Halloween
Before pumpkins, this vegetable was carved into jack-o-lanterns.
What is Turnips?
A 1984 song asked "Who you gonna call? This is the answer.
Who are the Ghostbusters?!
This author wrote the 1818 book "Frankenstein".
Who is Mary Shelley?
This is the average amount of calories collected by one child on Halloween.
What is 11,000 calories?
Transylvania is located in this country.
Where is Romania?
Halloween originated during this time. (year?)
What is around 600 AD?
This is the album that Taylor Swift's "Haunted" appears on.
What is "Speak now"
The quote "Double, double, toil and trouble" comes from this.
What is Shakespeare's Macbeth?
This was the last year that someone was executed by the guillotine.
When was 1977?
This is what you get if you divide the circumference of a jack-o-lantern by its diameter.
What is pumpkin pi?
This people brought the Halloween tradition to the United States.
Who are The Irish?
During the potato famine in the mid 1800s
According to the lyrics of "Monster Mash", these are the guests of the Halloween party.
Who is Wolfman, Dracula, and his son?
In "The Diary of a Wimpy Kid" Rowley and Greg manage to escape the teenagers on Halloween by hiding here.
Where is Grandma's House?
This is how long brain activity can continue after death.
What is up to 30 minutes?
This is another name for Halloween.
What is "All Hallows Eve"?
This was the original title for the Movie "Halloween".
What is "Babysitter Murders"?
This was the original title of Michael Jackson's song "Thriller".
What is "Starlight"?
In this Stephen King book, a family moves into a haunted hotel.
What is "The Shining"?
What is Halloween?
This is how much American spend on Halloween this year.
What is up to 6 billion dollars?
Halloween originated from this tradition.
What is the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain?
(pronounced sow-win), which is Celtic for Summer’s end. It is a festival to welcome the harvest and usher in “the dark half of the year.”
This famous actor is also in a Halloween themed band named Dead Man's Bones.
Who is Ryan Gosling?
In Bram Stoker's classic novel, this was the original Name of Count Dracula.
Who is Count Wampyr?
This Alberta town was the first to mention "trick-or-treating" in print.
Where is Blackie, Alberta?
The famous magician Harry Houdini died on this day. (date, extra points for year)
When is October 31st, 1926?