Spooky Tunes
This is the next line after “if there’s somethin’ strange, in your neighborhood, who ya gon call?”
What is “Ghostbusters!”?
(double points if you sing “if there’s somethin’ strange, in your neighborhood, who ya gon call? Ghostbusters!”)
Guising was a common practice in Ireland and Scotland, where kids dressed up in costumes would go from house to house and perform a song, poem, or trick in exchange for candy before this saying became popular.
What is “Trick or Treat!”?
The iconic quote, “Do you like scary movies?” is from this movie.
What is Scream?
An ancient Celt festival called Samhain inspired Halloween, taking place on November 1st because it was believed that the boundary between the living and the dead blurred on October 31st. This festival was celebrated in the UK, Northern France, and this other country.
What is Ireland?
This is the only continent that does not grow pumpkins.
What is Antarctica?
The song “I Put a Spell on You” (1956) written by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins and Herb Slotkin was made popular due to Bette Midler’s famous cover in this 1993 movie.
What is Hocus Pocus?
This candy is consistently ranked the most popular Halloween candy in the US.
What are Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups?
(imo, the best candy ever)
This stop motion animated musical fantasy film produced by Tim Burton features trick-or-treaters named Lock, Shock, and Barrel…
a. Corpse Bride
b. Coraline
c. The Nightmare Before Christmas
d. Beetlejuice
What is (c) The Nightmare Before Christmas?
In the seventh and eighth centuries, the Catholic Church moved All Hallow’s Day to November 1st, turning October 31st into this day, which eventually became known as Halloween.
What is All Hallow’s Eve?
This part of a pumpkin you can‘t eat.
What is nothing?
The music video of this song has a famous zombie dance that has become a global cultural tradition.
What is “Thriller”?
There was a boom in trick-or-treating in this decade due to the mass amounts of families moving into suburban neighborhoods.
What is the 1950s?
This movie was the highest grossing horror film, having earned over $700 million worldwide…
a. The Exorcist
b. It
c. Psycho
d. Scream
What is (b) It?
According to folklore, encountering this creature on Halloween night was considered a good omen, representing a deceased loved one watching over you...
a. Black cat
b. Bat
c. Owl
d. Spider
What are (d) spiders?
In the Peanuts TV special It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, this character sits patiently in a pumpkin patch waiting for a great pumpkin to appear…
a. Linus
b. Snoopy
c. Lucy
d. Charlie Brown
Who is (a) Linus?
This singer sings the background vocals in Rockwell‘s “Somebody’s Watching Me”.
Who is Michael Jackson?
“Candy Corn” was originally called this when it was first created in Philadelphia in the 1980s because of its original use of not being a human food, but it being livestock food…
a. Pig Slop
b. Mice Nibbles
c. Squirrel Kernels
d. Chicken Feed
What is (d) Chicken Feed?
This was used in place of blood in Alfred Hitchcock’s famous “shower scene” from Psycho…
a. Chocolate syrup
b. Fudge frosting
c. Tomato sauce
d. Ketchup
What is (a) chocolate syrup?
In the Samhain festival, people wore this so roaming spirits wouldn’t recognize them…
a. Pumpkin guts
b. Hats and cloaks
c. Animals skins and masks
d. Potato sacks
What are (c) animal skins and masks?
Before Irish immigrants popularized carving pumpkins in America, this vegetable was most commonly carved into scary lanterns…
a. Turnips
b. Beets
c. Parsnips
d. Rutabagas
What are (a) turnips?
This song by Bobby Picket in 1962 became an instant Halloween novelty classic…
a. “Thriller”
b. “Monster Mash”
c. “Somebody’s Watching Me”
d. “Ghostbusters”
What is (b) “Monster Mash”?
In 2025, out of the $13.1 billion spent on Halloween in the United States, this amount was spent on candy with the average consumer spending $33-$58 on Halloween candy.
(closest guess gets the points)
What is $3.9 billion?
Stephen King has been dubbed as the “King of Horror,” with there being over 50 films based off of his novels. Out of his 67 novels/novellas and 200+ short stories, this work of his does not have a film adaptation…
a. The Monkey
b. The Talisman
c. Stand By Me
d. Silver Bullet
What is (b) The Talisman?
The practice of bobbing for apples on Halloween is traced back to a Roman festival, honoring this goddess of fruit trees, gardens, and orchards…
a. Ceres
b. Pomona
c. Diana
d. Flora
Who is (b) Pomona?
In Rhode Island, Ron Wallace broke the pumpkin weight world record by over 300 pounds at this weight. (Closest guess gets the points)
What is 3156 pounds?