Halloween Vocabulary
Jack-o'-lanterns are made from this orange vegetable.
What is a pumpkin?
Halloween is celebrated on this day.
What is October 31st?
The most popular costume for pets.
What is a pumpkin?
Name two members of the Addams family.
Who is Gomes, Morticia, Wednesday, Pugsley, uncle Fester?
This monster is made from different body parts and brought to life with electricity.
What is Frankenstein's monster? (from 'Frankenstein' by Mary Shelley)
A person who practises magic and often wears a pointed hat.
What is a witch?
Children say this phrase when they knock on someone's door to ask for sweets.
What is 'trick or treat'?
Name the three colours of candy corn.
What is yellow, orange and white?
This animated movie by Tim Burton features a skeleton called Jack Skellington.
What is 'The nightmare before Christmas'?
The name of the clown from Stephen King's novel 'It'.
Who is Pennywise?
A dead person brought back to life.
What is a zombie?
The tradition of carving jack-o'-lanterns originally involved using this vegetable instead of pumpkins.
What is a turnip?
A traditional game where players try to catch floating or hanging apples using only their teeth, with their hands kept behind their backs.
What is apple bobbing?
The most commercially successful horror movie of all times.
What is 'It"?
The author of the book 'Coraline' (it was later made into a stop-motion film).
Who is Neil Gaiman?
A house where ghosts are said to live.
What is a haunted house?
Halloween originates from this country.
What is Ireland?
This famous magician and escape artist died on Halloween.
Who was Harry Houdini?
This author of scary books holds the record for the most book-to-movie adaptations in the horror genre.
Who is Stephen King?
Bram Stoker's Dracula was based on this historical figure.
Who is Vlad the Impaler?
A group of words used to cast magic.
What is a spell?
Ancient Celtic festival often linked to the origins of Halloween.
What is Samhain?
The town of Salem, famous for its witch trials, is in this American state.
What is Massachusetts?
In Coco, this Mexican celebration plays a central role in the story.
What is Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)?
This American poet wrote 'The Raven', where the bird says: 'Nevermore'.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?