1) INTRODUCTION

Welcome to MonSFFA’s Halloween 2022 e-Meeting! We hope you have a spooktacular few hours with us this afternoon…

Settle into your most comfortable chair, tasty treats at hand—the ones you are supposed to be handing out to all the Trick-or-Treaters in two weeks!—along with a good cup o’ Joe, and join us for an afternoon of sci-fi/horror fun and conversation.

Today, we’ll be exploring vampire mythology, talking scary books and movies, and, after being regrettably scrubbed last meeting because of unforeseen circumstance, we’ll hear those convention reports on the recent Chicon 8, and next year’s NASFiC, which will be hosted by Winnipeg. This will mark the very first time the NASFiC will take place outside of the U.S.

All of this, and more, awaits, so let’s get started!

2) JOIN THIS AFTERNOON’S VIDEO-CHAT ON ZOOM!

To join our ZOOM video-chat, which will run throughout the next few hours, simply click here and follow the prompts: This Afternoon’s MonSFFA e-Meeting on ZOOM

If you’re not fully equipped to ZOOM, you can also join in by phone (voice only); in the Montreal area, the toll-free number to call is: 1-438-809-7799. Outside of the city? Find your local number here: Phone to ZOOM!

Also, have this information on hand as you may be asked to enter it:

Meeting ID: 881 2635 6895
Passcode: 120606

To survive until the ’morrow on Halloween, call 1-800-666!

3) MEETING AGENDA

Here is the agenda for this afternoon’s gathering of the fannish:

As always, all scheduled programming is subject to change.

4)

Lindsay Brown has prepared a Halloween Quiz for the occasion of this, our 2022 Halloween e-meeting! Those participating, today, on ZOOM will have a go at the quiz to kick off the afternoon’s chat; the answers will be revealed in our closing post of the afternoon, at 4:45PM.

Says Lindsay, “Happy Halloween trivia!”

1) Halloween is the day before which holiday?

2) The tradition of making Jack-o-Lanterns to ward off evil spirits is thousands of years old. Which vegetable were they originally made out of?

3) According to superstition, if you stare into a mirror at midnight on Halloween, what will you see?

4) Which region in the world do pumpkins originate from?

5) Who wrote the novel Frankenstein?

6) Transylvania is a region in which country?

7) Halloween has its origins in which ancient Celtic festival?

8) Which actor played Dr. Frank-n-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show?

9) Is a pumpkin a fruit or vegetable?

10) What is the significance of seeing a spider on Halloween?

11) Which country celebrates the Day of the Dead starting at midnight on October 31?

12) According to superstition, a person born on Halloween has what particular ability?

13) Who directed The Nightmare Before Christmas?

14) Which vampire said, “Don’t be afraid. I’m going to give you the choice I never had.”

15) How many people were hanged during the Salem Witch Trials?

16) Every Halloween, Charlie Brown helps his friend Linus wait for what character to appear?

17) What do people “bob” for on Halloween?

18) Who is said to haunt the White House Rose Garden?

19) Pumpkins can be orange, white, green, or what other colour?

20) In The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, how many people are killed with a chainsaw?

21) What’s the body-count for the film Halloween?

22) Which year was the movie Freaks made?

23) In the original Alien film, how many alien eggs were made for the egg chamber inside the downed spacecraft?

24) How many Oscars was Psycho nominated for?

Our next Post will pop up at 1:45PM.