Iconic
This familiar Halloween icon may have actually begun in Ireland as a carved turnip or rutabaga.
What is a Jack-O'-Lantern?
This 1966 animated special celebrating Halloween was aired every single year until 2020, when it became an Apple TV+ exclusive.
What is "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown?"
Although it's now the 10th month of the year, October gets its name from this placement in the early Roman calendar.
What is eighth, or the eighth month?
This Tim Burton fantasy-horror-comedy was almost called "Scared Sheetless."
What is Beetlejuice?
The United States spends approximately three billion dollars annually on this Halloween tradition.
What is candy?
The name for the intense and irrational fear of this common eight-legged Halloween icon.
What is arachnophobia?
This 1993 comedy features a trio of diabolical witches called the Sanderson Sisters.
What is "Hocus Pocus?"
This event, which runs from mid-September through the first Sunday in October, is the world's largest folk festival.
What is Oktoberfest?
In 1962, this novelty song by Bobby Picket became the de facto Halloween song.
What is "Monster Mash?"
Thirty-five million pounds of this candy are made each year.
What is candy corn?
Thanks largely to 18th-century author Bram Stroker, this iconic mammal is associated with blood-sucking and vampires.
What is a bat?
This 1978 slasher film launched the career of "scream queen" Jamie Lee Curtis.
What is "Halloween?"
These two colorful but very different gems are considered October's birthstones.
What are tourmaline and opal?
The state of Illinois has the distinction of producing the greatest number of this Halloween staple.
What are pumpkins?
On average, American kids consume this many cups of sugar from Halloween candy.
What is three cups?
These purr-fectly innocent animals are said to be bad luck, and witches' familiars.
What are black cats?
This 1984 cultural phenomenon, written by Dan Akroyd and Harold Ramis, involves supernatural visits from "the Gatekeeper" and "the Keymaster."
What is "Ghostbusters?"
Those born in October can be born under either of these astrological signs.
What are Libra or Scorpio?
This First Lady was the first to decorate the White House for Halloween in 1958.
Who is Mamie Eisenhower?
Ninety million pounds of this product are sold during Halloween week alone.
What is chocolate?
This oft-used symbol exists in all vertebrates, but it still reminds us of death and our mortality.
What is a skeleton?
This 1974 low-budget horror film was marketed as being based on true events, but in reality only minor story details were based on a murderer, Ed Gein.
What is "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre?"
If you're a sky-watcher, you might want to glimpse either of these meteor showers in October.
What are the Draconid and the Orionid?
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the largest this weighed 3,699 pounds.
What is pumpkin pie?
In 2017, this movie became the top-grossing horror film of all time, earning $701 million worldwide.
What is "It"?