Boo-ks
Cult Classics
Haunted Herbology
Monsters
Mystery Crypt
100
What horror series for kids was written by R.L. Stine?
Goosebumps
100
Who you gonna call?
Ghostbusters!
100
Which fruit is most emblematic of Halloween?
pumpkin
100
What vampire lives in Transylvania and fears garlic?
Count Dracula
100
Synonym for "vault," known as a ritual room underneath church buildings
Crypt
200
Pennywise is the villain in which Stephen King novel?
IT
200
What 1993 Disney movie features the Sanderson sisters?
Hocus Pocus
200
This plant wards off vampires
garlic
200
What creature turns people to stone with its gaze?
Medusa
200
What country is credited with starting the tradition of carving jack-o’-lanterns?
Ireland
300
Which author created the vampire Count Dracula?
Bram Stoker
300
In “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” what is Jack Skellington’s title in Halloween Town?
the Pumpkin King
300
Which tree’s twisted branches are often featured in spooky Halloween imagery?
willow tree
300
What mythological creature has the body of a lion, a goat’s head, and a serpent’s tail?
Chimera
300
This wax-cast medieval jewelry hails from 16th century Europe, honoring the loss of a loved one. This art form takes shape in many forms from charming mourning rings, rings with locks of hair woven in, or other jewelry with skulls and coffin adornments with messages like: "'BE HOLD THE ENDE' and 'RATHER DEATH THAN FALS FAYTH'. They were made popular by the Victorians and have been said to be the historical equivalent of "YOLO."
Memento mori jewelry
400
What gothic story features the Headless Horseman?
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
400
What horror movie features a killer named Ghostface?
Scream
400
What plant, used in ancient rituals, was believed to scream when uprooted?
mandrake
400
This lycanthrope taught Defence Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts
Professor Lupic
400
What ancient Celtic festival is considered the origin of Halloween?
Samhain
500
Which gothic novelist is known as the Mother of Science Fiction for her work “Frankenstein”?
Mary Shelley
500
"The skin of a killer" is said by who in what movie?
Twilight's Edward Cullen
500
Which poisonous plant, often linked to witches, is also known as “deadly nightshade”?
belladonna
500
What ancient sea monster was said to dwell off the coast of Norway and drag ships under?
Kraken
500
The Japanese parade of "monsters" - famous masked parade
Yokai festival - Hyakki Yagyō
A parade of supernatural yokai or oni (demons) stemming from a mix of folklore, Shinto, and Buddhist history. Those who come across the procession would be "spirited away"