Candy
Halloween Origins
Music/ Name that tune
monsters and villians
traditions and lore
movies
100

This is the average number of pieces of candy that the average household give to each trick or treater

What is 2?

100

This is the country where Halloween originated

What is Ireland?

100

You try to scream, but terror takes the sound before you make it

Thriller/ Michael Jackson

100

This is where Herman, Lily, Grandpa and the rest of the Munsters live

What is 1313 Mockingbird Lane

100

This is who you will see if you stare into a mirror at midnight on Halloween        

Who is your future spouse?

100

In 1973 this movie convinced Americans to throw away their Ouija boards

What is the Exorcist?

200

This is the original name for candy corn?

What is Chicken Feed?

200

These are the words from which the word bonfire was made

What are bone and fire?

200

If it’s something strange, and it don’t look good, who you gonna call?

Ghostbusters/ Ray Parker Jr.

200

The word witch comes from the Old English “wicce” meaning this

What is wise woman?

200

This is why seeing a spider on Halloween is important

What is your former loved one watching over you?

200

Each year Charlie Brown helps his friend Linus wait for this character to appear

Who is the Great Pumpkin?

300

This is how is the mystery flavored dum dum lollipops are made

What is the leftover candy at the end of the production run

300

This is the region where pumpkins originated

What is Central America?

300

It’s such an ancient pitch, but one I wouldn’t switch, cause there’s no nicer witch than you

Witchcraft/ Frank Sinatra

300

This is the Shakespeare play where the witches say “double, double toil and trouble”

What is MacBeth?
300

This is the ability of a person born on Halloween

What is the ability to see and talk to spirits?

300

This actor played Dr. Frank-n-Furter in the Rocky Horror Picture Show

Who is Tim Curry?

400

From top to bottom, these are the colors of candy corn

What is white, yellow, and orange?

400

Halloween has its origins in this ancient Celtic festival

What is Samhain?

400

He shook me up, took me by surprise, he had a pick up truck and the devils eyes

Time Warp/ Rock Horror Picture Show

400

This author wrote the classic Frankenstien

Who is Mary Shelly?

400

In Mexico people celebrate by eating this ghoulish sweet treat

What are sugar skulls?

400

This is the number of Oscars that the move Psycho was nominated for

What is four?

500

This is the total number of M & M colors

What is 25?

500

Besides Ireland, this is the other country who originated the idea of wearing costumes on Halloween

What is Scotland?

500

Under the arc of a weather stain boards, ancient goblins and warlords, come out of the ground, not making a sound, the smell of death is all around

Pet Semetary

500

This horror film villain wields a glove with razors for fingers


Who is Freddie Kreuger?

500

This is what people bob for on Halloween

What are Apples?

500

This actor co-wrote the screenplay for the movie Ghostbusters


Who is Dan Akroyd or Harold Ramis?

600

 An average of 9 million dollars is spent each year on Halloween, Americans spend this amount on candy alone

What is 3 million?

600

These are what the colors of Halloween – black and orange signify

Black - death, orange- harvest

600

With their tanks, and their bombs, and the bombs, and their guns, in your head they are fighting

Zombie/ Cranberries

600

According to superstition, this is the only way to kill a Werewolf

What is a silver bullet?

600

In the popular Halloween Candy buy back program children donate their candy to dentists who then distribute to who?


Who are deployed military personnel?

600

He directed the movie the Nightmare Before Christmas

Who is Tim Burton?

700

In 2021, these were named as the most popular Halloween candy

What is Reese's peanut butter cups?

700

Halloween was first celebrated by these ancient priests

Who are the Druids?

700

I said “yo Fred, I think you’ve got me all wrong, I ain’t partners with nobody with nails that long”

Nightmare on my street/ Fresh Prince and DJ Jazzy Jeff

700

This is the city/country where Dracula originated

What is Romania?

700

This comic strip popularized trick or treating in the United States


Who is Peanuts by Charles Schultz

700

This movie was shot entirely on a video camera like a documentary

What is the Blair Witch Project?

800

This is the most popular candy bought in the United States

M & M

800

During the mid 1800’s immigrants from this country came to the United States bringing the tradition of Halloween with them

What is Ireland?

800

I want a perfect body, I want a perfect soul……. I wish I was special

Creep/Radiohead

800

This is a group of vampires or witches

What is a coven?

800

These were 3 of the top 5 Halloween costumes for adults in 2020

Witch, Vampire, Cat, Batman, Ghost

800
This is the longest running horror film franchise

What is Friday the 13th?

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