Zombie Trivia Trivia Quiz - Trivia Quiz

1 The term 'zombie' entered American pop culture primarily through which cultural tradition?

A. Haitian folklore

B. Australian Aboriginal Dreamtime

C. Norse mythology

2 Which 1968 film is widely credited with defining the modern flesh-eating zombie?

A. White Zombie

B. I Walked with a Zombie

C. Night of the Living Dead

3 On The Walking Dead, which former sheriff's deputy awakens from a coma to find the world overrun by the undead?

A. Negan

B. Daryl Dixon

C. Rick Grimes

4 In 28 Days Later, what turns people into fast, zombie-like aggressors?

A. Radiation from a comet

B. A Rage virus infection

C. An ancient curse

5 In Plants vs. Zombies, which basic plant fires peas at approaching zombies?

A. Sunflower

B. Peashooter

C. Wall-nut

6 Which neurotoxin, associated with pufferfish, has been proposed in folklore as an ingredient in 'zombie powder'?

A. Tetrodotoxin

B. Adrenaline

C. Curare

7 According to most modern zombie lore, what is the most reliable way to stop a zombie?

A. Garlic and holy water

B. Silver bullets

C. Destroy the brain

8 World War Z, an oral-history style account of a global zombie pandemic, was written by whom?

A. Stephen King

B. Max Brooks

C. Neil Gaiman

9 What is the original Japanese title of the Resident Evil video game series?

A. Biohazard

B. Outbreak

C. Darkside

10 Shaun of the Dead is part of which film trilogy by Edgar Wright?

A. The Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy

B. The Matrix Trilogy

C. The Dollar Trilogy

11 In Minecraft, what typically happens to standard zombies when exposed to direct sunlight?

A. They turn friendly

B. They catch fire and burn

C. They run faster

12 In Dungeons & Dragons, which spell is commonly used to create or command zombies?

A. Revivify

B. Raise Dead

C. Animate Dead

13 Which George A. Romero film, set largely in a shopping mall, satirizes consumer culture through its zombie narrative?

A. Survival of the Dead

B. Day of the Dead

C. Dawn of the Dead

14 In The Last of Us, the zombie-like outbreak stems from a mutated form of which real-world fungus?

A. Cordyceps (Ophiocordyceps)

B. Saccharomyces (yeast)

C. Penicillium

15 Which classic horror star played the villain in the 1932 voodoo-themed zombie film White Zombie?

A. Lon Chaney Jr.

B. Bela Lugosi

C. Boris Karloff