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100

The animal that gives you bad luck when it crosses your path

What is a black cat?

100

This is a person who turns into a wolf under a full moon.

What is a werewolf?

100

The name of the clown in the series: IT

Who is Pennywise?

100
Mary Shelley wrote this 1818 novel about a scientist who creates life.

What is Frankenstein?

100

This Mexican holiday, observed November 1-2, honors deceased loved ones.

What is Día de los Muertos? (Day of the Dead)

200

The fear of spiders 

What is Arachnophobia

200

This Greek monster has snakes for hair and turns people to stone.

Who is Medusa?

200

In this stop-motion film, Jack Skellington is the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town

What is The Nightmare Before Christmas?

200
Dracula is afraid of this pungent vegetable, often hung on doors to ward off vampires.

What is garlic?

200

Families build these altars, decorated with photos, candles and favorite foods to welcome the spirits of loved ones.

What are ofrendas?

300

A group of crows

What is a murder?

300

This large, ape-like creature, said to roam the forests of the Pacific Northwest, is known by two names. One of them is "Sasquatch."

What is Bigfoot?

300

This burned villain in a red-and green striped sweater attacks teenagers in their dreams, and his glove has blades on the fingers.

Who is Freddy Krueger?

300

In Edgar Allan Poe's famous poem, a bird repeats this one word.

What is "Nevermore"?

300

On Día de los Muertos, the ofrenda is often decorated with these flowers?

What are marigolds?

400

Bats navigate in the dark using this process.

What is echolocation?

400

In Mexican and Latin-American folklore, this weeping woman wanders by water searching for her lost children.

Who is La Llorona?

400
This 1996 film directed by Wes Craven features the killer Ghostface who calls victims on the phone and asks about their favorite scary movie.

What is Scream?

400

Stephen King's novel about a family caretaking the Overlook Hotel.

What is The Shining?

400

These sugar-decorated skull treats are often placed on ofrendas, sometimes with a name written on the forehead.

What are sugar skulls?

500

This Massachusetts city is known for the witch trials and it shares its name with the capital city of Oregon.

What is Salem?

500

In Japanese legends, this ghost will be summoned if you knock three times on the third stall (usually on the third floor of the school).

Who is Hanako-san?

500

This 2016 South Korean film is set on a high-speed train during a zombie outbreak.

What is Train to Busan?

500

In this Edgar Allan Poe story, the narrator Montresor lures his rival Fortunato into the catacombs with the promise of rare wine.

What is "The Cask of Amontillado"?

500

This sweet, round bread, often decorated with bone-shaped dough pieces, is baked for Día de los Muertos.

What is pan de muerto?

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