Halloween History
The two colors most associated with Halloween
Orange and Black
The friendly ghost and a popular mattress brand
Casper
The name of Google's annual Halloween event for employees
Googleween
The candy company that introduced M&M's
Mars
This gourd can be made into pies, jack-o-lanterns, and even lattes!
Pumpkins
Mary Shelly was the author of what famous horror novel
Frankenstein
The Gryffindor ghost in Harry Potter that has almost lost his head
Nearly Headless Nick
The typical Halloween colors are orange and black but Google has these 4 official colors
Red, green, blue, yellow
The small, pyramid-shaped candy, typically divided into three sections of different colors
Candy Corn
The popular Halloween game where players then try to catch a piece of fruit with their teeth, from a basin of water, without using their hands.
Bobbing for apples
This root vegetable was traditionally used to carve Jack-O-Lanterns
Turnips
In the movie Beetlejuice, this is the phrase to summon the mischievous ghost
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice
Google's founders
Larry Page and Sergey Brin
Most popular Halloween costume in 2023
Barbie
If you have this aromatic food laying around, Vampires will surely not bother you
Garlic
The name of the most famous Halloween town in the US. If you were a witch, you wouldn't want to live here!
Salem, Massachusetts
Gollum's (the famous goblin from Lord of the Rings) real name before he found the Ring
Smeagol
Google opened it's Bay View campus to Googlers in this year
2022
The most popular non-chocolate candy to hand out during Halloween in the US
Skittles
This pepper was formally recognized as the world's hottest chili pepper in 2007, though they were later superseded by the Carolina Reaper (with up to 2.2 million SHU).
Ghost Pepper
The century was Halloween first introduced
7th century
This actor played the Green Goblin in Spider-Man 3
Willem Dafoe
The name of the playable game featured on Google's homepage doodle that first launched in 2018 and then again in 2022
Great Ghoul Duel
The average amount of candy a child collects while trick-or-treating in the US (answer is in pounds)
4 pounds