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100

This movie is aptly named after the holiday.

What is Halloween?

100

This fluffy fairground staple was first called “Fairy Floss.”

What is cotton candy?

100

This iconic bloodsucker was most famously played by Bela Lugosi.

Who is Dracula?

100

Also known as “All Souls Day,” this Latin American celebration on November 2 honors the dead with food and flowers, and is associated with the iconic sugar skull and skeleton motifs.

What is Dia de los Muertos?

100

Don't let this animal cross your path!

What is a black cat?

200

This film was recently remade with an all-female cast, saving Manhattan from supernatural invasion. Who you gonna call?

What is Ghostbusters?

200

This love-it-or-hate-it classic Halloween candy used to be called “Chicken Feed."

What is Candy Corn?

200

This classic monster is no problem at all- unless it’s a full moon!

What is a Werewolf?

200

In certain areas of the United States, the night before Halloween young teens engage in pranks like TP-ing trees, smashing jack o’lanterns, and egging cars.

What is mischief night?

200

Never walk under this, or you will have bad luck.

What is a ladder?

300

This 90s classic takes place in Salem, MA, where three teens and an immortal cat try to prevent Bette Midler and Sarah Jessica Parker from taking over the town.

What is Hocus Pocus?

300

This “give me a break” classic candy is wildly popular in Japan, where it is sold in a dizzying array of specialty flavors, including sweet potato, green tea, strawberry, whiskey, and wasabi.

What is Kit-Kat? 

300

Dr. Jekyll was the mild-mannered and kind-hearted counterpart to this fiendish alter ego.

Who is Mr. Hyde?

300

On November 5th, bonfires blaze and fireworks burn all over England to commemorate the execution of an English traitor who tried to blow up Parliament.

What is Guy Fawkes Day?

300

You will get this many years of bad luck if you break a mirror.

What is seven?

400

This long running rock musical is all about fishnets, corsets, and eye makeup for days. Catch it live to participate along with the cast while you watch on screen. Let’s do the time warp again!

What is Rocky Horror Picture Show?

400

These tiny individually wrapped chocolate fudge candies were included in WWII soldiers field rations because they held up so well in changing weather conditions.

What are Tootsie Rolls?

400

This dinosaur comes back again and again to threaten Tokyo - and was originally created to emphasize the horrors and unexpected dangers of nuclear war.

Who is Godzilla?

400

On this nearby island nation and former French colony, voodoo practitioners observe the Feast of the Dead by dancing and drinking rum spiked with hot chilis.

What is Haiti?

400

Do this if you spill salt.

What is throw it over your left shoulder?

500

Freddie Kruger is the main character in this iconic horror flick. Don't fall asleep!

What is A Nightmare on Elm Street?

500

The most popular Halloween candy, by weight sold, in America.

What is Skittles - Reeses Cups are the second-most popular!

500

This actor didn’t just make history as a performer in the original Frankenstein and Mummy movies - after being terribly injured many times on set due to cumbersome costumes, long hours, and dangerous working conditions, he also was pivotal in establishing the Screen Actors Guild and securing health and safety protections for performers. 

Who is Boris Karloff?

500

This ancient Celtic all-souls celebration is still observed in Ireland and Scotland.

What is Samhain? (Pronounced SAH-win)

500

Always hang this pointing in the right direction or your luck will fall out!

What is a horseshoe?