Spooky Geography
The real-life village of Sleepy Hollow, immortalized by Washington Irving, is located in this U.S. state along the Hudson River.
What is New York?
This is the common name for the cranium, which protects the brain.
What is the skull?
Breaking one of these is said to bring seven years of bad luck.
What is a mirror?
This author wrote 'The Raven' and 'The Tell-Tale Heart.'
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
This carnivorous plant, named after a Roman goddess, snaps shut to trap insects.
What is the Venus Flytrap?
The historical region of Transylvania is located in this modern-day European country.
What is Romania?
Located in the thigh, this is the longest and strongest bone in the human body.
What is the femur?
To ward off vampires, it is recommended to wear this pungent bulb around your neck.
What is garlic?
She was only 18 years old when she began writing 'Frankenstein.'
Who is Mary Shelley?
These nocturnal mammals, often associated with vampires, are the only mammals capable of sustained flight.
What are bats?
This New Mexico city became famous in 1947 after an alleged UFO crash.
What is Roswell?
With 27 bones in each hand and 26 in each foot, your hands and feet combined account for more than this fraction of your entire skeleton.
What is one-half (50%)?
In Victorian death customs, mirrors in the deceased's home were immediately draped in black cloth to prevent this from becoming trapped inside the glass.
What is the soul (or spirit)?
In Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Tell-Tale Heart,' the narrator is driven to murder by the old man's terrifying, pale blue 'vulture' this.
What is his eye?
In Victorian death customs, mirrors in the deceased's home were immediately draped in black cloth to prevent this from becoming trapped inside the glass.
What is the soul (or spirit)?
The notoriously haunted Stanley Hotel, which inspired Stephen King's 'The Shining,' is located in this state.
What is Colorado?
This Mexican holiday honoring deceased loved ones prominently features decorative sugar skulls.
What is Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)?
The ritual of 'knocking on wood' to avoid tempting fate is rooted in pagan animism, honoring spirits thought to dwell within these sacred, lightning-resistant hardwood trees.
What are Oak trees?
This classic 1886 novella features a doctor who transforms into a monstrous alter ego after drinking a serum.
What is The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?
This hairy, eight-legged arachnid gets its name from a southern Italian town and a manic folk dance once believed to cure its bite.
What is the Tarantula (from Taranto / Tarantella)?
During his trial in 1692 Giles Corey, an 81-year-old farmer, was the only person executed by 'peine forte et dure' (pressed to death by stones), famously defiantly uttering, 'More weight.' In what Massachusetts town was he executed?
What is Salem?
Despite having an eight-foot-long neck, a giraffe has the exact same number of cervical neck vertebrae as a human, which is this number.
What is Seven (7)?
According to vampire folklore, vampires cast no reflection in mirrors because antique mirrors were backed with this pure, reflective metal.
What is silver?
The fictional town of Sleepy Hollow, terrorized by a Headless Horseman, was created by this author.
Who is Washington Irving?
Also known as wolfsbane, this highly toxic purple flower was historically believed to repel werewolves.
What is aconite?