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ZOMBIE TRIVIA II

11) According to Max Brooks' Zombie Survival Guide, what is the safest manner of transport during a zombie apocalypse?


Although zombies do not use their lungs and can travel underwater, they lack the coordination to swim. In some cases, humans using boats as artificial islands on lakes or ponds have existed for weeks while the shores swarmed with living dead.

12) The concept of zombies dates back to what epic poem?


In the Epic of Gilgamesh, the goddess Ishtar proclaims, "I will knock down the Gates of the Netherworld; I will smash the doorposts and leave the doors flat down, and will let the dead go up to eat the living!"

13) In The Walking Dead, what do the survivors theorize most attracts walkers to humans?


Smell is key. In an early episode, there is a scene where Rick and company cover themselves in zombie guts, and the zombies don't pay any attention to them until it starts raining and washes away their olfactory disguise.

14) According to Haitian folklore, how can you free a zombie?


To free a zombie, feed it salt or take it to to the ocean. The zombie will become self-aware and return to the grave.

15) Which 2009 novel combined a classic Regency romance novel with slavering hordes of the undead?


Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, a parody novel by Seth Grahame-Smith, is a mashup combining Jane Austen's classic novel Pride and Prejudice with elements of modern zombie fiction.

16) Which band won the "Best Song" award at the 1995 MTV Europe Music Awards with their song "Zombie"?


"Zombie" is a protest song by Irish rock band The Cranberries, written about the 1993 IRA bombing in Warrington, and in memory of two young victims, Johnathan Ball and Tim Parry.

17) Which film stars Brad Pitt as Gerry Lane, a former United Nations investigator who must travel the world to find a way to stop a zombie pandemic?


World War Z received positive reviews for Brad Pitt's performance and as a realistic revival of the zombie genre, but was panned by some critics for the anti-climax and outdated CGI.

18) Which TV show features zombie real estate agents?


Santa Clarita Diet features Drew Barrymore as an everyday suburban real estate agent who transforms into a zombie and starts craving human flesh.

19) In the five-issue limited series Marvel Zombies, which zombified hero eats the Silver Surfer?


The Silver Surfer arrives on Earth and informs the zombies that his master Galactus is en route to devour the planet. The zombies attack the Silver Surfer, who is overpowered and devoured by several of the former heroes: Colonel America, Iron Man, Giant-Man, Spider-Man, Luke Cage, the Hulk, and Wolverine.

20) The English word "zombie" (spelled without an "e") first appeared in what book?


The word first entered the English language in 1819, when the poet Robert Southey wrote History of Brazil.

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