Horror at the Movies
In the Friday the 13th franchise, this masked killer stalks Camp Crystal Lake
What is Jason Voorhees?
Featuring white, orange, and yellow layers, this triangular Halloween candy is designed to resemble a kernel of maize
What is Candy Corn?
In the animated Halloween special It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, this blanket-carrying character spends Halloween night waiting in a pumpkin patch
What is Linus Van Pelt?
Commonly associated with autumn coffee drinks and baked goods, this spice blend typically includes cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves
What is Pumpkin Spice?
Known as the “Mother Road,” this historic American highway connected Chicago with Southern California and became an iconic symbol of cross-country road trips
What is Route 66?
The mask worn by Michael Myers in John Carpenter's 1978 horror classic Halloween was originally modeled after the face of this Star Trek actor
What is William Shatner?
Famous for its 1692 witch trials, this Massachusetts city has become one of America's best-known Halloween destinations
What is Salem?
In the animated series The Addams Family, this famously hairy relative is known for wearing a bowler hat and sunglasses
What is Cousin Itt?
Each autumn, millions of these orange-and-black butterflies migrate south toward overwintering sites in Mexico and coastal California
What is Monarch Butterflies?
This Montana national park is famous for its Going-to-the-Sun Road, a spectacular mountain highway crossing the Continental Divide at Logan Pass
What is Glacier National Park?
In the 1980 horror film The Shining, Jack Torrance becomes the winter caretaker of this hotel
What is The Overlook Hotel?
In Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, this superstitious schoolteacher encounters the legendary Headless Horseman
What is Ichabod Crane?
In the Nickelodeon animated series Danny Phantom, teenager Danny Fenton gains ghostly superpowers after an accident involving this invention built by his parents
What is Ghost Portal?
Often harvested in autumn, this hard-shelled tree nut is the main ingredient in a classic Southern pie and is the official state nut of Texas
What is Pecan?
This scenic highway in the Florida Keys connects a chain of tropical islands and includes the famous Seven Mile Bridge on the route toward Key West
What is Overseas Highway?
In John Carpenter's 1983 adaptation of Stephen King's Christine, the possessed automobile is this make and model
What is Plymouth Fury?
First commercially marketed in the late 19th century, this talking board uses a movable pointer called a planchette and is commonly associated with attempts to contact spirits
What is Ouija Board?
In the stop-motion animated film The Nightmare Before Christmas, this rag-doll character is created by Dr. Finkelstein and becomes romantically involved with Jack Skellington
What is Sally?
Commonly blooming in autumn gardens, these flowering plants are often nicknamed ‘mums’ and are popular for their dense clusters of colorful blossoms
What is Chrysanthemums?
This famous scenic drive in Northern California follows a roughly 31-mile stretch of old Highway 101 through towering coast redwoods in Humboldt County
What is Avenue of Giants?
In Wes Craven's original 1984 film A Nightmare on Elm Street, Nancy Thompson lives in a house bearing this street number on Elm Street
What is 1428 Elm Street?
In an old Halloween divination tradition, people would place two of these objects near a fire, naming them after a couple, and watch whether they burned together or jumped apart to predict the relationship's future
What is Nuts?
In the animated series The Simpsons, this alien duo appears in the show's annual Treehouse of Horror Halloween specials, often plotting to conquer or manipulate humanity
What is Kang and Kodos?
In autumn, this small North American mammal changes its coat from brown to white in preparation for winter, and its oversized hind feet help it travel across deep snow
What is Snowshoe Hare?
Famous for its eight sharp hairpin turns on a single steep block, this San Francisco street attracts tourists who come to drive or photograph its famously winding roadway.
What is Lombard Street?