Halloween Songs
What song do the Sanderson sisters sing at the Halloween Party?
I Put a Spell on You
Who was the original "vampire"?
Vlad the Impaler
This is one of the world's most famous cryptids. It is believed to inhabit a lake in the Scottish highlands and be descended from the plesiosaur. Reports of a creature associated with the lake date as far back as the seventh century. What cryptid is this?
The Loch Ness Monster
What does the word Halloween mean?
All Hallows Eve
This play was inspired by the real-double life of a 1880s well-respected carpenter by day and burgler by night Deacon William Brodie.
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
According to the Sheb Wooley song lyric, this creature is a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' what?
Purple People Eater
Which of Godzilla's famous rivals is a giant moth-like deity accompanied by two tiny twin priestesses?
Mothma
This elusive monster appears as a sort of kangaroo/goat hybrid, walking on two legs with hoofed feet, though it also has the ability to fly short distances with its batlike wings. It's said to be the 13th child of a witch named Mother Leeds.
Jersey Devil
What do traditional superstitions suggest sprinkling on your doorstep to ward off evil spirits?
Salt
In Bram Stroker's Dracula what do vampires need to keep with them to stay healthy? (Not blood)
Dirt from their home country
What artist recorded the song "Ghostbusters"
Ray Parker Jr.
Greek (lykos)
Spanish for “goat-sucker,” which of these legendary creatures was reportedly first seen in Puerto Rico in 1995?
Chupacabra
What vegetable was carved into jack-o'-lanterns before pumpkins became popular?
Turnips
What real life haunted hotel inspired Steven King's The Shining?
Who provides the singing voice for Jack Skellington in A Nightmare Before Christmas?
Composer Danny Elfman
This Orson Wells radio broadcast in 1938 was mistaken as a real news show, convincing listeners that a Martian invasion was actually taking place.
War of the Worlds
When first shipped to Europe from Australia, scientists thought this animal was a cryptid and specimens were a fake taxidermy prank stitched together from a duck, beaver, and otter.
Platapus
What was the ancient Celtic fall festival that was a precursor to Halloween?
Samhain
This author thought up their classic monster novel in a ghost-story writing compeition between friends.
Mary Shelly/Frankenstein
During the opening scene of Rocky Horror Picture Show a pair of red lips sings Science Fiction/Double Feature. Name the character that plays the lips and the character that sings the song. An extra 100 points for the correct actor names.
Riff Raff/Richard O'Brienm does the singing
Magenta/Patricia Quinn plays the lips
Which Egyptian monster, known as the "Devourer of the Dead," has the head of a crocodile, the torso of a lion, and the hindquarters of a hippopotamus?
Ammit
A hairy, werewolf-like creature reported by numerous witnesses in rural Walworth County, Wisconsin
Beast of Bray Road
In what state is it illegal to dress up as a priest or nun for Halloween?
Alabama
In the poem Beowulf, the monster Grendel is said to be a descendant of which infamous Biblical figure?
Cain