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100
Two colors most associated with Halloween
What are black and orange?
100
Who is Frankenstein?
100
What is now known as "Halloween" dates back 2,000 years ago, originating in this country
What is Ireland?
(ancient Celtic festival of Samhain - pronounced sow-in)
100
Chris Washington, a young black man, uncovers a disturbing secret when he meets the family of his white girlfriend, Rose Armitage.
What is Get Out?
100
You call them when there's something strange in the neighborhood.
Who are Ghostbusters?
100
Fear of spiders
What is arachnophobia?
100
What do you get when you cross a vampire and a snowman?
What is Frostbite?
200
A carved pumpkin
What is a Jack-o-Lantern?
200
Who is Count Dracula?
200
Samhain was eventually renamed this after the spread of Christianity into Celtic lands (9th century)
What is All-Hallows Eve?
(from Middle English Alholowmesse meaning All Saints’ Day)
200
What is "A Nightmare Before Christmas"?
200
This movie music perfectly captured the fantasy world created by J.K. Rowling.
What is Harry Potter?
200
Fear of confined or crowded spaces
What is claustrophobia?
200
A witches favorite subject at school.
What is spelling?
300
People like to tell scary stories around this
What is a bonfire?
(Druids, Celtic priests, built huge sacred bonfires, where the people gathered to burn crops and animals as sacrifices to the Celtic deities)
300
Who is a werewolf?
300
Before the Irish immigrated to N. America (19th century), "Halloween" events celebrated what season
What is the Harvest?
(Neighbors would share stories of the dead, tell each other’s fortunes, dance and sing)
300
Ms. Randall's favorite movie of all time.
What is Beetlejuice?
300
This song, warning swimmers to run for shore, is from which movie soundtrack.
What is Jaws?
300
Fear of clowns
What is coulrophobia?
300
What might you find on a haunted beach?
What is a sand-witch?
400
This popular Halloween game involves dunking your head into a barrel of water
What is bobbing for apples?
400
Who is "The Invisible Man?"
400
Before it was common to go "trick-or-treating" for candy, people went door to door asking for what
What is food or money?
400
This film follows a man with 24 different personalities who kidnaps and imprisons three teenage girls in an isolated underground facility
What is Split?
400
The culminating scene from this movie was filmed right here in Georgetown!
What is The Exorcist?
400
Fear of ghosts
What is phasmophobia?
400
Why don't mummies take time off?
What is they're afraid to unwind?
500
This familiar Halloween candy was originally called chicken feed (hint: it's in your planner!)
What is candy corn?
500
Who is the Swamp Monster?
500
The tradition of dressing up for Halloween began for what reason
What is to ward off ghosts?
On Halloween, when it was believed that ghosts came back to the earthly world, people thought that they would encounter ghosts if they left their homes. To avoid being recognized by these ghosts, people would wear masks when they left their homes after dark so that the ghosts would mistake them for fellow spirits.
500
What is It?
500
Originally recorded for the TV series of the same name, this spooky movie song theme is the most identifiable of all time.
What is The Twilight Zone?
500
Fear of the night or darkness
What is nyctophobia?
500
What do skeletons order at a restaurant?
What are spare ribs?
600
The next full moon
What is October 31, 2020?
600
Who is Mr. Hyde?
600
In the Middle Ages, people believed that witches avoided detection by doing what
What is turning themselves into black cats?
600
Which of Stephen King's novels was first adapted for the screen?
What is The Shining?
600
This famous family first debuted in the 1938 cartoon of the same name.
What is The Addams Family?
600
Fear of blood
What is hemophobia?
600
Two witches sharing an apartment.
What are broommates?