Scary Music - Answers

Published: Thursday 14th October 2021A free quiz that's perfect for Halloween with questions about all types of scary music.
  1. A favourite every year at Halloween, in which year was Boris Pickett's "Monster Mash" originally released? 1962
  2. Heavily sampled on Kid Rock's "All Summer Long", who recorded "Werewolves of London"? Warren Zevon.
  3. "Sympathy for the Devil" is the opening track on which Rolling Stones album? "Beggars Banquet".
  4. Which Midlands city was The Specials "Ghost Town" written about? Coventry.
  5. Which Donovan song is used as the opening music for TV's "Brittania"? "Season of the Witch".
  6. Although providing a number 1 hit for both Doctor and the Medics and Gareth Gates, who in 1969 originally wrote and sang "Spirit in the Sky"? Norman Greenbaum.
  7. Regarded by many as a masterpiece of alternative rock, which Irish rock band released the 1994 single "Zombie"? The Cranberries.
  8. Who directed the video for Michael Jackson's single "Thriller"? John Landis.
  9. Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells" was used in which famous 1973 horror movie? "The Exorcist".
  10. Which 19th century French composer wrote "Symphonie Fantastique"? Hector Berlioz.
  11. Who sang about a "Psycho Killer" on their 1977 single? Talking Heads.
  12. Which famous Motown star sang backing vocals on Rockwell's top ten hit "Somebody's Watching Me"? Michael Jackson.
  13. Depicting the Devil dancing with the skeletons of the dead in a graveyard, who wrote the tone poem "Danse Macabre"? Camille Saint-Saens.
  14. Which single in 2015 provided Little Mix with their third UK number one? "Black Magic".
  15. Used in the movie "Halloween" when actress Jamie Curtis was being chased, who recorded "Don't Fear the Reaper"? Blue Oyster Cult.
  16. Who had a 1974 UK hit with the song "There's a Ghost in my House"? R Dean Taylor.
  17. Who composed the music "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" used in the Disney movie "Fantasia"? Paul Dukas.
  18. Who composed the music to the musical "The Phantom of the Opera"? Andrew Lloyd-Webber.
  19. Who drove on the "Road to Hell" on his 1989 single and album? Chris Rea.
  20. Which female singer featured on Eminem's 2013 UK number 1 "The Monster"? Rihanna.

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