Urban Myths (Monsters & Creatures)
What creature is celebrated annually with a festival and has a 12 foot tall metal statue in Point Pleasant?
Mothman
Is a pumpkin a fruit or a vegetable?
This famous candy bar was named by Frank and Ethel Mars after their favorite family horse?
Snickers
What room does a ghost not need?
A living room
In The Purge, how long does the annual Purge last?
12 hours
What is the common name for the ape-like cryptid said to inhabit forests, particularly in the Pacific Northwest region of North America?
Bigfoot (Sasquatch)
What was the original purpose of wearing scary costumes on Halloween?
To ward off evil spirits
What candy was created in the 1880s and originally named “chicken feed”
Candy Corn
Which monster dances when he goes trick or treating?
The Boogieman
What move is this quote from; “I want to play a game.”
Saw
What cryptid, whose name translates to ‘goat-sucker,’ is fabled to attack and drink the blood of livestock, especially goats?
Chupacabra
What was the original purpose of wearing scary costumes on Halloween?
35 million pounds
In the United States, they are known as sugar tablets, but in the United Kingdom, they are colorful chocolate coated candies?
Smarties
Why didn’t the ghost go trick or treating?
Because he had no body to go with
What is the highest-grossing horror movie of all time?
It
What figure from Hispanic folklore is said to be a ghostly woman who drowned her children and now wanders near bodies of water, crying for them?
La Llorona (The Weeping Woman)
What was carved for Halloween before pumpkins in Ireland?
Potatoes and turnips
What candy was first marketed as a compressed peppermint sweet and is named after the German word for peppermint?
Pez
Why was the jack-o’-lantern afraid to cross the road?
Because he had no guts
Who wrote and directed Get Out and Us?
Jordan Peele
What creature, according to some, was originally a human baby before transforming into a creature with hooves, a goat’s head, bat wings, and a forked tail?
The Jersey Devil
What is a lycanthrope?
Another name for a werewolf
What colorful candy was eaten by the astronauts on the Columbia space shuttle in 1981?
M&Ms
Why do vampires have a hard time making friends?
Because they are a pain in the neck
What is the name of the town in Nebraska where Children of the Corn takes place?
Gatlin