II

11) What American essayist documented a Vermont vampire hunt in an 1859 journal entry?


Two hundred years after the Salem witch trials, farmers in New England became convinced that their relatives were returning from the grave to feed on the living. Even Henry David Thoreau mentions an exhumation in his journal dated September 29, 1859.

12) What is a group of vampires called?


A group a vampires has variously been called a clutch, brood, coven, pack, or a clan.

13) What TV show featured the vampire Barnabas Collins?


Barnabas, a 175-year-old vampire in search of fresh blood and his lost love, played a prominent part in the ABC daytime serial Dark Shadows.

14) What animal was used to locate a vampire's grave?


One method of finding a vampire's grave involved leading a virgin boy through a graveyard or church grounds on a virgin stallion--the horse would supposedly balk at the grave in question. Generally a black horse was required, though in Albania it should be white.

15) How many times did Bram Stoker visit Transylvania while researching his Dracula novel?


Although Stoker set his book in Transylvania, he never visited the country. Most of his Victorian readers didn't know the difference, especially since he added details from travel books, including train timetables, hotel names, and a chicken dish called paprika hendl.

16) What animal can Chinese vampires transform into?


The strongest of the jiang shi are able to acquire skills such as flying and transforming into wolves.

17) What is the name of the vampire in the film Nosferatu?


An unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, Nosferatu features Max Schreck as the vampire Count Orlok.

18) Which Greek goddess had a vampiric daughter?


Empusa was the daughter of the goddess Hecate and was described as a demonic, bronze-footed creature. She feasted on blood by transforming into a young woman and seduced men as they slept before drinking their blood.

19) Where was suspected vampire Mercy Brown exhumed in 1892?


The Mercy Brown vampire incident occurred in Rhode Island in 1892. Her heart was burned and the ashes fed to her alleged victim.

20) What is the real name of the vampire in Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's Gothic novella?


The story is narrated by a young woman preyed upon by a female vampire called Carmilla, but whose actual name is later revealed to be Mircalla.

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