Halloween History
Halloween is celebrated on the last day of this month?
October
What is the name of the demonically possessed doll in The Conjuring universe?
Annabelle
ADCYN
Candy
These ancient Egyptian beings are wrapped in linen bandages and are often depicted rising from their tombs.
Mummy
This festive activity involves children dressing in costumes and going door-to-door shouting a familiar phrase to collect candy.
Trick-Or-Treat
What orange vegetable became the most iconic symbol of Halloween carving in America?
Pumpkin
In this 1996 slasher film, a killer wearing a ghost-like mask calls his victims and asks, "What's your favorite scary movie?"
Scream
BSNOE
Bones
This type of undead creature from Haitian Vodou folklore is often depicted in popular culture as a mindless, reanimated corpse.
Zombie
Celebrated heavily in Mexico, this vibrant multi-day holiday combines indigenous Aztec rituals with Catholic traditions to honor deceased loved ones with ofrendas and marigolds.
Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
This country is most associated with the origin of Halloween
Ireland
This killer from the Saw franchise leaves victims in elaborate traps designed as tests of survival.
Jigsaw, also known as John Kramer
KNPPUIM
Pumpkin
What 1931 horror film helped establish Bela Lugosi as an iconic vampire actor?
Dracula
The town of Salem holds a month-long Festival of the Dead to mark the witch trials that were held there in the late 1600s. There are several Salems in the USA, but in which state is this one in?
Massachusestts
The word Halloween developed from this phrase, referring to the evening before All Saints’ Day.
All Hallow's Eve
This supernatural entity often appears as a terrifying nun in The Conjuring universe.
Valak
RAGVYEARD
Graveyard
What is the name of the scientist who creates the monster in Mary Shelley's novel?
Dr. Victor Frankenstein
The traditional Irish Halloween bread known as barmbrack often contains hidden objects baked inside. If a person finds a ring in their slice, what does it historically foretell?
Impending marriage or finding love in the coming year
What was the original purpose of wearing costumes during some ancient Samhain celebrations, according to popular historical accounts?
To disguise oneself from or ward off wandering spirits
In The Sixth Sense, what shocking truth does child psychologist Malcolm Crowe eventually discover about himself?
He is dead
ANTNHTECNEM
Enchantment
In Washington Irving’s classic tale, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, this terrifying figure pursues Ichabod Crane.
Headless Horseman
Which country celebrates the Festival of the Hungry Ghosts, where paper money is lit and incense is burnt to appease the spirits of ancestors and deities?
China