Staff Spook's
This staff member's favourite Halloween movie is Hocus Pocus!
Karmyn
Which character in “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” believes in the Great Pumpkin?
Linus
How many bones are in the average human skeleton?
206
True or False: The US consumes more chocolate during Halloween than Easter and Valentines Day combined.
True
True or False: Pumpkins were originally classified as a fruit but have since been re-classified to the vegetable family.
False! Pumpkins have always been known, botanically, to be a fruit. This is because the pumpkin develops from the flower of the plant and contains seeds. They belong to the same family as cucumbers and melons.
This staff member's favourite Halloween chocolate is a Wunderbar!
Jenna
What is the name of the young witch in the classic Disney Halloween movie, Halloweentown?
Marnie
On average, how many seeds are there in a pumpkin? (Closest guess wins)
500
True or False: The M's in M&M's stand for Mars and Murrie.
True! Those are the surnames of the two businessmen—Forrest Mars and Bruce Murrie—who developed and financed the candy-coated chocolates
True or False: Candy was introduced in Halloween settings to prevent vandalism and guide the "tricks" toward a more harmless, community-based holiday.
True.
This staff member's dad used to tell them they had a peanut allergy so they could snag all the peanut-related chocolate bars from their halloween candy!
Brooklyn
"Ghostface" is a serial killer known from what movie franchise?
Scream
What's another name for a lycanthrope?
What is the #1 selling candy for Halloween?
Reece's Peanut Butter Cups
During the Middle Ages, black cats were seen as a symbol of the devil and were often killed alongside their owners who were accused of witchcraft. Oftentimes people thought that the black cats were _____ in disguise.
Witches
This staff member once made a spider costume where they sewed on stuffed arms of a hoodie and connected them all with a string so that they moved at the same time!
Shauna
What 1925 horror film, based on Gaston Leroux’s novel by the same name, was made into successful Broadway musical?
Phantom of the Opera
What is another name for a pumpkin seed?
A pepita
What candy was originally called chicken feed?
Candy Corn
A grave superstition states that if you hear footsteps behind you on Halloween you should not turn around. What is believed to happen if you do?
It was believed that the dead were following you, and turning to look would mean you would soon join them.
This staff member fondly remembers a local neighbourhood house that went all out - instead of going up and getting candy you went inside to different stations - bobbing for apples, feeling bloody eyeballs and squishy guts, eating/drinking halloween snacks!
Tiff
Who directed the movie version of Stephen King's “The Shining”?
Stanley Kubrick
Pumpkin carving wasn't always the tradition. Originally, people would carve ______
Turnips
According to the Tootsie Pop brand's official licking machine, how many licks does it take to get to the centre of a Tootsie Pop? (Make a guess within the range for points)
364-411 Licks
What traditional costume was the most popular costume in 1957?
Frankenstein