What animal is believed to give you bad luck when you cross its path?
What is a black cat?
100
The modern day version of this monster came from Bran Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula, which portrayed a blood-sucking, bat-like version of the ancient myth.
What is vampire?
100
Originally called Chicken Feed, this candy was originally very time consuming to make, because each of the three colors had to be heated up in large vats and carefully poured into specially shaped molds.
What is candy corn?
100
Around 1950, coins, nuts, fruit, cookies, cakes, and toys were often used as these (instead of candy) to ward off tricks.
What are treats?
100
Created in the 1930s, this is the name of the friendly ghost that starred in the Paramout animated classic.
Who is Casper (the Friendly Ghost?)
200
According to an old Halloween myth, if one of these animals was seen flying in your house on Halloween night, it was a sign that your house was haunted because a ghost had let it in.
What is a bat?
200
Mummies, and superstitions surrounding them, come from many countries, including China, Japan, Tibet, Peru, and most famously, this country, where Kings, soldiers, and even cats were mummified.
What is Egypt?
200
Maker of many Halloween candies, his famous chocolatier turned milk chocolate candy into something affordable for the average American. In the early 1900s, he built an entire town in Pennsylvania arounds his chocolate factory.
Who is Milton Hershey?
200
Halloween was never a popular holiday in the colonial United States due to strict religious beliefs, but became much more popular when people from this country immigrated to flee the potato famine.
What is Ireland?
200
Boris Karlof, the horror movie icon, was most famous for playing Frankenstein's monster. He was also the narrator of this 1966 Dr. Seuss animated holiday classic.
What is The Grinch?
300
Placing one of these outside was believed to guide spirits home when they wandered the streets on Halloween.
What is a jack-o-lantern?
300
This "monster" got it's modern reputation from the classic movie, Night of the Living Dead, but originated from the Voodoo belief that a person can have a piece of their soul taken by a bokor, be put under a spell, and become a mind-less slave that will do anything commanded by their master.
What is a zombie?
300
Brewed from beans and orginally consumed as a drink, this type of candy accounts for more than half of all Halloween candy sales!
What is chocolate?
300
This Halloween tradition came to a stand still during World War II because of sugar rationing, but made a HUGE come back after the end of the great depression.
What is trick-or-treating?
300
In this story, Ichabod Crane goes to a small town where the people love to tell the story of the Headless Horseman.
What is The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?
400
This tradition originated from the belief that giving gifts of food and spices to ghosts would keep them from causing you harm.
What is trick-or-treating?
OR
What is giving out candy?
400
Mary Shelley wrote a novel in the 17th century in which this doctor created a monster by stitching together body parts and bringing it to life.
Who is Dr. Frankenstein?
400
Named after their home country and shape, this is the most popular Halloween candy in Pennsylvania. There are many flavors available in the United States, but in their home country, you can try black herring flavor.
What are Swedish Fish?
400
This is the name of the evening before All Saint's Day, a holiday which originated with the Celtic Festival of Samhain, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts.
What is All Hallows Eve?
or
What is Halloween?
400
This director and producer is famous for many Halloween themed movies, such as The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Corpse Bride, and Sleepy Hollow.
(But also BeetleJuice and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)
Who is Tim Burton?
500
This fall tradition, a party favorite, was originally believed to be a way to predict futures (especially in terms of marriage), and came from the goddess Pomona, who was the goddess of fruit trees.
What is bobbing for apples?
500
This symbol of Halloween came from old ladies using walking sticks to navigate through the woods and women in Salem, Massachusetts who were social outcasts and thought to be performing dark magic.
What is a witch on a broom stick?
500
The Celtic harvest celebration Samhain was close to the time of the Roman festival honoring Pamona, the goddess of the fruit of trees. This Halloween treat came from the mixing of those traditions (plus a little bit of sugar).
What is a candy apple?
500
The first Jack-o-lanterns were not made of pumpkins, but instead faces carved into this root vegetable with white flesh and white or purple skin.
What is a turnip?
500
In this 1984 commedy, featuring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, and Sigourney Weaver, three former parapsychology professors start a ghost removal service.