History and Traditions
Candy
Monsters
Halloween TV Specials
100
The name Halloween is a shortened version of this phrase which refers to the night before All Saints' Day?
A. Hibernal Equinox
B. Harvest Fest's Night
C. Beggar's Night
D. All Hallow's Eve
D. All Hallow's Eve
100
This multicolored, triangular candy is often debated as a seasonal favorite or Halloween's worst candy:
A. Caramels
B. Candy Corn
C. Chicklets
D. Red Hots
B. Candy Corn
100
To keep this classic monster away, you might want to wear garlic around your neck:
A. A Werewolf
B. A Mummy
C. A Vampire
D. A Hobgoblin
C. A Vampire
100
In this 1966 special, by Charles Schulz, Linus Van Pelt skips trick or treating in favor of waiting patiently in a "sincere" pumpkin patch on Halloween:
A. "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"
B. "Halloween Town"
C. "Trick or Treat"
D. "I got a rock"
A. "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"
200
Around 500 BC, this group of people in Ireland, the UK, and Northern France celebrated their new year on November 1st. They believed that the night of October 31st was the one time of the year when ghost could return to earth. People wore scary costumes and lit bonfires to ward of these spirits. These people were known as:
A. The Celts
B. The Normans
C. The Visigoths
D. The Andrews
A. The Celts
200
This peanut butter and chocolate treat is consistently ranked as the most popular candy in America:
A. Kit Kat
B. M&Ms
C. Reese's
D. Mounds
C. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
200
In Mary Shelley's novel, this is actually the name of the scientist, not the monster itself:
A. Dracula
B. Lycan
C. Fred
D. Frankenstein
D. Frankenstein
200
This 1952 Disney Halloween animated short features Donald Duck, Donald's three nephews: Huey, Dewey, and Louie, and a Witch named Hazel:
A. A Very Disney Halloween
B. Trick-Or-Treat
C. Hocus Pocus
D. Which Witch Is Which?
B. Trick-Or-Treat
300
Before pumpkins became the norm, people in Ireland and Scotland traditionally carved these root vegetables to ward off evil spirits:
A. Beets
B. Potatoes
C. Turnips
D. Parsnips
C. Turnips
300
The classic candy bar is named after the family horse of its inventors, Frank and Ethel Mars:
A. Snickers
B. Butterfinger
C. Pay Day
D. Milky Way
A. Snickers
300
This 1820 Washington Irving short story is about a headless rider terrorizing the inhabitants of the Hudson Valley in his novel:
A. The Last of the Mohicans
B. The Hudson Valley Ghost
C. The Terrifying Tales of Tarrytown
D. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
D. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
300
This 1995 film stars a friendly ghost who meets a daughter and father, a paranormal therapist, who move into a crumbling mansion to rid it of spirits:
A. Ghostbusters
B. Casper
C. Barbie's Dream Haunted House
D. Ghost
B. Casper
400
This US state is home to the city of Salem, famous for its 1692 witch trials and massive Halloween celebrations:
A. Oregon
B. Massachusetts
C. Virginia
D. Ohio
B. Massachusetts
400
This Halloween candy was created in 1896 by Austrian born candymaker Leo Hirschfeld. He named the rolled candy after the childhood nickname of his daughter, Clara. It became the first-ever individually wrapped candy in the US. During World War II, it was included is soldier ration kits because it withstood heat without melting:
A. Tootsie Rolls
B. Baby Ruth Candy Bar
C. Reese's Pieces
D. Mary Jane Candy Bar
A. Tootsie Rolls
400
In H.G. Wells' popular 1898 novel "War of the Worlds," the people of Victorian England are attacked by:
A. A Highly Advanced Species of Apes
B. Velociraptors
C. Aliens
D. Telemarketers
C. Aliens
400
This 1974 Mel Brooks comedy features an American grandson of the infamous scientist traveling to Transylvania in an effort to prove that his grandfather was not a mad scientist:
A. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
B. Hotel Transylvania
C. Blazing Saddles
D. Young Frankenstein
D. Young Frankenstein
500
According to Irish legend, these objects are named after a stingy man who played tricks on the devil:
A. Sam Skeletons
B. Bombay Black Cats
C. Jack O' Laterns
D. Donovan's Dragons
C. Jack O' Lanterns
500
What wise animal famously attempts to solve the Tootsie Pop licking mystery in a classic commercial:
A. An Elephant
B. A Parrot
C. A Fox
D. An Owl
D. An Owl
500
"Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble" is chanted by these characters in William Shakespeare's play "Macbeth":
A. Witches
B. Wizards
C. Grave diggers
D. King Duncan
A. Witches
500
In this 2001 Pixar classic, Mike and Sully are a pair of "scarers" who work for a company that powers the city of Monstropolis by harnessing the energy of children's screams:
A. Monster House
B. Monsters, Inc.
C. Scream
D. The Nightmare Before Christmas
B. Monsters, Inc.