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100

The Wolfman transforms under this lunar phase.

What is the full moon?

100

Jack-o’-lanterns today are most commonly carved from this fruit that’s treated like a vegetable.

What is a pumpkin?

100

This house is rumored to be haunted by Abraham Lincoln.

What is the White House?

100

These flying mammals use echolocation to navigate.

What are bats?

100

Edgar Allan Poe wrote “The Tell-Tale” this body part.

What is heart?

200

The creature called the Mummy comes from this ancient civilization.

What is Egypt?

200

The practice of wearing costumes on Halloween is tied to scaring off these wandering entities.

What are spirits or ghosts?

200

The Stanley Hotel in Colorado inspired this Stephen King novel.

What is The Shining?

200

Black cats were once thought to be companions of these accused women.

Who are witches?

200

Mary Shelley published this monster novel at age 20.

What is Frankenstein?

300

Count Dracula is famously from this Eastern European region.

What is Transylvania?

300

"All Hallows’ Eve” occurs the night before this Christian holiday.

What is All Saints’ Day?

300

The phrase “I see dead people” comes from this 1999 film.

What is The Sixth Sense?

300

The chupacabra is a cryptid said to attack these animals.

What are goats?

300

“Something Wicked This Way Comes” was written by this sci-fi author.

Who is Ray Bradbury?

400

The Headless Horseman haunts this New York town in a Washington Irving tale.

What is Sleepy Hollow?

400

Mexico honors the dead with this holiday around the same time.

What is Día de los Muertos?

400

This French phrase is used when you feel like a moment has happened before.

What is déjà vu?

400

The Jersey Devil supposedly lives in these New Jersey woods.

What is the Pine Barrens?

400

“The Lottery,” a creepy small-town tale, was written by this author.

Who is Shirley Jackson?

500

This vampire hunter is the nemesis of Count Dracula in Bram Stoker’s novel.

Who is Van Helsing?

500

The tradition of lighting bonfires in late October is linked to this ancient group from the British Isles.

What are the Druids?

500

The Bell Witch haunting took place in this Southern U.S. state.

What is Tennessee?

500

The Slavic spirit “rusalka” is comparable to this Western mythical being.

What is a mermaid/siren?

500

The Necronomicon is a fictional occult book featured in tales by this writer.

Who is H.P. Lovecraft?

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