This cache is in tribute to the late, great George Romero.
The cache is NOT at the posted coordinates. (I really shouldn’t have to tell you this.) Much like my Friday the 13th movie trivia cache, you’ll have to answer some trivia questions on the “Living Dead” series of movies
I’m only focusing on three films with this one: Night of Living Dead (1968) Dawn of the Dead (1978) and Day of the Dead (1985), the first three films in George Romero’s “Dead” trilogy. I will refer to them from here after as “Night,” “Dawn,” and “Day.” You don’t need to have seen them all to solve this, but it will certainly help! Just match the number on the correct answer with the letters below.
Cache coordinates are at N 42 ab.cde W 085 fg.hij
a. What famous movie critic said this about watching Night at a theater after the movie’s release: “The kids in the audience were stunned. There was almost complete silence. The movie had stopped being delightfully scary about halfway through, and had become unexpectedly terrifying. There was a little girl across the aisle from me, maybe nine years old, who was sitting very still in her seat and crying.”
(9) Richard Roeper (0) Roger Ebert (5) Gene Siskel
b. “When there is no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth.” Which actor got to say this chilling line in Dawn?
(7) David Emge (0) Ken Foree (1) Gaylen Ross
c. Captain Rhodes has arguably the most gruesome death scene of the entire series in Day. Who was the actor that played him?
(7) Terry Alexander (4) Richard Liberty (1) Joseph Pilato
d. In what year did the Library of Congress add Night to the National Film Registry?
(6) 1999 (4) 1978 (9) 1985
e. What novel and later film did George Romero admit “I had basically ripped off” when writing the story for Night?
(5) Jurassic Park (0) I Am Legend (2) The Road
f. Special effects legend Tom Savini was originally slated to do the effects for Night but didn’t get his start in the series until Dawn because he was:
(3) attending college (5) serving in the Army in Vietnam (3) attending high school
g. Where was the famous “They’re coming to get you Barbara!” scene filmed?
(1) Evans City Cemetery, Pennsylvania (3) Monroeville Mall, Pennsylvania (7) a mine in Wampum, Pennsylvania
h. Dawn started filming in November of 1977. But because it was filmed at night in an active shopping mall, the crew ran into a hurdle and decided to delay filming until January of 1978 for what reason?
(1) lack of fake blood (5) an actual zombie outbreak (4) Christmas shopping season
i. George Romero wasn’t actually a fan of “The Walking Dead” TV show, but one of the characters from the trilogy made a cameo in the series just the same. Who was it?
(5) Ben (7) Bub the Zombie (3) Dr. Sarah Bowman
j. Because Night had such a limited budget, the filmmakers had to be creative with the effects. What did they use to simulate blood?
(2) ketchup (5) Bosco chocolate syrup (8) pizza sauce
That’s it, the cache should be an easy find. And look out because the dead are coming!