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evening quiz

QUIZ: How well do you know these spooky season songs?

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IT’S OCTOBER. Halloween is almost upon us. 

Let’s test your knowledge of these spooky season songs. 

Let's start off easy. Finish this line: "What's in your head, in your head, ___, ___, ___"
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Zombie, Zombie, Zombie
Zombie, Spooky, Zombie

Spooky, Zombie, Spooky
Ghost, Ghost, Ghost
Fill in the blanks: "He did the mash / He did the ___ mash / The ____ mash / It was a ___ smash"
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Monster, Monster, Spooky
Monster, Monster, Monster

Monster, Monster, Graveyard
Monster, Mashy, Spooky
How about this one from Rihanna? "Your mind is in Disturbia, _____"
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Disturbia
It's like the darkness is the light

Am I scaring you tonight?
Release me from this curse I'm in
And this Stevie Wonder classic... "Very superstitious / Writing's on the wall / Very superstitious / _____"
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Ladder's about to fall
Thirteen month old baby

Writing's on the wall
Black cat starts to crawl
Fill in the blank: "If there’s something weird / ______ / Who you gonna call? / Ghostbusters"
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In your neighbourhood
And you're feeling bad

And you're all alone
And it don't look good
How about this one from the Hocus Pocus film? "It's been 300 years / Right down to the day / Now the witch is back / _______ / I put a spell on you"
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You've all been cursed
And there's hell to pay

She's here to stay
Yes, she's back
Fill in the blank: "'Cause this is thriller, thriller night / And no one's gonna save you from the ______"
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Beast lurking in the dark
Killer about to strike

Beast about to strike
Creature creeping up
What about this one from The Nightmare Before Christmas? "This is Halloween, this is Halloween / ______"
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Did you say Halloween?
Ghosts scream in the middle of the night

Trick or treat till the neighbors gonna die of fright
Pumpkins scream in the dead of night
"Let's do the Time Warp again / It's just a jump to the ____ / And then a step to the ____"
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Left, Right
Right, Left

Left, Back
Front, Future
And finally, what about this one from Yeah Yeah Yeahs? "Off with your head / ______ / Heads will roll"
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Dance till dawn
Dance till you’re done

Dance 'til you're dead
Dance like you mean it
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Pawsitively perfect
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Clever Cat!
Almost purrfect
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Fintastic
Flippin good
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What are ewe doing?!
Baaaaaaad.
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Turtley Awful!
Shell of a bad effort.
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    Richard Cronin
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    Oct 16th 2020, 10:08 PM

    Very snnneaky on the ghostbusters question

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    Asio_Otus
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    Oct 17th 2020, 2:32 AM

    @Richard Cronin: Berrrry berry sneaky.

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    Oct 16th 2020, 9:38 PM

    Not well

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    Oct 16th 2020, 9:50 PM

    6/10
    Heads will roll has a great and spooky video, but I associate it more with Project X and the house parties that were happening here after the film came out. Mad stuff.

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    Oct 17th 2020, 12:37 AM

    “Fintastic”? Come on guys it’s hallowe’en! Give us some scary puns… Spooktacular or The scream of the crop or something…

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    Alison Maguire
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    Oct 16th 2020, 10:37 PM

    13 month old baby… cracked me up

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    Oct 16th 2020, 10:02 PM

    Spooktastically bad

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    Colm Doyle
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    Oct 17th 2020, 11:00 AM

    Too bad no questions on Roky Erickson’s “I walked with a Zombie”. I know the lyrics to that one

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    Oct 17th 2020, 12:42 PM

    Was the Michael Jackson line a veiled warning?

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