Mad Science
This primary hormone and neurotransmitter floods your body when the boogeyman grabs your leg as you get out of bed at night for a late-night snack.
What is adrenaline?
This monster is often made from body parts and brought to life by a scientist in a famous horror story.
What is Frankenstein's monster?
This movie involves a videotape that curses its viewers one week after watching and results in phone calls whispering “Seven Days.”
What is The Ring?
This celebration on October 31st is suspected to have traditions influenced by the Celtic celebration Samhain.
What is Halloween?
This is a popular drink seen during the fall season, especially at the world-renowned coffee chain of Starbucks, where this drink alone generates over $500 million USD annually in North America.
What is a Pumpkin Spice Latte?
Vampires are famous for drinking blood, which gets its red colour and oxygen-carrying ability from this protein.
What is hemoglobin?
According to popular vampire lore, this common household item can be used to keep vampires away.
What is garlic?
In the 2026 horror film Obsession, a "One Wish Willow" transforms this character into a dangerously infatuated lover to her co-worker, Bear.
Who is Nikki?
This is the city where the infamous witch trials of the 1690s occurred.
What is Salem, Massachusetts?
Time for a Trick! One player from your team must close their eyes and taste-test the mystery candy provided by the host. You have 10 seconds to guess the exact candy flavor to win the points.
Ooh, that's tasty... I wonder what it could be...
Science fiction became reality in 1996 when researchers used this controversial process to duplicate an adult mammal, giving the world Dolly the Sheep.
What is cloning?
This mythical creature is half-human and half-fish, and is famous for luring sailors.
What is a siren? (Accept: Mermaid)
This 1976 film portrays a social misfit who turns prom night into hell using her psychic powers.
What is Carrie?
This moral panic from the 1980s led to a widespread fear surrounding the game Dungeons & Dragons.
What is the Satanic Panic?
This artist sang the original version of “Monster Mash”, a Halloween hit from 1962.
Who is Bobby “Boris” Pickett?
Scientists use this animal's bright blue blood to test medical products and vaccines for bacterial contamination.
What is the horseshoe crab?
In Greek mythology, this is the name of the three-headed dog that guards the underworld.
What is Cerberus?
The supernatural ability possessed by the young boy in the movie The Sixth Sense.
What is seeing dead people?
This famous historical figure from modern-day Romania held the sobriquet—or nickname—"Dracula."
Who is Vlad the Impaler?
Time for a Trick! Your team must race against the clock. You have exactly 30 seconds to completely assemble the mini jigsaw puzzle on the table.
What is something the Host better have a prize ready for, because this is stressful.
In 1997, real-world geneticists successfully created "GFP mice" that glowed vibrant green under UV light by splicing their DNA with a gene taken from this specific marine organism.
What is a jellyfish?
In Irish folklore, this supernatural spirit is said to scream or wail to warn that someone in a family is about to die.
What is a banshee?
This weapon is used to break down a bathroom door in the iconic movie The Shining.
What is an axe?
This woman wrote the world’s first science fiction novel in 1818.
Who is Mary Shelley?
Roughly this many millions of pounds of candy corn are produced each year, which equates to about 9 billion individual pieces.
What is 35 million pounds? (Accept anywhere between 30–40 million pounds)