Halloween is awesome!
The name origin of this signature halloween item comes from the Greek word, pepon, which means a “large melon.”
What is a pumpkin?
Like most flowering produce, pumpkins need the help of this buzzy bug to transfer the pollen from their flowers in order to fertilize other flowers and reproduce.
What are bees?
What is a group of witches called?
What is a Coven?
Bloody Mary is a popular urban legend, but in history, the actual Bloody Mary was given this name for persecuting individuals who possessed this specific religious denomination.
What is Protestantism?
This famous magician died on Halloween Day in 1926.
Who is Harry Houdini?
This famous movie director directed the 1978 horror film, Halloween.
Who is John Carpenter?
"Pumpkin King" is the formal job title of this main character in the 1993 Tim Burton classic, The Nightmare Before Christmas, where he is recognized as the pumpkin king of Halloween who travels to the real world every Halloween to scare people.
Who is Jack Skellington?
Defying how she was initially portrayed in the Wizard of Oz, this emerald-skinned key character shows her human side and tells the real version of her story in the popular Broadway production, Wicked.
Who is Elphaba Thropp?
In the movie Candyman, how many times does one have to call on candyman in order for him to appear?
What is 5 times?
This destructive party item has been banned in Hollywood on Halloween since 2004.
What is silly string?
According to the National Confectioners Association, an estimated 35 million pounds of this sweet treat are sold each year.
What is candy corn?
Halloween jack-o-lanterns were originally creating using this leafy green.
What are turnips?
In the United States, witches are associated with Halloween. But in this European Country, there are Easter witches, where little girls dress up in rags and old clothes, too-big skirts and shawls and go door to door with a copper kettle looking for treats.
What is Sweden?
Thanks to this urban legend, what is the candy you should you never EVER mix with soda, due to unfortunate accident of a childhood cereal super star?
What are pop rocks?
In Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, the main character's beloved pet was named this non-quantifiable name.
What is Zero?
The scary mask that Michael Myers wears in the horror movie franchise, Halloween, was actually inspired by a mask of the face of this OG Captain Kirk from Star Trek.
Who is William Shatner?
Though you wouldn't have your dermatologist endorse this today, pumpkins were once considered a remedy for this dotty skin pigmentation.
What are freckles?
"Double, double, toil, and trouble!" is the phrase said by 3 witches in this popular play by William Shakespeare.
What is Macbeth?
Tampering with Halloween candy has been a scare that dates back to the Industrial Revolution. However, it wasn't until THIS 1982 EVENT where someone laced this pain-relieving product with cyanide, where seven people lost their lives, that the urban myth of poisoned halloween candy really took off.
What are the Tylenol murders?
In this popular horror novel-turned-horrror-movie series, this is the name of the killer clown who preys upon the children of Derry, Maine.
Who is Pennywise?
The Halloween practice of turning an individual's pocket inside out and left to dangle, is aimed at protecting the individual from this nocturnal creature.
What is an owl?
Every year, USDA surveys top pumpkin-producing States and publishes the data the following year. In 2021, this midwestern U.S. state maintained its leading position in pumpkin acreage, harvesting more than twice as many pumpkin acres as any of the other top States, at 15,900 acres.
What is Illinois?
This dunking device was made of a wooden or iron chair attached to a beam and was usually placed near a river or pond. It was repeatedly lowered into the water with the victim strapped to it. This was typically done multiple times for long periods and often proved fatal, through drowning or shock.
What is a ducking stool?
In 2021, this American actor returned to the big screen reprising his role in the remake, Candy Man.
Who is Tony Todd?
An area of about 200 square miles within southeastern Massachusetts in the United States, this land area, named in line with a 3-pointed shape, contains alleged paranormal phenomena, ranging from UFOs to poltergeists, orbs, balls of fire and other spectral phenomena, various bigfoot-like sightings.
What is the Bridgewater Triangle?