Its all about the candy
Introduced in 1923, this malted milk nougat and chocolate bar was named after the popular milkshakes of the era.
What is a Milky Way?
The term "Halloween" is a short contraction of this traditional Christian evening name.
What is All Hallows’ Eve?
This 1996 Wes Craven slasher film revitalized the horror genre by having its teenage characters openly discuss horror movie clichés and rules.
what is Scream?
If this dark-furred animal crosses your path on Halloween, folklore says it could bring bad luck, a myth tracing back to medieval fears of witches' familiars.
Botanically speaking, pumpkins are not vegetables, but rather this type of seed-bearing food.
What is a fruit?
Originally known as “chicken feed” in the 1880’s this tri-colored triangular confection is a Halloween staple.
What is candy corn?
Irish immigrants brought modern Halloween traditions to the United States in large numbers during this decade-long crisis in the 1840s.
This 1999 low-budget hit popularized the "found footage" genre by marketing its shaky camera footage as real documentary evidence of a Maryland myth.
What is the Blair witch project?
Old European folklore states that if you see this arachnid inside your home on Halloween night, it is actually the spirit of a deceased loved one watching over you.
What is a spider?
According to the Guinness World Records, the heaviest pumpkin ever grown weighed a massive 2,749 pounds and was grown by a man in this European country.
What is Italy?
This melt-in-your-mouth milk chocolate button-shaped candy famously claims it "melts in your mouth, not in your hand".
What are M&M’s?
The classic Halloween colors of orange and black symbolically represent these two things from ancient harvest and pagan lore.
What are the autumn harvest and death?
In the Saw franchise, this is the official name of the creepy, tricycle-riding puppet used by the Jigsaw Killer to communicate with his victims.
Who is Billy the Puppet?
If you hear footsteps behind you on Halloween night, superstition says you should never do this action, or you might join the spirits following you.
What is looking back?
The English word "pumpkin" originates from "pepon," a word meaning "large melon" from this ancient language.
What is Greek?
This classic fruit-flavored candy brand is famous for its life-preserver shape with a hole in the middle.
What are lifesavers?
This wet autumn party game, often played without hands, may have roots in a Roman festival honoring the goddess of fruit and trees, Pomona.
This 1978 John Carpenter masterpiece introduced audiences to the masked killer Michael Myers and took place in the fictional town of Haddonfield, Illinois.
What is Halloween?
If you put your clothes on inside out and do this specific action on Halloween night, superstition says you will see a witch at midnight.
What is walking backward?
This classic 1966 animated TV special features Linus van Pelt skipping trick-or-treating to spend the night waiting in a pumpkin patch
What is “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”
"TR" stand for this long-standing chewy cylindrical chocolate roll invented by Leo Hirshfield.
What is a tootsie roll?
In 1958, this First Lady became the first to officially decorate the White House for Halloween, using owls and goblins.
Who is Mamie Eisenhower?
This 1973 supernatural thriller was the first horror film ever nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
What is The Exorcist?
This aromatic kitchen herb, often used to repel vampires, was historically hung over doors on Halloween to keep evil spirits from entering.
What is garlic?
While we associate them with autumn, pumpkins belong to the Cucurbitaceae family, making them close relatives of cantaloupes, watermelons, and this green summer salad favorite.
What is a cucumber