Gamerween Trivia

History & Origins

100

What Celtic festival is considered the origin of Halloween?

Samhain (Sow-in)

200

What vegetable did people carve into lanterns before using pumpkins?

Turnips

300

Which pope moved All Saint's Day to November 1, cementing All Hallow's Eve as being on October 31st?

Pope Gregory III

400

What famous magician died on Halloween in 1926?

Harry Houdini

500

Which country is widely credited with originating the tradition of trick-or-treating?

Ireland.

BONUS - What was the name of the medieval practice in which the poor went door-to-door praying for the dead in exchange for soul cakes?

Movies & Pop Culture

100

In the movie Hocus Pocus, what are the names of the three Sanderson sisters?

Winifred, Sarah, & Mary

200

The mask worn by Michael Meyers in Halloween was a modified, cheap mask of which Star Trek character?

Captain Kirk

300

What was Michael Jackson's hit song "Thriller" originally titled before Vincent Price recorded his iconic spoken-word bridge?

Starlight

400

What film holds the record for being the highest-grossing horror movie of all time?

It (2017) grossing over $704 million worldwide.

500

What was the original working tile of John Carpenter's 1978 horror classic Halloween?

The Babysitter Murders

BONUS - From the series (which would eventually go on to be called Halloween) which was the only film in the franchise to NOT feature Michael Meyers as a central character/main antagonist?

Monsters & Traditions

100

What do you call a group of witches?

A coven.

200

What is the only mammal capable of true, sustained flight?

The bat

300

What is the fear of Halloween called?

Samhainophobia.

400

According to superstition, what does it mean if you see a spider on Halloween?

It means the spirit of a loved one is watching over you.

500

What was candy corn called originally when it was first created in 1880's?

Chicken Feed

BONUS - The Goelitz Confectionary Company started manufacturing candy corn in 1898 and made it a staple...what is the company known as now?

Candy & Sweets

100

Which sweet treat was accidentally invented in 1905 by an 11-year-old boy who left a soda mix and a stirring stick outside over night?

The popsicle.

200

What flavor is the white part of a piece of candy corn?

Vanilla

300

Which famous candy bar was named after its inventor's horse?

Snickers

400

What is the most popular Halloween candy purchased in the U.S.?

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups

500

In what decade were M&M's invented?

1940

Bonus - Who were they invented for?

Spooky Literature

100

What is the name of the fictional town in Maine where many of Stephen King's horror novels take place?

Derry

200

Which famous Edgar Allan Poe poem features a grieving narrator and a talking bird that repeatedly mutters "Nevermore"?

The Raven

300

What is the name of the Headless Horseman's victim in Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?

Ichabod Crane

400

Mary Shelly wrote the gothic masterpiece Frankenstein after being challenged to a ghost story contest by which famous poet?

Lord Byron

500

In Bram Stoker's classic 1897 novel Dracula, what is the full name of Dracula's English lawyer who travels to Transylvania?

Jonathan Harker

BONUS - The name Dracula finds its origins from the Romanian word Dracul... which translates to "Son of the-" what?