Scary Movies
"What's your favorite scary movie?"
This horror franchise is famous for its Ghostface killer.
What is Scream
Halloween always falls on this day.
This practice did not become popular in American until the 1930s.
What is trick or treating?
This disease accounts for roughly a third of the casualties in World War One.
1918 Influenza pandemic
In England, people lit candles and had a moment of silence at this time, when they though the spirits of the dead were visiting.
What is midnight?
This renowned horror series is famous for its deadly premonitions, such as a plane explosion or a logging-truck accident on the highway. It's most recent installment came out in May of 2025.
What is Final Destination?
Immigrants from these *two countries brought Halloween traditions to America in the 19th century.
Try to name both! It's okay if you can only get one.
What is Ireland and/or Scotland?
Traditional Halloween costumes modeled themselves after these figures.
What are supernatural creatures?
The Missouri State Penitentiary in this city was once known as "the bloodiest 47 acres in America". It officially closed its doors as a prison in 2004, but still runs overnight ghost tours.
What is Jefferson City?
Celebrations in Romania revolve around this fictional character.
Who is Dracula?
This Tobey Maguire Spider-Man director also directed and produced the Evil Dead franchise.
Who is Sam Raimi?
Halloween marks the beginning of Allhallowtide. These are the days following Halloween.
What are All Hallows' Day and All Souls' Day?
This is another term for bobbing for apples in Scotland.
What is dooking?
The 1495 "Great Pox" syphilis epidemic left infected looking like these supernatural creatures.
What are zombies?
In the Philippines, children go from house to house and offer to sing in exchange for these items.
What is money and/or food?
The shape-shifting creature in John Carpenter's The Thing is originally discovered in this furry form.
What is a Husky?
What is a dog?
This is the original Gaelic name for Halloween.
What is Samhain?
This practice, popular in the early 1900s, allowed single women to view their future husband when looking into a mirror at midnight.
What is divination?
Who is Vlad the Imapler/Vlad Dracula/Vlad III
As a part of Mexico's Day of the Dead, these items called "calaveras" are placed on ofrendas, or altars, to honor the return of a spirit.
What are sugar skulls?
The 2018 horror movie Suspiria, starring Dakota Johnson, is based on a movie from this country, originally filmed in 1977.
What is Italy?
Halloween also has ties to this ancient Roman festival of the dead.
What is Lemuria?
The first jack-o-lanterns were made out of this vegetable instead of pumpkins.
What are turnips?
The 1919 Great Molasses Flood in Boston had 2.3 million gallons of molasses sweep through the northern part of the city at this speed.
What is 35 mph?
Accept answers that are close (within 5)
Halloween is growing in popularity in this country, even though it is spring in October, instead of fall.
What is Australia?