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Which superstar fueled years of ā€œIlluminatiā€ conspiracy theories after her 2013 Super Bowl performance included triangle hand signs and glowing eyes?

Beyonce

100

In Hocus Pocus, lighting this object on Halloween night resurrects the Sanderson Sisters.


Black Flame Candle

100

This weeping ghost of Latin American legend is said to wander near rivers, crying for her lost children.

La Llorona

100

During the Salem Witch Trials of the late 1600s, accused witches were most often said to have made a pact with whom?

Devil

100

This striped candy was invented in the 1880s, originally called ā€œChicken Feed,ā€ and remains one of the most debated Halloween treats.

candy corn

200

Which 2009 Gaga video features coffins, skeletons, and a fiery murder scene wrapped in couture?

Bad Romance

200

In Twilight, this powerful Italian coven enforces vampire law and punishes those who expose their kind.

Volturi

200

Witnesses in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, claimed to see this red-eyed, winged creature before the 1967 Silver Bridge collapse.

Mothman

200

In folklore, witches’ animal companions — often cats, toads, or ravens — are known by this magical term.

familiars

200

This company was the first major candy brand to run a Halloween-specific ad campaign in the 1950s, cementing candy as part of the holiday.

Hershey's

300

At her 2022 Halloween party, supermodel Heidi Klum shocked guests by showing up as this spineless creature.

Worm

300

In It, Pennywise returns to terrorize the town every how many years?

27

300

Created on internet forums in 2009, this faceless, suit-wearing figure became the modern boogeyman of online horror.

Slenderman

300

In Practical Magic, the Owens family is cursed so that any man who loves a woman in the family will meet what fate?

Death

300

Before pumpkins, the Irish and Scottish carved faces into this pale root vegetable to ward off evil spirits.

turnips

400

This actress once carried a vial of her then-boyfriend Billy Bob Thornton’s blood around her neck—and later joked that it was ā€œmore romantic than people think.ā€

Angelina Jolie

400

The town where Michael Myers began his killing spree

Haddonfield

400

In 2018, this influencer sparked outrage after posting a video filmed in Japan’s notoriously haunted forest near Mount Fuji.

Logan Paul

400

In American Horror Story: Coven, this Supreme witch is portrayed by actress Jessica Lange.

Fiona Goode

400

This classic Halloween party game actually began as a way to predict marriages and future romance.

bobbing for apples

500

This eccentric actor once purchased the infamous LaLaurie Mansion in New Orleans—known for its gruesome history of torture and hauntings—then lost his fortune soon after, calling it ā€œbad luck.ā€

Nicholas Cage

500

The hotel number Danny’s warned to avoid in The Shining

237

500

From Native American folklore, this gaunt, cannibalistic creature is said to appear to those who give in to greed or hunger in the cold wilderness.

Wendigo

500

In Harry Potter, this dark witch founded the house known for cunning and ambition, and her locket later became a Horcrux.

Salazar Slytherin

500

During the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, this number of people were executed for witchcraft.

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