Lit Lab: Halloween Trivia

Name The Killer

100

Halloween

Michael Myers

200

Friday the 13th

Jason Voorhees

300

Nightmare on Elm Street

Freddy Krueger

400

IT

Pennywise the Clown

500

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Leatherface

Days of the Dead

100

Chuseok in Korea celebrates not only the dead, but also the bountiful blessings from the harvest season and is often compared to this American holiday.

Thanksgiving

200

The vivid depictions of skulls and skeletons featured in Mexico's Dia de los Muertos is actually a remnant of this Mesoamerican civilization.

The Aztecs

300

During Pchum Ben, a 15-day celebration when the barrier between the living and the dead is thinnest, Cambodians wear this color, symbolic of death and mourning.

White

400

During the Nepalese holiday of Gia Jatra, children will often dress as this animal - sacred to the Hindu religion - as it is supposed to lead spirits to the afterlife.

Cow

500

During Obon, Japan's celebration of the dead, participants honor their deceased ancestors by sending toro nagashi - also known as this - down the river.

Lanterns

Cryptids

100

This hairy, bi-pedal, ape-like creature is known to wander the deep forests of America's Pacific Northwest.

Bigfoot or Sasquatch

200

This aquatic dinosaur-like animal is supposedly found in the cold waters of the Scottish Highlands.

The Loch Ness Monster or Nessie

300

This beast is known in Central America for killing farmers' livestock, giving it the name that literally translates to "goat-sucker".

Chupacabra

400

This is an actual prehistoric shark, known for its gargantuan size, said to still be wading in the ocean depths.

Megaladon

500

Supposedly responsible for the collapse of a bridge in West Virginia during the 1960's, this human-like creature is known for it's large, dark wings and glowing-red eyes.

The Mothman

Candy Slogans

100

Taste the rainbow.

Skittles

200

Two for me. None for you.

Twix

300

Crispity. Crunchity. Peanut-buttery.

Butterfinger

400

How many licks does it take to get the center?

Tootsie Pop

500

Makes mouths happy.

Twizzlers

Creepy Facts

100

Zoroastrian priests used to leave their dead on top of towers called dahkma in order to be eaten by this flying scavenger.

Vultures

200

This ride in Disneyland used real human skeletons when the park originally opened.

Pirates of the Caribbean

300

BONUS:

What is the highest grade you can get in each of the skill areas in this class?

EXCEEDS

400

One of the most haunted places in the world is Mexico City's Isla de la Munecas, made even more terrifying because hanging from the trees are hundreds of these.

Doll heads

500

The largest Latin manuscript is the Codex Gigas, a bible supposedly co-written by this figure from Christian doctrine.

Satan or the Devil

Greek and Latin Roots

100

Which root means: "Shape"?

FORM

200

Which root means: "To carry"?

PORT

300

Which root means: "Believe"?

CRED

400

Which root means: "To say"?

DICT

500

Which root means: "To see"?

SPECT / SPIC