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What is another name for a large kettle or boiler?
A cauldron
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Where is Transylvania, otherwise known as home to Count Dracula, located?
Romania
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Where did Halloween originate?
Ireland
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A scientist creates this creature to be perfect, but it's then rejected by him and all mankind
Frankenstein
100
Which state were the historic Salem Witch trials were held?
Massachussetts
200
What do people sprinkle on their doorstep to keep evil spirits away?
Salt
200
Which Halloween candy was originally referred to as “chicken feed?”
Candy Corn
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REDRUM is an iconic phrase from which Steven King Movie?
The Shining
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What animal are witches believed to be able to turn into?
Black cats
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What do you call a bunch of witches?
A coven
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300
What is the fear of Halloween called? (Hallophobia, Samhainophobia, or Henopaphobia)
Samhainophobia
300
Which president is said to haunt the White House?
Abraham Lincoln
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Which movie features a possessed doll?
Bonus: additional points for every one you can name
Annabelle, Child’s Play, and Chucky
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The _________was once a lost hunter. During a brutally cold winter, this man's intense hunger drove him to cannibalism. After feasting on another human's flesh, he transformed into a crazed man-beast, roaming the forest in search of more people to eat.
Wendigo
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Halloween is the second largest commercial holiday in the U.S. after Christmas. How much do Americans spend on Halloween each year?
a) $200 million b) $1 billion c) $10 billion
c) $10 billion
400
Are pumpkins technically a fruit or vegetable?
A fruit
400
What Mexican holiday is celebrated the two days following Halloween?
Dia de los muertos - day of the dead
400
What was the original meaning for dressing up in costumes on Halloween?
To scare away spirits
400
In what horror movie did the villain attack through dreams?
Nightmare on Elm Street
400
What animal-like entity is said to attack and drain blood from livestock?
Chupacabra
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Finish the lyrics from "This is Halloween": "This is Halloween, this is Halloween. _____ scream in the dead of night."
Pumpkins
500
What do you call a man who practices witchcraft?
A warlock
500
What ghoulish 1984 song returned to the charts on Billboard's “Hot 100” in October of 2023?
Thriller - Michael Jackson
500
Which country has produced the largest pumpkin ever?
A. USA
B. Switzerland
C. Mexico
Switzerland
500
Oogie Boogie from Nightmare before Christmas is made out of what?
A burlap sack and bugs
500
What is the most dangerous to a mummy?
Fire
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600
What’s the color order of a piece of candy corn, from the base to the point?
Yellow (base), orange (middle), and white (top)
600
What character was unsurprisingly the most popular Halloween costume of 2023?
Barbie
600
Which candy was handed out to soldiers during the Korean War?
Tootsie Rolls
600
In The Nightmare Before Christmas, which is NOT one of the doors that appears in the forest?
April fools day
600
Which being is said to guide the dead into the afterlife?
The Grim Reaper
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`In the movie Hocus Pocus, what is the name of the song the Sanderson sisters sing at the Halloween party?
I put a spell on you
700
Jack-o'-lanterns are literally named after a guy named Jack: true or false?
True
According to a 17th century Irish Legend, "Stingy Jack" was a cranky old man who tricked the Devil into doing a number of things. When Jack died, as punishment for his trickery, the Devil sent him into the night with only a burning coal, which Jack put into a carved-out turnip, to light his path. He has been roaming the earth ever since; the Irish called the ghost, “Jack of the Lantern,” or “Jack O’Lantern.”
700
What vegetable was once thought to have supernatural powers on Halloween?
A. Carrots
B. Cabbage
C. Turnips
B. Cabbage
700
Before pumpkins, people used this to carve the Jack o’ lanterns out of...
Turnips
700
Which character portrayed by Johnny Depp is a barber who kills all his clients?
Sweeney Todd
700
What was the original purpose of bobbing for apples on Halloween?
Fortune telling.
Specifically predicting whom a woman would marry. Each apple represented a different suitor, and whichever apple the woman ended up biting into was said to represent her future husband.
700
Finish the lyrics..."They're creepy and they're______. Mysterious and________. They're all together_____. The Addams family.
kooky. Spooky. Ooky.
800
What is the dog's name in The Nightmare Before Christmas?
Zero
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What year was the song “Monster Mash” released?
A. 1962
B. 1969
C. 1958
A. 1962
800
In the United States, the first citywide celebration of Halloween was in _______ in 1921.
a. Minnesota
b. Arizona
c. New York
d. Wisconsin
a. Minnesota
800
Which movie tops Rotten Tomatoes’s list of the Scariest Horror Movies Ever?
The Exorcist
800
What religion did idea of zombies come from?
Voodoo
800
What's the best way to kill a vampire?
Beheading
900
How much money do Americans spend on dressing their pets up for Halloween?
A. 1 billion
B. 500 million
C. 700 million
C. 700 million
900
What are the first names of the Sanderson Sisters in Hocus Pocus?
Winifred, Mary and Sarah
900
Which famous escape artist died on October 31, 1926?
Harry Houdini
900
Which movie is based on the real life experiences of the Lutz family?
Amityville Horror
900
Which entity presents as a wailing, female spirit whose cries herald impending death, usually that of a family member. She can appear as a young maiden or an old woman, or sometimes even a faerie woman.
A Banshee
900
What’s another name for a lycanthrope?
A. a vampire
B. a werewolf
C. a ghoul
B. a werewolf
1000
What is the most popular Halloween costume for pets?
a Pumpkin
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Which U.S. state produces the most pumpkins?
A. Iowa
B. Ohio
C. Illinois
C. Illinois
1000
World War II caused sugar rationing, which put a halt to trick-or-treating for how many years?
A. 2 years
B. 5 years
C. 3 years
B. 5 years
1000
What is the scariest movie of all time based on heart rate?
Sinister
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What does the name Dracula mean?
Son of the Devil
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Why are the Halloween colors orange and black?
orange is for pumpkins and harvest and black represents night, death or darkness