Spooky Literature
Edgar Allan Poe’s 1845 poem features a bird that repeats the word “nevermore.”
What is “The Raven”?
Botanically speaking, pumpkins are classified as this type of plant part.
What is a fruit?
This ancient Celtic festival, held around October 31, is considered an origin of Halloween.
What is Samhain?
In Bram Stoker’s Dracula, this Dutch professor is the expert on vampire lore who leads the hunt.
Who is Abraham Van Helsing?
Taste the rainbow
What are Skittles?
In this Poe short story, a man seeks revenge by walling up his rival in a catacomb.
What is “The Cask of Amontillado”?
These green, roasted seeds are also known by a Spanish name.
What are pepitas?
Irish families carved lanterns from this root vegetable before pumpkins became popular in America.
What is a turnip?
This entity haunts the village of Sleepy Hollow in Washington Irving’s story.
Who is the Headless Horseman?
Melts in your mouth, not in your hands
What are M&Ms?
Shirley Jackson’s 1959 novel is about a group of people who spend a night in a notoriously haunted mansion.
What is The Haunting of Hill House?
This stringy, seed-filled material is removed from a pumpkin before carving.
What is pumpkin pulp (or guts)?
The jack-o’-lantern takes its name from a legendary trickster who was doomed to wander with only a coal in a hollowed turnip.
Who is Stingy Jack?
This Stephen King novel features a shape-shifting monster that often appears as a clown in Derry, Maine.
What is IT?
“Sometimes you feel like a nut. Sometimes you don’t.”
What is Mounds/Almond Joy?
Bram Stoker’s Dracula was first published in this year. (Will accept a response within 3 years)
What is 1897?
Pumpkins are native to this continent.
What is North America?
Mexico’s Día de los Muertos is observed on November 1, what do they honor?
What is the dead?
*** Its actually observed on 11/1 and 11/2. 11/1 is specifically to dedicated to children who have died.
Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein during a rainy summer in 1816 with this poet, who later became her husband.
Who is Percy Bysshe Shelley?
“Hungry? Why wait?”
What is Snickers?
This 1977 book by Jay Anson claims to recount the true story of a Long Island family terrorized in a house where a mass murder had occurred the year before.
What is The Amityville Horror?
This pumpkin-loving character from Peanuts waits in a pumpkin patch every Halloween
Who is Linus van Pelt?
Walpurgisnacht, held on the eve of May 1, is a night of spirits and witches in the folklore of this country.
What is Germany?
This monster debuted in a 1954 Japanese film, awakened by nuclear testing in the Pacific.
What is Godzilla?
“Get the Sensation”
What is York Peppermint Patty?