Not So Original Costumes
His black suits, wide red ties and signature orange, wispy hair made for the top-selling costume of 2016.
Who is Donald Trump?
The amount of time that kids would have to play to burn off the calories in their Halloween candy
What is 2 days (48 hours)?
Famous magician who died on Halloween
Who is Harry Houdini?
Wore a $2 William Shatner mask spray-painted white in the original Halloween.
Who is Michael Myers?
Intense fear of spiders
What is arachnophobia?
In 2008, painted clowns with creepy smiles, stringy lime green hair and purple suits asked “How about a magic trick?”
Who is the Joker?
This can hold an estimated 1600 pieces of candy
Rather than clean the machines out between flavor batches, the company will take the leftovers of flavor A and the leftovers of flavor B and combine them to make this candy.
What is mystery flavor dum dums?
More music video than movie, that showed the story of a date interrupted by a zombie attack
What is Thriller?
The fear of being without ________: Nomophobia
What is a cell phone?
These pizza-loving characters were the most popular Halloween costume of 1990, thanks to the popularity of their self-titled movie, which came out earlier that year.
What are the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
In a poll, 70% of respondents said this was their favorite type of Halloween candy.
What is chocolate?
Who was the first First Lady to decorate the White House to celebrate Halloween in 1958?
Who is Mamie Eisenhower?
"Halloween House" was the original title of this Disney movie
What is Hocus Pocus?
Extreme fear of skeletons
What is skelephobia?
Characters from the classic, colorful ‘80s cartoon were the most popular costume choice of 1986.
What are Care Bears?
These candies were included in soldiers field rations during World War II to give American troops “quick energy.” They could also hold up under changing weather conditions and were malleable enough to patch up holes in vehicles and equipment.
What are Tootsie Rolls?
Originating in Ireland, these were used as the first Jack-O-Lanterns. People would hollow these out and place a lump of coal in it as a type of lantern and set it at their door as a guide for poor "Jack." Pumpkins started being used after the Irish brought this tradition to America.
What are turnips?
1980s horror movie produced by Disney and starred Bette Davis
What is The Watcher in the Woods?
Coulrophobia
What is the fear of clowns?
The exaggerated style of this wrestling star — with his tight red and yellow tank top and crazy bleach-blond mustache —was the top costume of 1985.
Who is Hulk Hogan?
This love-it or hate-it candy was originally named Chicken Feed.
What is candy corn?
The last Halloween with a full moon was 2020. In which year will this happen next?
What is 2039?
Based on a Stephen King book, this movie told the story of a malevolent circus and its diabolical owner who prey on the townsfolk in the small towns they visit.
What is Something Wicked This Way Comes?
Samhainophobia