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Celluloid death

The following movies all have the words "Dead," "Death," or "Die" in the title. I've given you the plot, you give me the name of the movie.

  1. Two women are offered immortality.

  2. Jane Seymour is the love interest in this spy film.

  3. A group of people take shelter in an abandoned farmhouse to escape murderous zombies.

  4. A female gunfighter enters a deadly contest.

  5. The cursed sumatran rat monkey.

  6. David Caruso is an ex-con.

  7. Ex-gangster Jimmy the Saint is marked for death, and only has 48 hours to put things right.

  8. A TV weatherwoman kills her husband.

  9. A actress is summoned to an isolated estate for a screen test.

  10. Alan Rickman plays a clever terrorist.

  11. William Peterson is a U.S. secret service agent tracking his partner's killer.

  12. A retired Drug Enforcement agent goes after drug lords when they overrun his hometown.

  13. Dirty Harry classic.

  14. Detective Louis Burke poses as an inmate at the Harrison Penitentiary.

  15. Lisa Bonet stars as a reporter in this movie featuring Stretch, a phone sex serial killer.

  16. A man recovers from a coma to discover he has psychic powers.

  17. The last nightmare on Elm Street.

  18. Teenagers are unexpectedly left on their own for a summer.

  19. Detective Rigby Readdon tries to solve the death of a noted scientist, philanthropist, and cheesemaker.

  20. Bette Davis stars as estranged twin sisters.

  21. Scissors.

  22. People for points.

Last words

Who said the following famous Iast words?

  1. "Light, More Light!"

  2. "What an artist the world is losing."

  3. "All my possessions for a moment of time."

  4. "Josephine! The army! Command of the army!'

  5. "So much to do, so little time."

  6. "Let us go over the river, and sit in the shade of the trees."

  7. "I am going to seek a great perhaps. Draw the curtain: the farce is played out."

Tombstones

  1. Who is buried under the following tombstone: "The body of --XX-- like the contents of an old book, its contents tom out, and stripped of its lettering and gilding, lies here, food for worms. But the work shall not be wholly lost: for it will, as he believ'd appear once more, In a new & more perfect edition, corrected and Amended by the Author."

  2. The Veterans Administration supplies grave markers for certain veterans and their dependents. Which four pieces of information must be included on the marker?

  3. Thomas Jefferson's tombstone lists his three most important accomplishments. What are they? Which notable one is missing?

  4. Who requested that his tombstone read "On the whole, I'd rather be in Philadelphia"?

  5. Which seven former Williams presidents are buried behind Hubbell?

  6. Which of these Williams presidents has a gravestone that is designed to be sat upon?

Death and the Media

  1. Two recent TV ads feature Death appearing and then being appeased by the product. Name the products.

"Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey"

  1. How do Bill and Ted first escape Death?

  2. What four games do Bill and Ted play to defeat Death?

  3. What musical instrument does Death play?

"Monty Python's the Meaning of Life"

  1. How does the incarnation of death prove that he is the real McCoy to the dead dinner party?

  2. What killed the dinner party?

"Terry Pratchett's Discworld Series"

  1. How do you know when Death is speaking?

  2. Death, having given up skeleton steeds as impractical, and flaming horses as too accident-prone, rides an ordinary horse. What is its name?

"On a Pale Horse"

  1. What is the name of the new Death?

  2. How does he get the job?

"Sandman"

  1. What is Death's sigil? Draw it, too! (Make sure that it is the right color.)

  2. How often does Death become mortal?

  3. What does Death collect? (Hint: not dust)

  4. What are the four types of burial performed in the Necropolis?

"South Park"

  1. Who dies in every episode of "South Park"? Give three examples of how he dies.

  2. When he dies, what drags his body offscreen?

"Xena" and "Hercules"

  1. What magical substance restores the dead to life?

  2. What is special about the blood of the Golden Hind?

"Who Killed Roger Rabbit?"

  1. How do you kill a toon?

  2. How did the ferret gang die?

  3. Who did kill Roger Rabbit?

Corpse Creativity

  1. Which state was the first to regulate and license embalmers?

  2. Which are the two main preservative chemicals used in embalming?

  3. Everyone knows that ancient Egyptians often mummified their dead. Which four organs were removed during the process and preserved separately in canopic jars? Which major organ was left in the body? Which major organ was removed and thrown away because it was considered useless?

  4. About how much do the cremated remains (or cremains) of the average person weigh?

  5. Who was the first man to be intentionally cryogenically frozen? (Sorry, Walt..)

  6. What is the standard size of a wooden coffin?

  7. Which well-known cemetery has been described as alternatively the 'Cote d'Azure of burying grounds', 'a Disneyland for the dead', or 'God's own million dollar acre'?

  8. Why must a Jewish burial be performed within a few days of death?

  9. What is a 'Hand of Glory'?

  10. What is Famadihana?

  11. What is a Tower of Silence?

Miscellaneous

  1. Which poet buried the only manuscript of several poems with his wife, only to relent and dig them up again seven years later?

  2. Where is a mourning band typically wom?

  3. What does the fictional Morganti weapon do?

  4. Dog tags are used to identify the dead. Where are you supposed to wear them during combat?

  5. What killed the Norse god Balder?

  6. Who said "Death is a debt we all must pay?"

The Worms Crawl In

  1. Write the complete text of the song "The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out..."