Black Pop Culture
Halloween Traditions
Black History
Movies & TV
100

This artist’s song “Thriller” has one of the most famous Halloween music videos ever.

Michael Jackson

100

Candy corn has three colors — name them.

yellow, orange, and white

100

This civil rights leader was born on January 15, his name is honored year round

Martin Luther King Jr.?

100

This movie features Jordan Peele’s take on hypnosis and racism.

Get Out

200

The voodoo villain in The Princess and the Frog

Dr. Facilier

200

Orange vegetable is most commonly carved into jack-o’-lanterns.

Pumpkin

200

The first African American woman to win an Oscar, she once played a voodoo queen in American Horror Story: Coven.

Angela Bassett

200

Keke Palmer starred in this 2022 horror/sci-fi movie directed by Jordan Peele.

Nope

300

Lupita Nyong’o plays both Adelaide and her doppelgänger named _____

Red

300

Definition: A horn-shaped container representing a large or plentiful supply of good things like food, flowers, and other riches

Cornucopia

300

This writer’s “Strange Fruit” protested lynching.

Billie Holiday

300

This 2019 horror movie stars Octavia Spencer as a character who hosts parties in her basement.

Ma

400

1990s sitcom had a Halloween episode where Steve Urkel created a clone named “Stefan.”

Family Matters

400

The tradition of dressing up came from the idea of disguising yourself from these beings.

Ghosts and/or Spirits

400

This abolitionist once said, “I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.”

Frederick Douglass

400

This Disney Channel movie featured a family of friendly ghosts and starred a young Black lead named Eddie.

The Haunted Mansion (2003)

500

Beyoncé once dressed up as this R&B legend for Halloween.

Toni Braxton

500

The day after Halloween is known as what holiday?

All Saints' Day

500

In the spirit of black cats, this 1960s group fought for Black empowerment and self-defense.

Black Panthers

500

Eddie Murphy plays a vampire in Brooklyn in this 1995 film.

Vampire in Brooklyn

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