All Things SpOoKy

SpOoKy MoViEs

100

Psycho is the first movie to feature this.

A. Toilet

B. Shower

C. Towel rack

D. None of the above

What is A. toilet?

200

George Lucas playfully placed his _____ in the animatronic shark of the movie Jaws and Steven Spielberg activated the controls. When activated the animatronic shark was stuck and Steven Spielberg was unable to free himself.

A. Left Leg

B. Right arm

C. Head

D. None of the above

 

What is C. Head?

Edit: Don't worry he was freed!

300

This was removed from the scenes of The Ring.

A. Shadows of the actors

B. Doors

C. Color in the televisions

D. Pictures on walls

What is A. Shadows of the characters?

The cinematographer used very deliberate lighting to make it seem like they were floating in space.

400

In the novel "Carrie" the name of the Highschool was Ewen Highschool. When recreating the book into a movie, the high school was then named ________.

A. Krueger Highschool

B. Bates Highschool

C. Myers Highschool

D. Shining Highschool

What is B. Bates Highschool?

This reference was related to the character Norman Bates from the movie Psycho.

500

The Gremlins (in the movie Gremlins) were all animatronic puppets with a price tag of ______ each.

A. $5,000 - $10,000

B. $20,000 - $30,000

C. $40,000 - $50,000

D. $30,000 - $40,000

What is D. $30,000 - $40,000?

It's understandable why the filmmakers hired security to guard the ghoulish figurines after hours. 

SpOoKy FaCtS

100

Halloween is believed to have started in...

A. Germany

B. Scotland

C. Ireland

D. Transylvania

What is C. Ireland?

200

Horned lizards can shoot ____ from their eyes.

A. Mucus

B. Water

C. Blood

D. None of the above

What is C. Blood?

A creepy fact about horned lizards is that their defense mechanism is squirting blood from their eyes. This stream of blood can shoot up to four feet from their eye socket, and these horned lizards can do this several times within a short period.

300

A person will shed around ___ pounds of skin in a single lifetime.

A. 20

B. 30

C. 40

D. 15

What is C. 40 pounds?

Just like snakes, humans shed their skin too, just at a much slower rate.

400

Some trees can grow inside your _____.

A. Stomach

B. Ears

C. Lungs

D. Intestines

What is C. Lungs?

In Russia, doctors performed surgery on a man called Artyom Sidorkin, suspecting that he had a cancerous tumor in his lungs. Instead of a tumor, they found a 5 cm fir tree branch in his lung. Doctors believe that Sidorkin accidentally swallowed a fir bud which later grew into a branch.

A similar case happened in Massachusetts when Ron Sveden suffered from a collapsed lung. After his family rushed Sveden to the hospital, his doctors found a growing pea plant in his lung. Some might find this creepy or even fascinating, but Sveden found it funny as he munched on peas during his first meal after the surgery.

500

Count Dracula was not the vampire's original name.

A. Vlad III "Tepes" Basarab

B. Vlad II "Losif" Basarab

C. Vlad IV "Turov" Basarab

D. Vlad I "Tepes" Basarab

What is A. Vlad III "Tepes" Basarab?

HaLlOwEeN

100

In Bellville, Missouri, it is illegal to ask for candy if you are over the age of ____.

A. 12

B. 14

C. 13

D. 11

What is C. 13 years old.

200

The sounds of the stabbing the "Halloween" was produced by plunging a knife into a ___.

A. Watermelon

B. Pumpkin

C. Cantaloupe 

D. Gourd 

What is A. Watermelon?

300

According to superstition, if you see a bat on Halloween it means...

A. There are ghosts near by

B. There is a witch nearby

C. There are evil spirits around

D. There are black cats near by

What is A. There are ghosts near by?

400

Barmbrack is a traditional Irish fruitcake which people eat on Halloween. Bakers would hide items inside the brack. Finding a pea in the Barmbrack meant ___.

A. End up an old maid

B. Going to be poor

C. Not getting married that year

D. You will get married

What is C. Not getting married that year

• If you found a ring inside your fruitcake you would get married.
• A coin would mean you are going to be wealthy.
• A stick in your cake would mean that you were going to have an unhappy marriage.
• A pea would mean that you wouldn’t marry that year.
• A thimble inside your cake would mean you were going to end up an old maid.
• If you cut into your cake and found a bit of a rag, then unlucky you, it means that you are going to be poor.

500

This percentage of children prefer chocolate on Halloween.

A. 50%

B. 25%

C 15%

D. 45%

What is A. 50%?

Fifty percent of kids prefer to receive chocolate candy for Halloween, compared with 24% who prefer non-chocolate candy and 10% who preferred gum.

PhObIa

100

This is known as the fear of the dark.

A. Nyctophobia

B. Wiccaphobia

C. Noctiphobia

What is A. Nyctophobia?

Wiccaphobia: Fear of witchcraft

Noctiphobia: Fear of the night

200

This is the fear of cats:

A. Ephebiphobia 

B. Elurophobia 

C. Entomophobia 

What is B. Elurophobia?

Ephebiphobia: Fear of teenagers

Entomophobia: Fear of insects

300

This is known as the fear of ghosts.

A. Podophobia

B. Phasmophobia 

C. Phobophobia

What is B. Phasmophobia?

Podophobia: Fear of feet

Phobophobia: Fear of fears

400

This is the fear of thunder.

A. Trichophobia

B. Tonitrophobia

C. Trypanophobia

What is B. Tonitrophibia?

Trichophobia: Fear of hair

Trypanophobia: Fear of needles

500

This is the fear of knees:

A. Gamophobia

B. Patelophobia

C. Genuphobia

What is C. Genuphobia?

Patelophobia: Not actually a thing

Gamophobia: Fear of marriage

Monsters

100

Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, was this age when she wrote this classic.

A. 20

B. 21

C. 18

D. 16

What is C. 18 years old?

200

This is known as one of the only ways to vanquish a Werewolf:

A. Fire

B. Silver bullet

C. Stake to the heart

D. None of the above

What is B. Silver Bullet?

300

The original "The Mummy" was created in:

A. 1940

B. 1932

C. 1968

D. 1934

What is B. 1932?

References to the mummy as an undead monster gained popularity around the 20th century after King Tut's tomb was found.

400

According to legend, the headless horseman became headless due to...

A. Cannonball

B. Sword

C. Tree branch

D. None of the above

What is A. Cannonball?

500

This was the first civilization to potentially fear zombies:

A. Greek Civilization

B. Inca Civilization

C. Aztecan Civilization

D. None of the above

What is A. Greek Civilization?

The Ancient Greeks may have been the first civilization terrorized by a fear of the undead. Archaeologists have unearthed many ancient graves which contained skeletons pinned down by rocks and other heavy objects, assumedly to prevent the dead bodies from reanimating.