Haunted history
In which U.S. state did the infamous Salem witch trials take place in 1692?
What is Massachusetts?
What is the name of the scientific study of spiders?
What is arachnology?
What popular Halloween candy is shaped like a triangle and traditionally has three colors: yellow, orange, and white?
What is candy corn?
In this 1996 horror film, a masked killer wearing a long black robe terrorizes teenagers while asking them about their favorite scary movies.
What is Scream?
The killer is known as Ghostface.
A man once survived being struck by lightning seven separate times
ALIVE
Roy Sullivan, a Virginia park ranger, survived seven lightning strikes between 1942 and 1977
What famous New York town is associated with the legend of a headless horseman who rides through the night?
What is sleet hollow?
How many bones are in the average adult human skeleton?
What is 206?
Which popular chocolate candy brand uses the slogan 'Taste the Rainbow'?
What is Skittles?
In this 2017 horror film, a shape-shifting clown named Pennywise terrorizes children in the town of Derry, Maine.
What is It?
Based on Stephen King's novel.
In 1910, New York City banned Halloween celebrations after its mayor was supposedly frightened to death by someone dressed as a ghost.
DEAD
The Halloween mayor incident is fictional.
Which famous illusionist and escape artist died on Halloween in 1926?
Harry Houdini
Which organ can remain electrically active for a short time after the heart stops beating?
What is brain?
Which candy bar was originally named after a slang term for someone who frequently dropped a baseball?
What is butterfinger?
This horror villain wears a striped sweater, has knives for fingers, and attacks teenagers in their dreams.
Who is Freddy Krueger?
A chicken once lived for more than a year after its head was cut off.
ALIVE
Mike the Headless Chicken survived for 18 months after being beheaded in 1945.
Which European country was home to Vlad the Impaler, the historical ruler who helped inspire the Dracula legend?
What is Romania?
What is the scientific term for the stiffening of muscles that occurs after death?
What is rigor mortis?
Which candy bar was once sold with a free nickel attached to its wrapper as part of a 1989 promotion?
What is PayDay?
In the 2008 film The Dark Knight, the Joker challenges Batman by threatening to blow up two boats. What is unusual about the passengers aboard these boats?
One carries ordinary civilians, while the other carries prisoners.
A French king once died after hitting his head on a doorframe.
ALIVE
Pope Formosus's corpse was actually put on trial in Rome in 897, in an event known as the Cadaver Synod.
During mummification, which organ was typically left inside the body because Egyptians believed it was essential for judgment in the afterlife?
What is the heart?
Which chemical compound, also present in some decaying bodies, is largely responsible for the smell associated with rotten eggs?
What is hydrogen sulfide?
What vegetable was traditionally carved into jack-o'-lanterns in Ireland before pumpkins became popular in America?
What are turnips?
How many times must you say Beetlejuice's name to summon him?
Three
In the 1500s, hundreds of people in a European city reportedly began dancing uncontrollably, with some collapsing from exhaustion.
ALIVE
The Dancing Plague of 1518 in Strasbourg is documented, although its cause and exact death toll remain debated.