General Knowledge
What Mexican holiday where families welcome back the souls of their deceased relatives for a brief reunion that occurs around the time of Halloween?
Dia de los Muertos/Day of the Dead
What movie is Jack Skellington from?
The Nightmare Before Christmas
“Who you gon' call?” is a line from which theme song by Ray Parker Jr?
Ghostbusters
What is the name of an undead creature that infects others by biting them?
Zombie
Name 3 classic Halloween costumes.
Exs: Witch, Vampire, Frankenstein, Ghost
Which 1845 Edgar Allen Poe poem famously references a talking black bird that repeats the word "nevermore"?
The Raven
Jenna Ortega plays a character on which modern-day spinoff of The Addams Family?
Wednesday
What magic word is also the title of a Lady Gaga song on her album Mayhem?
Abracadabra
What is a group of witches called?
A coven
What is the most popular Halloween candy across the U.S.?
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
From top to bottom, what colors are a candy corn?
White, orange, yellow
Who wrote the famous Goosebumps series?
R.L. Stine
The song Red Right Hand is used repeatedly throughout which slasher franchise?
Scream
Where is Count Dracula from?
Transylvania
What is the most common dog Halloween costume?
A pumpkin
What historic weather event happened in the Midwest, largely affecting Minnesota, on Halloween of 1991?
Blizzard
What is the name of the teenage witch who is the main character of a 90s sitcom? She has a talking black cat named Salem.
Sabrina
Which pop artist released a Halloween album in 2020 titled TURN OFF THE LIGHT? (It was first released in 2018 with a shorter track list)
Kim Petras
Mary Shelley wrote which famous monster novel?
Frankenstein
A French town banned what Halloween costume if you were older than 13?
Clown
What is the ancient festival name that Halloween’s origins come from?
Samhain
Which movie is set in a haunted hotel called The Overlook Hotel?
The Shining
What song by Blue Öyster Cult can be found in several horror movies and shows such as Scream, Halloween, and X? The title involves the term for the personification of death.
(Don’t Fear) The Reaper
Where in the United States was the oldest mummy found?
Nevada
Before pumpkins, what vegetable did the Irish carve on Halloween?
Turnip