Halloween History
What is another name for Halloween?
All Hallows’ Eve
In The Nightmare Before Christmas, what is the name of the Pumpkin King who rules Halloween?
Jack Skellington
Vincent Price provides the spooky monologue in which popular Halloween song?
Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”
Who wrote It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown?
Charles M. Schulz
What is the home of Dracula?
Transylvania
Before pumpkins, which root vegetables did the Irish and Scottish carve on Halloween?
Turnips
What real-life jelly beans notoriously boast the flavors earwax, grass, rotten egg, dirt, liver, earthworm and booger, among others?
Harry Potter Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans.
According to the lyrics of “Monster Mash,” who are the guests of the Halloween party?
What is: Wolfman, Dracula and his son
Who wrote the 1818 classic book Frankenstein?
English author Mary Shelley
What is the significance of bobbing for apples during Halloween?
It was originally a fortune-telling game, where it was believed that the first person to catch an apple would be the next to marry
What is Samhain?
A Celtic festival, the origin of Halloween.
What are the names of the three Sanderson sisters in the movie “Hocus Pocus”?
Winifred, Mary and Sarah
According to the Sheb Wooley song lyric, this creature is a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' what?
What is Purple People Eater
Who is the author of the Goosebumps series?
R.L. Stine
What is a Soul Cake?
A small round cake with sweet spices used for All Saints Day in Christian traditions. Poor children would go door to door and ask for cakes and in exchange pray for the dead.
Why was Halloween nearly canceled as a holiday in the 1930s?
Pranksters and vandals were causing millions of dollars of damage to U.S. cities on Halloween night.
What is thought to be the origin of witches?
Wise women who were likely healers but not trusted by the medieval church.
According to a well-known song, which family is said to be creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky?
What is: The Adams Family
What 1845 poem by Edgar Allen Poe features a talking bird that repeats the word “Nevermore”?
The Raven
What is the origin of the boogeyman?
In medieval times was thought to be a spirit that would cause general mischief and more of a nuisance than danger.
Which U.S. president told a group of schoolkids that the White House was haunted by the ghost of Abraham Lincoln?
George H.W. Bush, in 1989
What's another name for a lycanthrope?
A werewolf
Which 1980s band did The Nightmare Before Christmas composer Danny Elfman perform in?
Oingo Boingo
Where does the quote “Double, double toil and trouble” come from?
William Shakespeare’s Macbeth
What is the 1993 Halloween Tree Movie about?
It is the story of a group of trick-or-treating children who learn about the origins and influences of Halloween while trying to save their sick friend.