Quoth the Raven: “Let’s have some trivia!”
Thirty tricky questions about the master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe. Good luck and don’t mind the pendulum. It’s just for show.
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The Dorky Round
One
What wine lures Fortunato down into the catacombs?
Montillado
Two
What Poe story featured an old man with a filmy, vulture-eye?
The Tell-Tale Heart
Three
Which Poe short story is considered the first modern detective story?
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Four
Whose treasure is being sought out in The Gold-Bug?
Captain Kidd
Five
Which Poe story inspired elements of The Picture of Dorian Gray?
The Oval Portrait
Six
Who is the host of The Masque of the Red Death?
Prince Prospero
Seven
What story features a feline with a gallows shaped patch on its fur?
The Black Cat
Eight
What story has a character who is kept alive through hypnosis?
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
Nine
Which Poe tale heavily features all the senses except sight?
The Pit and the Pendulum
Ten
In what city did Poe die?
Baltimore, Maryland
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The Geeky Round
One
Poe was born in what city?
Boston, Massachusetts
Two
What story features siblings Roderick and Madeline?
The Fall of the House of Usher
Three
Which Poe poem features a gallant knight searching for a legendary place?
Eldorado
Four
In which story does the main character kill someone by means of a poison candle?
The Imp of the Perverse
Five
What story has the alternate title, “the Eight Chained Ourang-Outangs”
Hop-Frog
Six
What is the name given to Morella’s daughter?
She, too, is named Morella.
Seven
What was the name of Poe’s wife?
Virginia Clemm
Eight
Who old was Virginia when she married Poe?
Thirteen. She would die from tuberculosis at 24.
Nine
In what month does The Raven take place?
December
Ten
How many colored rooms are in The Masque of the Red Death?
Seven. Blue, purple, green, orange, white, violet, and black.
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The Nerdy Round
One
Poe was court marshalled as a cadet at what school?
The United States Military Academy at West Point
Two
Where was The Raven first published?
New York Evening Mirror
Three
During what event does The Pit and the Pendulum take place?
The narrator is imprisoned during the Spanish Inquisition.
Four
The protagonist of The Premature Burial suffers from what condition?
Catalepsy
Five
What is the name of the titular character in The Black Cat?
Pluto
Six
After Poe’s death, what rival published a slanted biography to destroy his Edgar Allan Poe’s reputation?
Rufus Wilmot Griswold
Seven
What titular woman was described as “the queenliest dead that ever died so young”?
Lenore
Eight
What poem progresses from “the jingling and the tinkling/” to “the moaning and the groaning”?
The Bells
Nine
In which poem did Poe celebrate the nurturing power of women?
To Helen
Ten
Which Poe poem tells the fictionalized account of a Turkic conqueror?
Tamerlane
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