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A quiz on some of the scariest shows to be shown on television

 

Questions

1) Which TV show revolves around the Harmons, a family of three, who move from Boston to Los Angeles but find that the house they've moved into is haunted.
 

2) Freddie Highmore stars in which prequel to Psycho which shows how his complicated relationship with his mother turned him into a serial killer?
 

3) Black Mirror is a British science fiction anthology television series which examines modern society, particularly with regard to the unanticipated consequences of new technologies, and was created and directed by who?
 

4) Who starred as Fox Mulder in the series X-Files?
 

5) Which post-apocalyptic series, based on Robert Kirkman’s comic book series of the same name, and has set the standard for the zombie horror genre? Andrew Lincoln played the leading character up to series nine.
 

6) Which science fiction horror series from Netflix is set in the fictional town of Hawkins?
 

7) Which American supernatural horror show is based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Shirley Jackson and follows five adult siblings whose paranormal experiences at their House continue to haunt them in the present day?
 

8) What is the character name of the student who is found naked and wrapped in plastic in the fictional town of Twin Peaks?
 

 

 

Answers

1) Which TV show revolves around the Harmons, a family of three, who move from Boston to Los Angeles but find that the house they've moved into is haunted.
American Horror Story

 

2) Freddie Highmore stars in which prequel to Psycho which shows how his complicated relationship with his mother turned him into a serial killer?
Bates Motel

 

3) Black Mirror is a British science fiction anthology television series which examines modern society, particularly with regard to the unanticipated consequences of new technologies, and was created and directed by who?
Charlie Brooker

 

4) Who starred as Fox Mulder in the series X-Files?
David Duchovny

 

5) Which post-apocalyptic series, based on Robert Kirkman’s comic book series of the same name, and has set the standard for the zombie horror genre? Andrew Lincoln played the leading character up to series nine.
The Walking Dead

 

6) Which science fiction horror series from Netflix is set in the fictional town of Hawkins?
Stranger Things

 

7) Which American supernatural horror show is based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Shirley Jackson and follows five adult siblings whose paranormal experiences at their House continue to haunt them in the present day?
The Haunting of Hill House

 

8) What is the character name of the student who is found naked and wrapped in plastic in the fictional town of Twin Peaks?
Laura Palmer