Halloween History
Before pumpkins were common in Europe, people would carve this vegetable instead
What are turnips?
He penned the 1962 song "Monster Mash".
Who is Bobby "Boris" Pickett?
This 1845 poem by Edgar Allen Poe features a talking bird that repeats the word “Nevermore”.
What is The Raven?
This Shakespeare play features the Weird Sisters, three fortune-telling witches.
What is Macbeth?
This candy brand makes peanut butter cups in bright orange wrapping.
What is Reese's?
Trick-or-treating was disallowed in most places during the 1940s due to the rationing of this candy ingredient.
What is sugar?
This Michael Jackson song was originally written under the name "Starlight", but the title and lyrics were changed to create a Halloween classic.
What is "Thriller"?
She wrote the novel Frankenstein.
Who is Mary Shelley?
This teenage witch of TV lives with her two aunts and owns a cat named Salem.
Who is Sabrina?
This Halloween candy used to be called "Chicken Feed"
What is Candy Corn?
This famous escape artist died on Halloween in 1926.
Who is Harry Houdini?
The song "This is Halloween" features in this Tim Burton animated film.
What is The Nightmare before Christmas?
This notoriously scary film was the first horror movie to be nominated for an academy award in 1974.
What is The Exorcist?
In the stage and movie musical Wicked (based on the Wizard of Oz), these two witches are quarrelling college roommates.
Who are Epheba and Glinda (AKA The Wicked Witch and the Glinda the Good Witch)?
This chocolate bar used to feature the Matterhorn on its packaging
What is Toblerone?
The tradition of bobbing for apples dates back to this ancient society.
Where is Ancient Rome?
This band released the song Psycho Killer in 1977.
Who are The Talking Heads?
In this book by Stephen King, Jack Torrence moves his family into the haunted Overlook Hotel.
What is The Shining?
This 60s sitcom starred Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha, a housewife who could cast spells with a twitch of her nose.
What is Bewitched?
This is the name of the Japanese snack food first sold in 1966, initially described as a "chocolate-covered biscuit stick"
What is Pocky?
This Celtic festival, a pagan celebration of the fall harvest, is thought to be the origin of modern-day Halloween.
What is Samhain?
This 1975 horror-comedy musical film features the song "Time Warp".
What is The Rocky Horror Picture Show?
This apocalyptic 1978 zombie horror movie takes place in an abandoned mall.
What is Dawn of the Dead?
This witch of Russian folklore is known for her house that walks around on chicken legs.
Who is Baba Yaga?
The candy that Canadians call Rockets is called this in the US.
What is Smarties?