Famous Vampires Quiz

Question: What is the name of the vampire in the 1922 silent film Nosferatu?

Answer: The vampire in the 1922 silent film Nosferatu goes by the title of Count Orlok.

Question: Which vampire from the 1976 novel Interview with the Vampire recounts their struggle with their vampiric identity in an interview?

Answer: Though Louis and Claudia jointly struggle with the perils of their eternal fate as vampires, Louis de Pointe du Lac is the vampire who is interviewed in Anne Rice’s novel Interview with the Vampire about the story of his life and through which readers learn about these other vampire characters.

Question: Which actor played the moody vampire heartthrob Edward Cullen in the film adaptations of the Twilight Saga?

Answer: The sparkling, teen vampire Edward Cullen was played by British actor Robert Pattinson in the film adaptations of the Twilight Saga.

Question: Which Sesame Street character is supposed to be a vampire?

Answer: First making his debut in the fourth season of Sesame Street, it is implied that Count von Count is a vampire, due to a lot of aesthetic qualities he shares with other pop cultural vampires such as Count Dracula as depicted in the film Dracula (1931). However, the Count von Count character never really does really give in to bloodlust—he is driven by an overwhelming urge to count things instead.

Question: Which actor from the original 1985 horror film Fright Night makes a cameo in the 2011 remake of the same name?

Answer: Chris Sarandon makes a cameo in the 2011 remake of Fright Night; he played the terrifying vampire-next-door in the original 1985 film.

Question: What is distinctive about Count Duckula’s dietary habits in the cartoon television show Count Duckula?

Answer: Count Duckula is a somewhat untraditional vampire and maintains a vegetarian diet; Count Duckula is also not subject to traditional vampire weaknesses, such as garlic or sunlight.

Question: Which Romanian ruler is it believed Bram Stoker loosely based his Dracula on for his 1897 novel Dracula?

Answer: Vlad III was also known as Vlad III Dracula and—even more notably—Vlad the Impaler. He ruled over Walachia in 15th-century Europe. He is believed to have served as inspiration for Bram Stoker’s title character in Dracula (1897).

Question: In the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer, who is Buffy’s first vampire love interest?

Answer: Buffy’s first vampire love interest in the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer is Angel, who was so popular with fans that the character was given his own spin-off show, Angel. (Spike followed later in the series as another torturous yet alluring vampire love interest for Buffy.)