Pop Culture Monsters & Heroes
In Hotel Transylvania, this famous vampire runs a resort for monsters
Who is Dracula?
A story that is meant to make the reader feel scared, nervous, or excited belongs to this genre.
What is Horror (or Suspense)?
This yellow, orange, and white triangular candy is one of the most famous October treats.
What is Candy Corn?
Choose the word that names a sound: "The heavy iron gate went SLAM in the dark."
What is SLAM?
Animals like owls and bats that sleep during the day and are active at night are called ________.
What is nocturnal?
This mystery-solving cartoon dog travels in the Mystery Machine with Fred, Daphne, Velma, and Shaggy.
Who is Scooby-Doo?
"The floorboards groaned like an old man." Name this figurative language comparing two things using like or as.
What is a simile?
What word describes a hot, melted sugar coating often put on crisp red apples during fall?
What is Caramel (or Candy)?
"The witch made a loud CACKLE over her cauldron." What does cackle mean?
What is a sharp laugh?
This flying mammal uses echolocation (bouncing sound waves) to navigate in total darkness.
What is a bat?
In the movie The Nightmare Before Christmas, Jack Skellington is known as the King of this town.
What is Halloween Town?
In a ghost story, if the main character walks into a dark basement alone, the reader feels suspense. What does suspense mean?
What is a feeling of excitement or nervousness?
This brown spice, made from the bark of a tree, gives pumpkin pie its warm flavor.
What is Cinnamon?
Which word is the onomatopoeia: "The dry leaves CRUNCHED under our boots on the dark trail."
What is CRUNCHED?
Spiders spin webs made out of this strong, natural material produced by their bodies.
What is silk?
Who you gonna call when there's a green ghost slimming your school? Name this famous team of ghost-catchers!
Who are the Ghostbusters?
What does the Headless Horseman carry or throw instead of his real head?
What is a carved pumpkin?
What crunchy orange vegetable was originally used to make candy sweet before sugar was common?
What is Carrot (broccoli and potato)?
: What sound word best describes what a bat's wings do when flying quickly through the air?
What is Flutter (or Flap)?
Which animal is famous for hooting at night and having huge eyes to see in the dark?
What is an owl?
In Wednesday on Netflix, this silent, severed hand is Wednesday Addams' best friend and helper.
What is Thing?
Frankenstein is actually the name of the scientist, NOT the monster!
What is True?
Apples, pumpkins, and squashes are all harvested during this season.
What is fall?
Which sound word matches the noise of a bubbling pot of soup or potion?
What is BUBBLE (or FIZZ)?
What do bats use their big ears for at night?
What is hearing sounds to fly in the dark?