Music & Movies
How many seasons are there of the Netflix horror/sci-fi TV show Stranger Things?
4 seasons
What was Dr. Frankenstein's first name?
Victor. Supposedly, Mary Shelley chose this name because it was the penname of her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley.
What year was Poe's The Raven published?
A) 1845
B) 1850
C) 1855
A - it was published in 1845 in a newspaper called the New York Evening Mirror
What is the filling inside a 3 Musketeers candy bar?
Nougat - usually chocolate.
On what day is the Day of the Dead celebrated?
November 1st
In her album Speak Now, Taylor Swift released a Halloween song. It's title was:
A) Haunted
B) Waking the Witch
C) Thriller
A - Haunted
Waking the Witch is the name of a song by Kate Bush, and Thriller is a song by Michael Jackson
In the days of yore, people believed that this animal was actually a witch in disguise. Which animal was it?
Black cats! People thought that black cats were really witches taking animal form in order to spy on the goings-on of the village.
Who is the author of the children's horror series Goosebumps?
R.L. Stine
What is the most popular Halloween candy?
A) Snickers
B) Reece's Peanut Butter Cup
C) M&Ms
B - Reece's Peanut Butter Cup
What is the most popular costume for pets?
Pumpkin!
When was the first film adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula made?
A) 1931
B) 1917
C) 1939
A - 1931
Blackbeard was a dreaded pirate (and later dreaded ghost pirate) who terrorized the seas in the early 1700s on his ship Queen Anne's Revenge. What was Blackbeard's real name?
Edward Teach
What year was Bram Stoker's Dracula published?
A) 1787
B) 1837
C) 1897
1897
Did M&Ms or Skittles come first?
M&Ms! They were invented in the 1940s, whereas Skittles were not invented until 1974
What is the most popular Halloween costume of all time?
According to the internet, witch costumes are the most popular, and around 5.3 million people dress up as witches each year.
What famous horror character did Billie Eilish dress up as during one of her concerts on Halloween day?
A) Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas
B) Season 1 Eleven from Stranger Things
C) Lucy Westenra from Dracula
A - Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas!
Banshees are female spirits who symbolize death and despair. The word banshee comes from the Irish (Gaelic) word bean si, which means:
A) Lady in white
B) Lady of the fairy mounds
C) Nymph of the fairy rings
B - Lady of the fairy mounds
What was horror writer Stephen King's first book?
Carrie, published in 1974, was Stephen King's first published novel
True or False - there is such a thing as turkey dinner flavored candy corn
True - unfortunately, in my opinion
In September of 2021, the largest pumpkin in the world was grown by an Italian farmer. What was the pumpkin's weight?
A) 2,702 pounds
B) 1,307 pounds
C) 1,560 pounds
A - 2,702 pounds, which is over half the weight of the average car!
Boris Karloff is an actor famous for portraying Frankenstein's monster in an early 1900s adaptation of Frankenstein. Karloff's name is associated with horror. But Boris Karloff was only the actor's stage name. What was his real one?
William Henry Pratt
True False - Bran Castle is a landmark in Transylvania because Vlad Dracula, after whom the vampire Count Dracula is partly based, lived there for a short period. Bram Stoker, while studying the history of Transylvania, heard about Vlad's association with Bran Castle, and decided to stay in the castle while writing Dracula.
False! Bran Castle is marketed as Count Dracula's castle, but Vlad Dracula never stayed there, and neither did Stoker. Still, Bran Castle has been converted into a vampire museum and is a popular tourist location. Fun fact: Elon Musk is hosting his Halloween party there this year.
Mary and Percy Shelley, Claire Clairmont, Lord Byron, and Byron's physician, John William Polidori, spent three days writing horror novels in a cottage on Lake Geneva during what was known as "the year without a summer." Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein. Two members of the Geneva party each wrote their own vampire novels, The Vampyre and The Burial. Who were those members?
Lord Byron and John William Polidori. Byron wrote The Burial, a novel that was never finished. Polidori wrote The Vampyre, which had massive success and is considered one of Bram Stoker's influences for Dracula.
True or False - this year, Halloween companies predicted that sour candies would be the most popular Halloween candy in 2022, because of Olivia Rodrigo's Sour album.
False - as far as I know.
True or false - the Celtic pagan tradition, Samhain, which Halloween is based after, actually began as a New Year's celebration
True! The Celtic people believed that the veil to the spirit world was thin around the new year. Samhain was celebrated on November 1st, and they believed that, on that day, and the evening before, spirits walked among them.