Scary
What horror movie features a masked killer named Michael Myers?
Halloween
What 1982 music video featuring zombies dancing in the street is often played at Halloween parties?
Michael Jackson’s Thriller
What deadly effect can occur when too much electricity passes through a body, causing instant muscle contraction and burns?
Electrocution
What renewable energy source uses the movement of water to generate electricity?
Hydropower
Before pumpkins were used in America, what root vegetable did Europeans carve into lanterns to scare away evil spirits?
Turnip (or beet)
What 1980 film features the line “Here’s Johnny!”?
The Shining
Which Queen's song features the natural force, lightning? (Sing it!)
Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody (“Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very frightening me!”)
Which country leads the world in installed hydroelectric capacity?
China
What invisible danger, produced by faulty heaters or furnaces, is known as the “silent killer”?
Carbon monoxide
What country announced it would phase out nuclear power by 2030, then reversed course due to energy shortages?
Germany
What actor plays the clown Pennywise in the 2017 movie "It"?
Bill Skarsgård
This eerie instrument, played without touching it, uses electromagnetic fields to create its haunting sound.
Theremin
What classic literary Halloween character was brought to life by lightning?
Frankenstein's Monster
What is the name of the Celtic festival that Halloween originates from?
Samhain
What Italian scientist’s work led to the invention of the first battery?
Alessandro Volta
What 1999 handheld-camera horror film was set in the woods of Maryland?
The Blair Witch Project
Which genre of early 20th-century music used electronic oscillators and became foundational for horror movie soundtracks?
Electronic or experimental music
This rare element, crucial for EV batteries, is largely mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo?
Cobalt
What natural electrical phenomenon lights up the sky in shades of green and purple near the poles?
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
What eerie real-life material glows in the dark because it was made using radioactive paint, leading to worker poisoning in the 1920s?
Radium
What do you call an eerie glow can sometimes be seen around power lines or ships at night, caused by ionized air? (Hint: a famous movie)
St Elmo's Fire
This pipe organ piece by Johann Sebastian Bach has become the unofficial soundtrack of haunted houses everywhere.
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
Which Australian state became the first to run entirely on renewable energy, powered mainly by hydro and wind?
Tasmania
What eerie natural phenomenon can produce low-frequency sounds sometimes mistaken for ghosts or voices?
Infrasound
What creepy real experiment in the 1700s used electricity to make dead animal bodies twitch, inspiring Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein?
Galvanism (by Luigi Galvani)