Aon! Black Cross Examination:

Now you are walking the dark path, it is time to test your knowledge of the grotesque, the debauched and the accursed. We shall begin our interrogation with the macabre aspects of music, before testing your stamina with film minutiae. Your final challenge shall be the literary and historical. Should you achieve a score of 6 correct in each category (666) then you can declare thyself to be an unnatural disciple of darkness.



For those amongst you who wish to swindle the truth, the answers are to be found at the foot of this debased text:

    Behold! The Aon! Black Music Challenge:
  1. Who sang of the devil, hell hounds and died young after reputedly being given poisoned whiskey?
  2. Which malevolent serial killer is linked to The Beatles cover present on the album "Rattle and Hum?"
  3. In which diabolical song from the 1960's will you find references to the deaths of princess Anastasia, Jesus Christ and JFK?
  4. Simon John Ritchie-Beverly died of a drug overdose at the age of 21. He allegedly stabbed his girlfriend to death. Who is he better known as?
  5. Who was found apparently drowned in his swimming pool in July 1969, just days before the now legendary band performed their free concert at Hyde Park?
  6. Whose spiritually mysterious fourth album is untitled, but is popularly known as Zoso?
    Now, partake of the Aon! Black Film Challenge:
  1. Who was allegedly the first choice actor to play the role of Neo in the Matrix, but died in tragic circumstances long before the film went into production?
  2. Which actor provides the fiendish link between Tim Burton, Michael Jackson and Roger Corman and how?
  3. Which disturbing occult pagan movie takes place on Summerisle? Who ultimately perished there?
  4. Which composer provides the eerie soundtrack for both Travis Bickle and Norman Bates when they kill?
  5. Johnny Depp appears in which classic 1984 slasher with Robert Englund?
  6. In which blood soaked film will you hear the croak of "Redrum"? Who said it?
    Finally, sharpen your mental steel with the Aon! Black Literature and History challenge:
  1. Who made a pact with the devil (Mephisto) for his very soul, in return for a glimpse of the zenith of human happiness?
  2. Which body snatchers supplied Dr. Knox with his grisly cargo of human organs?
  3. In Greek mythology what is the name of a river which forms the boundary between earth and the underworld, Hades?
  4. Which chemical element in the periodic table is associated with the devil in the bible?
  5. What is Samhain also known as?
  6. What is the better known name for the defining gothic novel, The Modern Prometheus, by Mary Shelley?

Aon! Black Solutions:

    Music:
  1. Robert Johnson
  2. Charles Manson
  3. Sympathy for the Devil by The Rolling Stones
  4. Sid Vicious of The Sex Pistols
  5. Brian Jones
  6. Led Zeppelin
    Film:
  1. Brandon Lee
  2. Vincent Price. He appeared as the inventor in Burton's Edward Scissorhands. He was the star of Corman's horror classic "House of Usher" and he also provided the ghoulish voice-over for Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video directed by John Landis
  3. The Wicker Man. Edward Woodward dies at the end
  4. Bernard Herrmann
  5. A Nightmare On Elm Street
  6. The Shining. The son Danny
    Literature & History:
  1. Faust
  2. William Burke and William Hare
  3. The river Styx
  4. Sulphur or Brimstone
  5. Halloween
  6. Frankenstein