Halloween History
What is another name for Halloween?
All Hallows’ Eve
What popular cartoon ghost has appeared in dozens of films, TV series and comic books?
Casper the Friendly Ghost
Who wrote The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?
Washington Irving
A 1984 song asked, “Who you gonna call?” What is the answer?
Ghostbusters!
What is another name for a witch’s kettle or pot?
A cauldron
Which Halloween candy was originally referred to as chicken feed?
Candy corn
What actor auditioned for a role in Poltergeist but ended up in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial instead?
Drew Barrymore
Where does the quote “Double, double toil and trouble” come from?
William Shakespeare’s Macbeth
According to a well-known song, which family is said to be creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky?
The Addams Family
What do you call a man who practices witchcraft?
A warlock
Why do some people wear their clothes inside out on Halloween?
They believe they’ll see a witch at midnight
How many Halloween movies has Jamie Lee Curtis appeared in?
Seven
Who is the author of the Goosebumps series?
R.L. Stine
According to the lyrics of “Monster Mash,” who are the guests of the Halloween party?
Wolfman, Dracula and his son
Where is Transylvania located?
Romania
Why are the Halloween colors orange and black?
Orange is for pumpkins and harvest, and black represents night, death or darkness
Which famous Halloween movie features the line “Do you like scary movies?”
Scream
Who wrote the 1818 classic book Frankenstein?
Mary Shelley
Which Irish band has a hit song named “Zombie”?
The Cranberries
What’s another name for a lycanthrope?
A werewolf
Who brought the Halloween tradition to the United States?
The Irish, during the potato famine in the mid-1800s
Which actor was the basis for Michael Myers’s mask in Halloween?
William Shatner (as Captain Kirk)
Besides horror, in what other genre did Dracula author Bram Stoker publish books?
Romance
Vincent Price provides the spooky monologue in which popular Halloween song?
Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”
Which ancient Egyptian mythological figure is often portrayed as a mummy in horror stories?
Imhotep