A Nightmare on Elm Street
What do you call a Hip Jack-o'lantern?
Waaay ahead of the carve !
Irish historian Charles O'Conor stated that residents of Ireland since ancient times believed that ghosts leave their graves on Halloween, so they began to hang "Jack's lights" at the entrance doors so that malicious forces could not get into the house. It was believed that a flashlight made from turnips, as a symbol of a wandering soul, they can frighten ghosts and drive them away from the dwellings.
Bonus spanish: jack o linterna
As old as mythology itself
A Greek tale of Lycaon, king of Arcadia who was turned into a wolf by _whom?
Werewolf
Zeus,
Lycaon tried to trick Zeus, the king of the gods, into eating human flesh. The god was not deceived and in wrath devastated the earth. with Deucalian's flood ( Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book I. (Lycaon himself was turned into a wolf)
In which country did Halloween originate?
a) Romania
b) USA
c) Ireland
c) Ireland
What does the name Dracula mean?
a) King of Vampires
b) Son of the Devil
c) Son of the Vampires
b) Son of the Devil
Friday the 13th
What do you call two witches living together?
Broommates
The first witch to confess to riding a broom or besom was a man:
Guillaume Edelin. Edelin was a priest from Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris. He was arrested in 1453 and tried for witchcraft after publicly criticizing the church’s warnings about witches.
Bonus: bruja de halloween
Michael Myers
Back when it first started it was a festival of _________?
Samhain
(Gaelic word for November)
Which phobia means you have an intense fear of Halloween?
a) Samhainophobia
b) Fearophobia
c) Gorolaphobia
a) Samhainophobia
The origins of Halloween are traced back to pagan rituals and traditions including odd legends and folklore. One such story claims that if you see a spider in your home during Halloween it is actually _______________________
BONUS
the spirit of a loved one watching over you.
Bonus in spanish: caldero
Who wrote the novel Frankenstein
English author Mary Shelley 1818
Bonus:
The full title: Frankenstein; or THE MODERN PROMETHEUS.
Why did The Celtic ware costumes?
a) For fun
b) To scare the spirits
c) To fool the spirits
d) To scare the Gods
b) To scare the spirits away
According to superstition, if you stare into a mirror at midnight on Halloween, what will you see?
a) How you will die
b) No reflection
c) Your future husband or wife
c) Your future husband or wife
The Addams Family
If a spider falls into a lit candle or lantern. What does it mean?
Witches are nearby.
Spiders have also been thought to have mystical powers because they can spin webs. In ancient times, this ability caused them to be associated with magic, and again witchcraft
Bonus spanish:
telaraña- web
araña- spider
(Double points for movie name)
Leatherface (Texas Chainsaw Massacre)
Later, the Romans combined it with two other festivals and it lasted three days. Together the three days were called______________?
Hallowmas, which was later changed to Halloween
Is a pumpkin a fruit or a vegetable?
Fruit
SCREAM
The ancient Egyptians preserved bodies and buried them in hidden tombs.
Hollywood capitalized on this mummy hysteria a decade later in 1932 with the movie starring who________________?
The Mummy, starring Boris Karloff,
In 1999 A remake of "The Mummy" staring Brendan Fraser, adventurer Rick O'Connell travels to what city with a librarian and her older brother.
Hamunaptra "City of the Dead"
The idea of a mummy’s curse, misfortune would befall anyone who opened a tomb
It was the discovery of the undisturbed tomb of King Tutankhamun in 1922 that really gave the “curse of the pharaoh” life—
Bonus spanish: momia
Annabelle
Which country celebrates the Day of the Dead, or Dia de Muertos, instead of Halloween?
a) Brazil
b) Argentina
c) Mexico
c) Mexico
According to superstition, a person born on Halloween has what particular ability?
a) The ability to see and talk to spirits
b) The ability to go through walls
c) The ability to turn into a mummy
a) The ability to see and talk to spirits
IT
Devil/Demon
Demons are the oldest evil that humanity has encountered. In fact, goblins, leprechauns, zombies, witches, and the Devil himself were all offspring of the demon class.
Did you know, that there is a demon that has lived in the sewers for more than 2,000 years, and consumes people while they sit on their toilet?
Bonus spanish: demonio
Hannibal Lecter (Silence of the Lambs)
In 1963, legendary costume company Ben Cooper Inc. released the very first Marvel Comics Halloween costume. Who was the superhero to receive that inaugural honor?
Spider-Man - Been Cooper had already been selling an original costume dubbed Spiderman for nearly ten years, long before Stan Lee co-created the Spider-Man character.
Why did the headless horseman decide to get a job? He wanted to get ahead in life.
1820's tale of a schoolteacher, Ichabod Crane, who had a run-in with the creepy figure and was never heard from again.
I
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,
Washington Irving 1820
Hocus Pocus
Scarecrow
Bonus spanish: espantapájaros
Ghostbusters
What was the first movie to show a toilet on-screen?
Psycho
What is the number one city for trick or treating in the United States?
a) San Francisco
b) New York
c) Washington
a) San Francisco
Nightmare before Christmas
In a 1999 remake of "The Mummy", adventurer Rick O'Connell travels to what city with a librarian and her older brother?
Hamunaptra "City of the Dead"
Skull In Spanish is: cráneo
According to modern surveys, what ______%
of Americans believe in ghosts?
50% over half with one in five people actually thinking they've seen one.
Who can name the ghost in the picture below?
What is the original name for Halloween?
a) Trick or Treat Day
b) All Horror Eve
c) All Hallows Eve
d) All Saints Eve
c) All Hallows Eve
and
d) All Saints Eve
Apart from sucking human blood, what do vampires and bats have in common?
They only come out at night.
Beetlejuice
Professional wrestler-turned-actor __________ His biggest claim to fame came courtesy of mask-masker Don Post, who modeled a Halloween mask after him in the 1960s.
Tor Johnson
The official Tor Johnson mask became one of Mask-maker Don Post’s hottest sellers, and is oftentimes considered one of the most popular and iconic Halloween masks ever made.
What is the name of the clown in Steven King's "It"?
Pennywise
Which Halloween costume is illegal in Alabama?
Nun or Priest
Halloween was brought to the US by?
European Immigrants. (1840s)
Psycho
Bonus: The Bates Motel - 1835 N. Middletown Road Glen Mills, PA
What was this candy's original name before it became "Candy Corn"?
- Chicken Feed
Candy corn used to go by this agriculture-inspired name.
When the treat was first introduced, Americans thought of it as a sweet fake corn that was supposed to be enjoyed all year round. But here's the thing. Americans weren't really eating a lot of corn prior to World War I. It wasn't very tasty, as sweet hybrid plants weren't around yet. However, it was very cheap, which made it good food for pigs and chickens.
He is a tall, spindly, well-dressed man with no face who sometimes has tentacles coming out of his back
Slender Man
Which famous magician died on October, 31st 1926?
a) Harry Houdini
b) David Copperfield
c) Doug Henning
Harry Houdini
What is the most popular candy bought within the United States, including during the Halloween holidays
M&Ms