halloween history
The two traditional colors of Halloween.
What is orange and black?
This is the scientific name for the skull.
What is a cranium?
This iconic tri-colored sweet is a classic on Halloween.
What is candy corn?
This creature, also known as the "walking dead," is a reanimated human corpse.
What is a zombie?
This acclaimed horror film takes place in the fictional town of Amity Island and with an icon theme song: dun dun... dun dun... dun dun dun dunnnnnnnnn!"
What is Jaws?
The meaning of the word, "Halloween."
What is All Hallows Eve?
A special protein found in a vampire bat's saliva that keeps blood from clotting, allowing it to feed.
What is an anticoagulant?
This rainbow candy sells over 3 million pounds every Halloween.
What is Skittles?
This iconic doll-like monster in a horror franchise often comes to life when the word its name is said.
What is Chucky?
Jenna Ortega starred as the titular character in this popular series, a spin-off of The Addams Family.
What is Wednesday?
This is the most streamed Halloween song
What is Thriller by Michael Jackson?
The internal framework of bone and cartilage that gives shape and support to vertebrates like humans.
What is an endoskeleton?
According to Instacart data, this brand of peanut butter and chocolate treats was the most-ordered candy for Halloween 2024.
What is Reese's Peanut Butter Cups?
The Frankenstein Monster's creator, a brilliant but misguided scientist in Mary Shelley's novel.
Who is Victor Frankenstein?
In The Nightmare Before Christmas, this gothic villain from Halloween Town plots to take over Christmas.
Who is Jack Skellington?
You originally had to do THIS to get a treat.
What is dance?
This primary chemical compound, specifically in the form of hydroxyapatite, makes up human bones.
What is calcium phosphate?
This candy bar was originally produced with vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate nougat but changed to all chocolate during World War II.
What is a 3 Musketeers?
The leader of the three Sanderson sisters in Hocus Pocus, known for her powerful magic and spells.
Who is Winifred (or Winnie)?
This 1931 film features Bela Lugosi as a vampire from Transylvania.
What is "Dracula"?
This fortune-telling tradition, once performed at parties, predicted that the first person to snag a piece of fruit would be the next to wed.
What is bobbing for apples?
This light-emitting compound, which gets its name from the Latin for "light-bringer," reacts with oxygen to allow fireflies to glow.
What is luciferin?
In the 1920s, this candy was invented by a dentist and a confectioner and was first called "Fairy Floss".
What is cotton candy?
The Scottish monster famous for his elusive nature and supposed sightings in a deep, dark lake.
What is the Loch Ness Monster?
A post-apocalyptic television series, based on a comic book, that follows a group of survivors led by a sheriff's deputy through a world overrun by "walkers."
What is The Walking Dead?