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How did early New Englanders protect their homes from evil spirits?
By hiding their shoes in the walls
In The Nightmare Before Christmas, what is the name of the Pumpkin King who rules Halloween?
Answer: Jack Skellington
What is another name for a pumpkin seed?
Answer: Pepita
What is another name for a large kettle or boiler?
Answer: A cauldron
Where can you be fined for using Silly String on Halloween?
Hollywood
If you use Silly String on Halloween in Hollywood, you could receive up to a $1,000 fine
ording to the Sheb Wooley song lyric, this creature is a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' what?
Answer: Purple People Eater
What vegetable was once thought to have supernatural powers on Halloween?
Cabbage
Where was Hocus Pocus filmed?
Answer: Salem, Massachusetts
Which U.S. city hosts the world's largest Halloween parade?
Answer: New York City, which puts on the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade annually
Are pumpkins technically a fruit or vegetable?
Answer: Fruit
Which US state produces the most pumpkins?
Illinois
Tom Cruise, Kirsten Dunst and Brad Pitt co-star in what 1994 horror movie?
Answer: “Interview with the Vampire"
What's another name for a lycanthrope?
Answer: A werewolf
What is the significance of bobbing for apples during Halloween?
It was originally a fortune-telling game, where it was believed that the first person to catch an apple would be the next to marry
What actor auditioned for a role in Poltergeist but ended up in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial instead?
Answer: Drew Barrymore
What day does All Saints' Day fall on?
Answer: Nov. 1
According to their theme song, which family is said to be creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky?
The Addams Family
How long were Adam and Barbara waiting to speak to Juno in Beetlejuice?
Three months
Who penned the song “Monster Mash”?
Answer: Bobby “Boris” Pickett
Edward Cullen is a vampire in what popular movie and book series?
Answer: “Twilight”
Which Halloween candy was originally referred to as chicken feed?
Answer: Candy corn
What was the original working title of Beetlejuice?
Answer: House Ghosts
What do call a man who practices witchcraft?
Answer: A warlock
Which famous family dressed up as Victoria's Secret Angels in 2018?
The Kardashians
The three witches in Hocus Pocus are Winnie, Mary, and who?
Sarah
What is the only mammal that can fly?
Answer: A bat
Where was the first city-wide celebration of Halloween?
Answer: It took place in Anoka, Minnesota, in 1921.
Before pumpkins, which root vegetables did the Irish and Scottish carve on Halloween?
Answer: Turnips
What do you call a group of witches?
Answer: A coven
Edward Cullen is a vampire in what popular movie and book series?
Answer: “Twilight”
True or False: National Candy Corn Day is October 30.
True
In Hotel Transylvania, what color is Frankenstein?
Blue. While the monster is commonly thought to be a shade of green, there's no reason for this. In fact, in the book, the monster is described as yellow and translucent.
This popular cartoon ghost has appeared in dozens of films, tv series' and comic books.
Answer: Casper the friendly ghost
Which famous magician actually died (!) on Halloween?
Answer: You might find it hard to believe, but the magician Harry Houdini passed away on Halloween day.
Which famous Halloween movie features the line “Do you like scary movies?”
Answer: Scream
Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore star in what movie about the afterlife?
Answer: “Ghost”
Who wrote the 1818 classic book “Frankenstein?”
Answer: Mary Shelley
Why are black cats associated with Halloween?
In Medieval Europe, it was believed that devils and witches could disguise as black cats.
What is the name of the large green ghost Ray first encounters in Ghostbusters?
Slimer
How many bones are in the average human skeleton?
Answer: 206
FINAL QUESTION:
What ghoulish 1984 song returned to the charts on Billboard's “Hot 100” in October of 2023?
Answer: Michael Jackson's “Thriller”