All Hallows Eve
What vegetable was originally used for Jack-o-Lanterns in Ireland?
Turnips
What was candy corn orginally called?
Chicken Feed
All spiders are venomous.
True
All produce venom to catch prey and defend themselves but not all venom is strong enough to hurt or kill a human.
Finish the lyrics from "Monster Mash": "I was working in the ____ late one night, when my eyes beheld an eerie sight."
Lab
What is the specific name given to the full moon that occurs closest to the autumnal equinox?
The Harvest Moon
What is the baking term for cooking a pie crust completely before adding the filling (often done with pudding or cream pies), usually requiring the use of ceramic beads or dried beans to keep the dough from bubbling up?
Blind baking
During the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, the mass hysteria mirrored many dark folklore themes associated with All Hallows' Eve. While many accused individuals were hanged, one elderly man named Giles Corey was famously executed by being pressed to death under heavy stones. What were his famous last words?
"More Weight"
What candy bar was named after the Mar's family horse?
Snickers
All spider web's are designed to catch prey.
False
Tarantulas lay sild down in their burrows to make a softer home.
Finish these lyrics from Thriller.
Darkness falls across the land / The midnight hour is close at hand / Creatures crawl in search of blood / To terrorize _________
Y'all's neighborhood
Monarch butterflies are famous for their massive autumn migration. Which country do millions of them travel to for the winter?
Mexico
While "cow pies" are something else entirely, what specific sweet pie is officially designated as the state pie of Texas, fittingly featuring the state's official health nut?
Pecan pie
In the 1993 Disney Halloween favorite Hocus Pocus, the Sanderson sisters are accidentally resurrected by a teenager in Salem, Massachusetts. What specific object does he have to light to bring the witches back from the dead?
Candle
The Black Flame Candle
Which sweet treat was invented by a dentist?
Cotton Candy
William Morrison
Spider's blood is red.
False
It is actually blue.
Human blood is red because it uses iron to transport oxygen, but spider blood uses copper which causes it to turn blue.
Finish the lyrics from "This is Halloween": "This is Halloween, this is Halloween. _____ scream in the dead of night."
Pumpkins
The "Cornucopia" is a classic symbol of the autumn harvest. What does the word literally translate to from Latin?
Horn of Plenty
Celebrated annually on March 14th because the date matches the first three digits of a mathematical constant. What is this unofficial holiday commonly called?
Pi Day
The tradition of wearing scary costumes on All Hallows' Eve didn't start as a way to get candy. Why did the ancient Celts disguise themselves in animal skins and masks during their autumn festivals?
To hide from evil spirits.
Kit Kat bars are famously filled with a crispy wafer. However, the filling between those wafers isn't just plain chocolate. According to the manufacturers, what is that filling actually made of?
Crushed-up, imperfect Kit Kats (rejected bars from the assembly line are ground into a paste so nothing goes to waste).
Spiders must shed their entire exoskeleton in order to grow larger.
True
Because a spider’s outer shell is hard and rigid, it cannot grow with them. To get bigger, they must literally crawl out of their old skin in a process called molting.
Finish these lyrics from the "Addams Family": "Their house is a _____ where people come to see 'em. They really are a scream."
Museum
The Honeycrisp apple, a massive favorite for autumn apple picking, was developed by the horticultural science department at which US university?
The University of Minnesota
Sweet potato pie is a beloved Southern holiday tradition. In the early 20th century, a famous Black scientist and inventor published a list of over 100 uses for the sweet potato, including a popular recipe for sweet potato pie. Who was he?
George Washington Carver
Hundreds of years before it was called Halloween, the holiday originated as an ancient Celtic festival marking the end of the harvest and the beginning of the dark winter. What was the name of this 2,000-year-old festival?
Samhain (pronounced SOW-in)
Pop Rocks candy contains tiny pockets of a pressurized gas trapped inside the sugar. When the candy melts on your tongue, the gas escapes, creating the famous popping sensation. What specific gas is trapped inside?
Carbon dioxide
Spiders can be found on every single continent on Earth.
FALSE
The Reality: Spiders are found on every continent except Antarctica. It is simply too cold and lacks the insect prey needed for them to survive.
Finish these lyrics from from Ghostbusters. If you've had a dose of a freaky ghost / You'd better call, Ghostbusters! / _________ _________ _________ letting you ghost? / You'd better call, Ghostbusters!"
An invisible man
To Autumn" is one of the most famous poems ever written about the season, starting with the line "Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness." Which English Romantic poet wrote it?
John Keats
To give chocolate cream pies a richer flavor profile and prevent the chocolate from tasting flatly sweet, bakers frequently add a tiny amount of what ingredient to intensify the chocolate?
Espresso powder (or instant coffee)
Harry Houdini, the world's most famous illusionist and escape artist—who spent the later years of his life exposing fake spiritualists and ghost mediums—died ironically on what specific calendar date in 1926?
October 31st
Which fluffy, chocolate-covered candy bar was originally introduced in 1932 with three separate pieces in one package—flavored vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate—before wartime rations forced them to cut back to just chocolate?
3 Musketeers
Female black widow spiders always kill and eat the male after mating.
False
The myth comes from observations in laboratory cages, where males couldn't escape. In the wild, males usually survive to mate another day.
Finish these lyrics from The Rocky Horror Picture Show"?
"There's a light.
Over at the ______ place.
There's a light.
Burning in the fireplace
There's a light, a light
In the darkness of everybody's life."
Frankenstein
While we see the leaves change color on Earth, what breathtaking natural light display in the sky becomes statistically more frequent and vibrant around the autumn equinox?
The Auroras
A classic vintage Icebox dessert, the Grasshopper Pie is famous for its fluffy, mint-green filling. What specific cream-based, mint-flavored alcoholic liqueur gives the pie both its signature color and its distinct flavor?
Crème de menthe (Green crème de menthe)