Names and Places
What's the given name for a group of witches?
A coven
What is another name for a werewolf?
Lycanthrope
Which Peanuts character believes in The Great Pumpkin, in It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown?
Linus
If a full moon falls on Halloween, what term is used for that specific moon phase?
Blue Moons
What is the only mammal with the ability to fly?
In what country would you go to find a real mummy?
The pyramids of Egypt
Salem, Mass is a city located about 16 miles northeast of Boston. What is this town also called?
The Witchcraft Capital of the US
What Shakespeare play is responsible for the quote, "double, double toil and trouble?"
Macbeth
What colors are associated with Halloween?
Orange and black
What is a group of crows called?
A murder
What is the first country recorded to have used the phrase "trick or treat"?
Canada, 1927
Another name for Halloween?
All Hallows' Eve, Samhain, or Feast of the Dead
What was the original name for Bram Stoker's infamous vampire?
Count Wampyr
What almost caused cities to ban Halloween in the 1930s?
The treat part of trick or treat was not a thing. The pranks had gone to such extremes that American cities considered banning the holiday all together.
According to the Sheb Wooley song lyric, this creature is a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' what?
Purple People Eater
In 1989, President George H.W. Bush told a group of children which former president was haunting the White House?
Abraham Lincoln
What was candy corn originally called?
Chicken Feed
What is the most commercially successful horror movie of all time?
It
How often does a full moon fall on Halloween?
Per NASA, a full moon occurs every 19 years (on average).
Black cats
How did folks in New England protect themselves from dark spirits way back in the day?
By hiding their shoes in the walls
What is another name for an ugly or grotesque sprite?
A goblin
Mike Myers' famous mask in Halloween is not what it seems. What was the mask originally?
A Captain Kirk mask that the production modified.
Rockwell's 1984 song "Somebody's Watching Me" features what pop icon on the chorus?
Michael Jackson
What is the deadliest spider in the world?
The funnel-web spider