SCARY
What villain comes after you in your dreams?
What is Freddy Kreuger?
This rock star and frontman of White Zombie directed horror hits like house of 1000 corpses and the rebooted Halloween
Who is Rob Zombie?
This traditional fall activity involves searching through a large maze traditionally carved into a field of this tall cereal grain.
What is corn?
This classic, campfire-side fall dessert gets its name from a contraction of the phrase "some more," because people always want another one.
What are S'mores?
This night-hunting mammal became associated with Halloween because the giant bonfires built during ancient autumn festivals attracted a massive swarms of flying insects for them to eat.
What is a bat?
In what famous horror movie does the quote, "Here's Johnny!!!", appear?
What is the shining?
This legendary synth-driven composer not only directed the 1978 masterpiece Halloween but also created its iconic, spine-chilling 5/4 time signature piano theme.
Who is John Carpenter?
Because it tilts away from the sun, this hemisphere experiences its autumn from March to May instead of September to November.
What is the Southern hemisphere?
This pattern of interlocking, crisscrossed horizontal and vertical bands—most famously seen on flannel shirts—originates from traditional Scottish kilts.
What is plaid?
The tradition of carving Jack-o'-lanterns originated in Ireland, where people originally carved faces into this large, white root vegetable instead of pumpkins.
What is a turnip?
What is the name of the light flicking Vampire who appears in SpongeBob
What is Nosferatu?
The haunting theme song for A Nightmare on Elm Street features a creepy children's nursery rhyme warning listeners to lock their doors and count to this specific number.
What is 10?
Occurring closest to the autumnal equinox, this specific full moon gets its name because its bright light historically allowed farmers to work late into the night.
What is harvest moon?
While pumpkins get all the attention, this popular, bell-shaped winter squash is a fall staple often roasted and pureed into a creamy, comforting autumn soup.
What is butternut squash?
Halloween traces its roots back over 2,000 years to this ancient Celtic harvest festival, which marked the end of summer and the time when the boundary between the living and the dead blurred.
what is samhain
In the 2014 psychological horror film The Babadook, this is the specific medium through which the monster is first introduced to Amelia and her son Samuel, serving as a manifestation of her unresolved grief.
What is a pop up book/children's book?
The chilling theme for 1975's Jaws relies on an ominous, escalating two-note pattern played on this instrument, chosen by composer John Williams to represent the shark's primal, slow-moving threat.
What is a tuba?
Derived from the Latin words for "equal" and "night," this astronomical event occurs around September 22nd, marking the official first day of fall when day and night are roughly the same length.
What is a equinox?
This German folk festival, which actually begins in September and ends on the first weekend of October, is celebrated worldwide with massive tents, soft pretzels, and traditional Märzen beer.
What is Oktober fest?
In 1950, a group of kids in Philadelphia started a massive movement by carrying small, decorated cardboard boxes on Halloween to collect spare change for this international UN children's agency.
What is UNICEF
Though primarily a comedy, the original 1984 Ghostbusters drew from real-world paranormal lore, specifically borrowing the concept of the terrifying "Terror Dogs" (Zuul and Vinz Clortho) from this ancient, real-life civilization's mythology surrounding demonic watchdogs.
What is Mesopotamia?
Bernard Herrmann famously created the piercing, screeching "stabbing" sounds for the iconic shower scene in 1960's Psycho using only this specific section of the orchestra, defying director Alfred Hitchcock's original request for no music at all.
The strings
This chemical compound, which gives leaves their vibrant green color, breaks down in the fall, allowing red, orange, and yellow pigments to finally show through.
What is chlorophyll?
In traditional forestry and fruit-growing, this specific autumnal farming technique involves cutting back a tree's upper branches to stimulate a dense head of new foliage and a heavier yield of crisp fall fruits next season.
What is the pollarding?
According to Irish folklore, the original "Jack" of Jack-o'-lantern fame was a clever blacksmith who was denied entry to both Heaven and Hell, forcing his spirit to wander the earth forever using this specific type of glowing ember inside his carved turnip.
What is a piece of coal?