Basics
What date is Halloween celebrated every year?
October 31!
Which spooky creature is said to turn into a bat and drink people’s blood?
Vampire
In the movie, it’s the great pumpkin Charlie Brown, which character waits for the great pumpkin?
Linus
What sweet treat do children commonly collect while trick-or-treating?
Candy
What color is most commonly associated with Halloween alongside orange?
Black
What orange vegetable is commonly carved into a spooky face for Halloween?
Pumpkin
What creature is traditionally described as having a green face, a pointy hat and riding a broomstick?
Witch
In Disney’s Hocus Pocus how many Sanderson sisters are there?
Three
What popular Halloween candy consist of three colored sections, usually yellow, orange and white?
Candy corn
What do we call the fear of ghosts?
Phasmophobia
What three word phrase do children traditionally say when knocking on doors for Halloween candy?
Trick or Treat
According to legend a kind of creature transforms from a human into a ___ during a full moon?
Werewolf
What is the name of the masked killer in the Halloween horror movie franchise?
Michael Myers
What Halloween activity involves bobbing for apples in a tub of water and trying to grab one with your teeth
Bobbing for apples
What is the name for a person who studies vampires?
Vampirologist
What is the name of the Celtic festival often associated with the origins of Halloween?
Samhain
What mythical undead creature is often described as rising from its grave to eat human flesh?
Zombie
In Beetlejuice, how many times must you say the title‘s character name to summon him?
Three times
What is the traditional name for lantern made from a carved pumpkin?
Jack o’ lantern
Which Roman goddess of fruit and trees is sometimes linked to the Halloween tradition of bobbing for apples?
Pomona
Halloween evolved from the ancient Celtic festival of samhain in which modern day country did the festival originate?
Ireland
In Greek mythology, what three headed dog guards the entrance to the underworld?
Cerberus
In the original 1978 movie Halloween, what is the name of the fictional Illinois town where the killer terrorizes the residents?
Haddonfield
Before pumpkins became popular in North America, what root vegetable was traditionally carved into lanterns in Ireland and Scotland?
Turnips
What two word phrase is shortened to create the word Halloween?
All Hallows’ Eve