Terrifying Traditions
A Celtic tradition of using hollowed-out turnips with candles inside led to these distinctive & larger Halloween gourds.
What are jack-o-lanterns?
This chocolate & peanut butter treat was the most popular Halloween Candy in 2024.
What is Reese's?
This Tim Burton classic features Jack Skellington, the "Pumpkin King" of Halloweentown.
What is "The Nightmare Before Christmas"?
This onyx feline is usually depicted as the feisty familiar of a witch.
What is a black cat?
This famous poet wrote the poem that inspired the name for the Baltimore Ravens.
Who is Edgar Allen Poe?
It's said these 2 colors trace back to the festival of Samhain (Sow-wen), one representing death & the other the autumn harvest.
What is orange & black?
This chocolate bar's slogan is "Have a break".
What is KitKat?
This 2005 movie drew inspiration from a 17th-century Jewish folktale, and follows Victor as he prepares for his wedding.
What is Corpse Bride?
This monster is most deadly on a full moon, when they transform.
What is a werewolf?
This spooky short story features a character known as the Headless Horseman.
What is "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"?
The interjection of this common Halloween phrase was first recorded in Ontario, Canada in 1917.
What is "Trick or Treat!"?
Most people today assume this candy is named after studious individuals.
What are "Nerds"?
This Disney movie features 3 sister witches from 17th-Century Salem resurrected by an unsuspecting teen.
What is "Hocus Pocus"
This monster originates from Egypt and is depicted with many bandages.
What is a mummy?
This author famously wrote "Frankenstein" on a dare when she was only 18.
Who is Mary Shelley?
The first time the White House was decorated for Halloween was in 1958, when this First Lady hung owls & goblins.
Who is Mamie Eisenhower?
This tri-colored sweet, popular on Halloween, has its own national day on October 30.
What is candy corn?
This spooky comedy follows the journey of a recently deceased couple who hire a sleazy bio-exorcist to scare their house's new inhabitants away.
What is Beetlejuice?
This monster, named after the doctor that created it, is usually depicted with stitches and bolts.
What is Frankenstein?
This 19th-century classic investigates a series of strange occurrences between a doctor and a murderous criminal.
What is "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"?
This 20th century performer's museum in Scranton, Penn. features an online seance every Halloween.
Who is Houdini?
This chocolate bar company was founded in Pennsylvania in 1894 and is the largest buyer of almonds in North America.
What is Hershey's?
This slasher film's villain shares a name with the voice actor that plays Shrek in Dreamwork's Shrek.
What is Halloween?
This iconic figure lives in a castle and can transform into a bat.
Who is Count Dracula?
The phrase "Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble" originated in this famous play.
What is "Macbeth"?