Movies & Music
Candy
Origins & Traditions
People & Characters
In the U.S.
100
In the classic Charlie Brown Halloween special, Linus passes out in the pumpkin patch, believing he saw the Great Pumpkin, when it was actually this.
Who is Snoopy?
100
There were this many colors in the original bag of M&Ms.
What is five? The original colors of M&M's candies were red, yellow, violet, green and brown.
100
In medieval times, this popular tradition was once called "guising," in which young people dressed up and asked for food or money in exchange for songs, poems, and tricks.
What is trick-or-treating?
100
This is the name of the vengeful doll in the movie, Child's Play?
Who is Chucky?
100
Halloween is second only to this holiday for consumer spending.
What is Christmas?
200
He was the actor who performed the monologue in Michael Jackson’s Thriller.
Who is Vincent Price?
200
This candy was originally called “chicken feed” and is considered one of the most loved, and most hated Halloween candy today.
What is candy corn?
200
Once believed to be associated with witchcraft, this was thought to be bad luck if it crossed your path, especially on Halloween.
What is a black cat?
200
This famous Hungarian-born American illusionist and stunt performer died on Halloween in 1926.
Who is Harry Houdini?
200
Halloween is the day with the third highest amount of parties in the United States, just behind New Year’s and this sporting event.
What is the Super Bowl?
300
"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy," is a well-known line from this movie.
What is The Shining?
300
Americans purchase 90 million pounds of this during the week of Halloween.
What is chocolate?
300
It is a tradition to sprinkle this on your doorstep to keep evil spirits out of your home on Halloween night.
What is salt?
300
Gomez, Morticia, Pugsley, and Wednesday are members of this.
What is The Addams Family?
300
This city has the biggest Halloween parade in the U.S.
What is New York City?
400
This song was #1 on the Billboard charts just before Halloween in 1962, and again in August of 1973.
What is Monster Mash?
400
Created in 1907, this was the first individually wrapped penny candy in the United States, which remains popular today.
What are Tootsie Rolls?
400
Rather than pumpkins, this food was used as the first Jack-o-Lanterns.
What are turnips (also, potatoes and beets)?
400
This was the most Googled Halloween costume of 2019.
What is It (or Pennywise), created by Stephen King?
400
This U.S. state produces five times more pumpkins than any other, growing more than 500 million pounds of pumpkins annually.
What is Illinois?
500
This is the first film in the horror genre to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.
What is The Exorcist?
500
Approximately 2.1 billion dollars is spent on candy for Halloween in the U.S. However, on this other holiday, Americans spend a little more on candy; 2.4 billion dollars.
What is Easter?
500
Halloween originated in this country.
What is Ireland?
500
The name of the monster in Mary Shelley’s book, Frankenstein.
The monster in Frankenstein has no name, though is referred to as "the creature", "the fiend", "the daemon", and "the wretch" at different points in the book.
500
This messy toy has been banned in Hollywood on Halloween since 2004. The cans for the product, "may cause pedestrians and police officers on horseback to slip and fall and may be used as weapons when being thrown", the ordinance says.
What is Silly String?
600
The mask used in the movie Halloween was originally a mask of this actor / sci-fi character, spray painted white with the eye holes cut bigger.
Who is William Shatner as Captain Kirk?
600
This was rated as the top candy on Halloween, according to sales data from the past 11 years.
What are Skittles?
600
In the 18th century, single women would competitively bob for apples to see which one of them would be the first to do this.
What is get married?
600
The author of the 1897 Gothic horror novel, Dracula.
Who is Bram Stoker?
600
This state has a law that prohibits dressing up as a nun on Halloween.
What is Alabama?