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Buffy the Vampire Slayer

trivia!

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Section 1:

Plot Points

stuff that happened in the show

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Q1:

  1. Silver bullets
  2. Wooden stake
  3. Holy water
  4. Crossbow

Which object is most commonly used to defeat vampires in the show?

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Q2:

  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Sunnydale, CA
  • Riverside, CA
  • Seattle, WA

The show takes place in which US city?

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Q3:

  • The Watchers
  • The Scooby Gang
  • The Fang Club
  • Defenders of the Dark

Buffy’s band of friends refer to themselves by which moniker?

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Q4:

  • Ancient burial ground
  • Portal to the hell dimension
  • Malfunctioning alien device
  • Secret government compound

Monsters are attracted to Buffy’s hometown due to which supernatural phenomenon?

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Q5:

  • Government agent
  • Librarian
  • Pharmacist
  • Janitor

Giles, the bespectacled mentor to the Slayer, also works in which occupation?

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Section 2:

Production

how the show was made and its impact

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Q6:

  • I Know What You Did Last Summer
  • Community
  • How I Met Your Mother
  • Ted Lasso

Actors from ‘Buffy’ have had roles in all of the following media except:

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Q7:

  • Having sex
  • Becoming wealthy
  • Taking drugs
  • Self-harm

Being bitten by a vampire is used in the show as an innuendo for all except:

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Q8:

  • High schoolers having to kill
  • Long-lasting lesbian relationship
  • Dating someone much, much older
  • Using magic in a contemporary setting

The show is known for being one of the first TV shows to display which “taboo” topic?

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Q9:

  • “MacGuffin”
  • “Big Bad”
  • “Lore Dump”
  • “Power Creep”

In addition to popularizing the MotW format, ‘Buffy’ also coined which related term?

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Q10:

  • Shows changing time-slots mid-season
  • Network-hopping to “save” shows
  • Deteriorating conditions in the TV industry
  • Reboots of cult-classics

Seasons 6 and 7 were picked up by a different network, setting a standard for:

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer

trivia!

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Ideas

  • Willow + Tara first kiss
    • Tara and Willow were the first long-lasting lesbian couple in US TV
  • Vampirism / Magic as an innuendo
  • Alternate media (novels, comics, video games)
  • Actors on the show
    • I know what you did last summer, HIMYM, ted lasso