The "Renaissance"
This large portion of roast fowl has become an icon of Renaissance fair food, regardless of whether it was common fare in the 1500s or not.
What is a Turkey Leg
In this novel, the Creed family discovers that a nearby graveyard holds a powerful secret.
What is Pet Sematary?
This New England town draws a crowd every October thanks to its prominence during the 1692 witch trials.
What is Salem, Massachusetts?
Cinderella's fairy godmother famously turned a pumpkin into this.
What is a carriage?
This transparent trickster and 'friendly' ghost has been floating around since the 1940s.
Who is Casper
A classic exclamation of faire goers and participants.
What is "Huzzah!"?
This psychic girl gets drenched in pig's blood at prom.
Who is Carrie
This Irish author penned Dracula, first published in 1897.
Who is Bram Stoker
Botanically speaking, a pumpkin is classified as this type of plant.
What is a fruit?
In ghostbusters this gluttonous greenie leaves his ectoplasm everywhere.
Who is Slimer?
This classic equestrian challenge became a Maryland state sport in 1962.
What is jousting
A demonic clown that terrorizes the protagonists in IT.
Who is Pennywise?
A popular sports team owes its name to this poem by Edgar Allen Poe, in which a grieving man is visited by a bird repeatedly crying "Nevermore."
What is The Raven
The world record for the farthest pumpkin launch; 5,545.43 feet was achieved in Moab, Utah in 2010 during participation in this sport.
What is Punkin Chunkin?
You'll summon this "ghost with the most" if you say his name three times.
Who is Beetlejuice?
Earning himself early literary fame, Geoffrey Chaucer broke with tradition by writing this in English rather than Latin or French.
What are The Canterbury Tales
The home state of author Stephen King.
What is Maine
Before movie scientists shouted, "It's alive!", this young author wrote the original Frankenstein.
Who is Mary Shelley
The Irish folk character Stingy Jack is said to have inspired the name of this Halloween tradition.
What is a jack-o'lantern or carving Jack-o'lanterns
This ghostly hound is Jack Skellington's loyal companion in The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Who is Zero?
Though called "Renaissance" fairs, most of their themes actually resemble this later 16th-17th century English period known for Shakespearean plays.
What is the Elizabethan era?
In The Shining, Jack Torrance slowly goes mad while serving as winter caretaker of this haunted hotel.
What is the Overlook Hotel
The tradition of Halloween, or All Hallows' Eve traces its roots back to this ancient Celtic festival.
What is Samhain
In the original Irish tradition, before pumpkins were used, jack-o'lanterns were carved from this root vegetable.
What is a turnip?
In the Muppet Christmas Carol, these former business partners of Ebenezer Scrooge come to him before the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come.
Who are Marley and Marley?