Pumpkin Trivia
Pumpkins are classified as this type of food
what is a fruit?
She wrote the 1818 Novel 'Frankenstein'
Who is Mary Shelly?
"There are three things I've learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics, and" this, says Linus in the 1966 Peanuts Halloween special
Who is the Great Pumpkin?
This Michael Jackson 1982 album had seven singles all in the Billboard Hot 100, including the title track, which peaked at #4
What is Thriller?
"Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldron bubble” is a famous line from this Shakespeare play
What is Macbeth?
Look out Earth! Composition tests show that pumpkins are actually 90% this
What is water?
Transylvania County, located in western North Carolina is named after the region in this Eastern European country, famed for myths of vampires
What is Romania?
This popular stop motion animation film which used over 400 heads for titular skeletor main character took over three years to make
What is A Nightmare Before Christmas?
'The Corpse Bride' score is largely written by this composer
Who is Danny Elfman?
The number one superhero people dressed up as for Halloween in 2022 was this broody shadow lurker
Who is Batman?
This state produced over 654 million pounds of pumpkins in 2022, the most out of any state in the US
What is Illinois?
In 1968, the Mars Company sued Curtiss Confectioners over the use of this three-letter word used in the marketing for their new line of undersized candy bars
what is fun?
In the film Halloween, the knife sound effects are made by plunging a knife into this fruit
What is a watermelon?
You're listening to it right now!
What is A Nightmare Before Christmas Music?
Frank went as this scantily clad persona for Halloween in 2020
What is a baby?
During this city's annual Pumpkin Fest held on Oct. 19, 2013, a dazzling 30,581 jack-o'-lanterns were lit, breaking the world record.
What is Keene, NH?
This Halloween activity, which was once a popular courting ritual amongst young women and their potential partners during the Middle Ages, now rings in the fall harvest with the use of seasonal fruits
What is apple bobbing?
This 1960 horror classic is the first American film to portray a toilet
What is Psycho?
This song from the cult classic ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’, was originally written to fill time as the original production of the show ran only 40 minutes long.
What is The Time Warp?
the apostrophe goes here in the correct spelling of the word 'Halloween'
what is between the two es?
Believed to have originated in the 19th century as a way for British Islanders to ward off evil spirits, the world record for this common halloween display of artistry is 16.47 seconds.
What is pumpkin carving?
Halloween originates from a separate holiday celebrated by these people called Samhain, a spiritual celebration that marked both the New Year and the return of long dead souls to the world of the living
Who are the Celts?
This 90s boy band used the famed mansion from Casper the Friendly Ghost in a music video to declare their return to the streets
Who are the Backstreet Boys?
This song is actually NOT a song about another song that people at a party are listening to, but rather a song about two popular sixties dances
What is the Monster Mash?
Besides horror, "Dracula" author Bram Stoker also published works under this category, a precursor to Fabio
what is romance?