Haunted Houses
This famous building is considered one of the most haunted houses in the world
What is The White House?
This Halloween candy staple was originally called "chicken feed"
What is candy corn?
This children's horror book series by R.L. Stine released 62 books from 1992 to 1997 and has since released over 178 additional spin-off novellas
What is Goosebumps?
This vegetable was originally used for jack-o'-lanterns
What is a turnip?
This is the term for an irrational and intense fear of a specific object or situation
What is a phobia?
Stephen King's inspiration for the Overlook Hotel in The Shining was based on this real-life, reputedly haunted hotel
+200 bonus points if you can name what city the hotel is in
What is The Stanley Hotel?
Where is Estes Park, Colorado?
This is the most popular Halloween candy in the US
What is Reese's Peanut Butter Cups?
In "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown," this character believes in the Great Pumpkin
Who is Linus?
This famous magician died on Halloween night in 1926
Who is Harry Houdini?
Arachnophobia is the fear of this
What are spiders?
This famous San Francisco Bay Area prison is known for being haunted
What is Alcatraz?
This is the number of pieces of candy the average house gives to each trick-or-treater
What is 2?
One of the 25 proposed names (including the "worst" options) for the frog from the 2014 Halloween-themed cartoon "Over the Garden Wall"
Who is Antelope, Guggenheim, Albert, Salami, Giggly, Jumpy, Tom, Thomas, Tambourine, Legface McCullen, Artichoke, Penguin, Pete, Steve, Kitty, Wirt, Wirt Jr., George Washington, Mr. President, Benjamin Franklin, Doctor Cucumber, Greg Jr., Skipper, Ronald, and Jason Funderburker?
The ancient Celtic festival that Halloween is based on. +300 bonus points if you can pronounce it correctly
What is Samhain?
During a staged fear experience, your brain will produce more of this chemical, which gives you feelings of enjoyment
What is dopamine?
This house, built by the widow of the home's namesake after the death of her husband, was under continuous construction 24 hours a day for 38 years
What is The Winchester Mystery House?
This was the original phrase during the current iteration of trick-or-treating
What is "Help the Poor?"
This horror movie inspired Michael Jackson's music video for the song "Thriller"
What is "An American Werewolf in London?"
October 31st is a day of many holidays besides Halloween. This includes Día de los Muertos in Mexico, the Celtic festival of Samhain in Ireland and Scotland, and Reformation Day in this country
Where is "Germany?"
This is the theory that suggests humans are biologically programmed to quickly fear certain objects or situations that are a threat to survival
What is preparedness theory?
The Haunted Cave in Lewisburg, Ohio, is a whopping 3,564 feet long and is located 80 feet underground. It's rumored to be haunted by these two figures from American history
Who are Bonnie and Clyde?
According to the American Chemical Society, it would take this many fun-size candy bars to poison a 180-pound person
What is 262?
This dance from a 1975 cult classic horror musical begins with a jump to the left and then a step to the right
What is The Time Warp?
This is a medieval Christian custom of poor people going door-to-door and asking for food in exchange for praying for the dead, which inspired the modern trick-or-treat tradition
What is "souling?"
According to the "fight-or-flight" response, the purpose of rapid breathing when experiencing fear is to take in more oxygen to prepare the body for this
What is physical activity?