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Halloween Trivia Game - Music Pop Quiz

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1) What Halloween song has sold over four million copies, received three gold records and hit number one making it onto the Billboard charts three times?

(B) “The Monster Mash” by Bobby ‘Boris’Pickett and Lenny Capizi. The song was written in about an hour and a half. It reached #1 on October 20, 1962 after eight weeks on the charts just in time for Halloween. One of the most popular novelty records of all time “The Monster Mash” has been performed by Bobby ‘Boris’Pickett and the Cryptkickers, John Zacherle, and by too many other artists to count!

2) Who wrote “Zombie Jamboree”?

(C) Conrad Eugene Mauge, Jr. Little information is known about the author but the song was written sometime before 1955. It is also known as “Back to Back (Belly to Belly)”. “Zombie Jamboree” has been performed by Harry Belafonte, The Kingston Trio, The Charmer (a.k.a. Louis Farrakhan) and Rockapella.

3) The songwriting team of Don Raye and Gene De Paul wrote a memorable last song as collaborators. It was:

(D) “The Headless Horseman” From Disney’s 11th animated film The Adventures of Ichabod & Mr.Toad, adapted from Washington Irving’s story The Legend Of Sleepy Hollowand narrated by Bing Crosby. “The Headless Horseman” has been performed by: Bing Crosby, Kay Starr, and Question Four.

4) What spooky television theme song was nominated for a Grammy?

(C) “The Munsters Theme” Composed by influential Hollywood guitarist, arranger, composer and conductor Jack Marshall. Little known lyrics are by Bob Mosher, one of the writers and producers of the show. The Munsters debuted on CBS September 24, 1964. The version with vocals can be found on this LP. Jack Marshall, Billy Strange, Comateens, and Los Straitjackets have performed “The Munsters Theme.” record The Classics IV’s hit. The song reached #3 and earned them a gold record. “Spooky” has been performed by The Classics IV(with sax by Mike Sharpe), Dusty Springfield, Atlanta Rhythm Section (also with sax by Mike Sharpe), R.E.M. Livebootleg, Joan Osborne Live, Daniel Ash, and Question Six.

5) Who wrote the song “Spooky”?

(C) Classics IV. Recorded in 1967 with Imperial Records, it became their first hit in 1968, climbing to #3 on the Billboard charts.

6) Who first composed music for Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?

(B) Hoyt S. Curtin, legendary composer of the themes for The Flintstones, The Jetsonsand many other memorable television and cartoon themes is the author. Only used for the first two episodes aired of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!(”What A Night for AKnight” and “AClue for Scooby-Doo”). The more notable “Scooby-Dooby-Doo” theme song was written by David Mook and Ben Raleigh and sung by Larry Marks. The “Scooby Doo Theme” has been performed by Hoyt Curtin, David Mook and Ben Raleigh, Matthew Sweet, Third Eye Blind, Billy Ray Cyrus, Jennifer Love-Hewitt, The B-52’s, and MxPx.

Mark Harvey is a Halloween music enthusiast and archivist. A stay-at-home father, Mark owns and operates NobodyRecords.com, HauntScapes.com, Pumpkinland Studios and 13thTrack.com Halloween Radio plus a number of other Halloween and non-Halloween related websites. His own Halloween releases include Pumpkinland Halloween ‘HauntScape’Trilogy and Rain Station’s Dark Ride.

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