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100

What brings the 3 Sanderson Sisters back to life?

A black flame candle
100

What are the three colors that are found on candy corn?

Orange, yellow, white

100

What does the word Halloween mean?

All Hallow's Eve

100

Who is killed by the Headless Horseman in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"?

Ichabod Crane

100

What two colors are associated with Halloween?

Black and Orange

200

In It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, who does Linus mistake for the Great Pumpkin?

Snoopy

200

What was the original name for candy corn?

Chicken feed

200

What vegetable did people carve jack-o-lanterns on before pumpkins were popular?

Turnips

200

What wrote Frankenstein in 1818?

Mary Shelley

200

What do traditional superstitions suggest sprinkling on you doorstep to ward off evil spirits?

Salt

300

What movie does the line "Do you like scary movies?" come from?

Scream

300
How many colors of M&Ms are in a regular bag?

6

300

What ghost did Winston Churchill claim to see in the White House?

Abraham Lincoln

300

What is the name of the Headless Horseman's Horse?

Daredevil

300

In what state is it illegal to dress up as a priest or nun for Halloween?

Alabama

400
Where do the Ghostbusters find their first ghost in the 1948 movie?

The New York Public Library

400

What is America's favorite Halloween candy?

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups

400

When was Halloween first widely celebrated in the U.S.?

The 1840s

400

Who wrote the '90s classic, Goosebumps?

R.L. Stine

400

What was the original purpose of bobbing for apples?

Fortune-telling to predict future marriage

500

What was the first horror movie nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards?

The Exorcist

500

How many pounds of candy corn are produced every year?

35 million

500

What was collected door-to-door during the medical tradition of "souling"?

Soul cakes

500

Which Steven King novel was the first to be turned into a feature film?

Carrie

500

What product is officially banned in Hollywood on Halloween night?

Silly String

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