Halloween History
What is another name for Halloween?
All Hallows’ Eve
In The Nightmare Before Christmas, what is the name of the Pumpkin King who rules Halloween?
Jack Skellington
Where is Transylvania located?
Romania
A 1984 song asked, “Who you gonna call?” What is the answer?
Ghostbusters
Who wrote the 1818 classic book Frankenstein?
Mary Shelley
Why are the Halloween colors orange and black?
Orange is for pumpkins and harvest, and black represents night, death or darkness
Which famous Halloween movie features the line “Do you like scary movies?”
Scream
What is another name for a witch’s kettle or pot?
A cauldron
According to the lyrics of “Monster Mash,” who are the guests of the Halloween party?
Wolfman, Dracula and his son
In what Stephen King book does a family move into a haunted hotel?
The Shining
Which Halloween candy was originally referred to as chicken feed?
Candy corn
What real-life jelly beans notoriously boast the flavors earwax, grass, rotten egg, dirt, liver, earthworm and booger, among others?
Harry Potter Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans
What is the Halloween creature that cries or wails as a warning of death?
A banshee
According to a well-known song, which family is said to be creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky?
The Addams Family
What 1845 poem by Edgar Allen Poe features a talking bird that repeats the word “Nevermore”?
“The Raven”
Which first lady was the first to decorate the White House for Halloween?
Mamie Eisenhower, in 1958
What year did It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown first air?
1966
What creature from folklore is said to steal children on Halloween if they misbehave?
Boogeyman
Which Irish band has a hit song named “Zombie”?
The Cranberries
Where does the quote “Double, double toil and trouble” come from?
William Shakespeare’s Macbeth
Who brought the Halloween tradition to the United States?
The Irish, during the potato famine in the mid-1800s
How many minutes does Michael Keaton appear on screen in Beetlejuice?
17
In Japanese culture, what is an oni?
A horned demon or ogre
Which actor in The Rocky Horror Picture Show co-wrote the screenplay with director Jim Sharman?
Richard O’ Brien, who played Riff Raff
Besides horror, in what other genre did Dracula author Bram Stoker publish books?
Romance