Halloween History
What vegetable was once thought to have supernatural powers on Halloween?
Cabbage
Which famous Halloween movie features the line “Do you like scary movies?”
Scream
Who wrote the 1818 classic book Frankenstein?
Mary Shelley
According to a well-known song, which family is said to be creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky?
The Addams Family
What is another name for a pumpkin seed?
Pepita
Who brought the Halloween tradition to the United States?
The Irish, during the potato famine in the mid-1800s
In The Nightmare Before Christmas, what is the name of the Pumpkin King who rules Halloween?
Jack Skellington
Who is the author of the Goosebumps series?
R.L. Stine
The song “This Is Halloween” is featured in which movie?
The Nightmare Before Christmas
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
Which U.S. city hosts the world’s largest Halloween parade?
New York City, for the annual Greenwich Village Halloween Parade
Where was Hocus Pocus filmed?
Salem, Massachusetts
Where does the quote “Double, double toil and trouble” come from?
William Shakespeare’s Macbeth
A 1984 song asked, “Who you gonna call?” What is the answer?
Ghostbusters!
What was the most popular Halloween costume in the U.S. in 2023 according to Google?
Barbie
Which Halloween candy was originally referred to as chicken feed?
Candy corn
Which movie tops Rotten Tomatoes’s list of the Scariest Horror Movies Ever?
The Exorcist
In what Stephen King book does a family move into a haunted hotel?
The Shining
Taylor Swift’s song “Haunted” appears on which album?
Speak Now
Where is Transylvania, otherwise known as home to Count Dracula, located?
Romania
Before pumpkins, which root vegetables did the Irish and Scottish carve on Halloween?
Turnips
In Twilight, what year did Edward Cullen turn into a vampire?
1918
What 1845 poem by Edgar Allen Poe features a talking bird that repeats the word “Nevermore”?
“The Raven”
What was the original title of the Michael Jackson song “Thriller”?
“Starlight”
What city in the United States is considered the most haunted?
New Orleans, Louisiana