Halloween Trivia
In a cartoon, mice are getting ready to celebrate Halloween. One is dressed as Count Dracula, and another has put on a bedsheet to become a ghost. Name the “terrifying beast” that the third mouse has dressed up as.
A cat.
The fear of spiders is called octophobia.
False (arachnophobia)
To start a witch _____ (an unfair attempt to punish someone)
a) party
b) hunt
c) dance
b) hunt
Whisper 🤫
Scream
100
Name 3 things you see at night.
In Victorian England, people were afraid of being buried alive. To prevent this, special “safety coffins” were invented. A string was placed in the person’s hand and connected to something above ground. What was it connected to?
A small bell.
A group of crows can be called 'a murder of crows'.
True
It made my blood run _____. (frighten you intensely)
a) frozen
b) wild
c) cold
c) cold
Motel Humanity 🛎️
Hotel Transylvania
200
Name 3 things that might make you scream.
Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho features one of cinema's most famous shower scenes. Because the film was shot in black and white, the production team used an unusual kitchen ingredient to imitate blood. What was it?
Chocolate syrup
Pumpkins are fruits, not vegetables.
True — botanically, pumpkins are fruits.
To run like a bat out of _____. (extremely fast)
a) hell
b) heaven
c) darkness
a) hell
Ordinary Stuff 🏡
Stranger Things
300
Name 3 scary animals.
he American zoologist Dian Fossey lived for a long time in an African wildlife reserve, studying gorillas. To scare off local poachers and superstitious residents, Fossey ordered a shipment of items from the United States that are usually in high demand at the very end of October. What were these items?
Halloween masks. Dian Fossey wore frightening masks, making the locals believe that she was a powerful evil witch whose territory must not be trespassed upon.
In Italy, the number 17 is considered unlucky.
True
To have a skeleton in the _____ (have a hidden secret)
a) garden
b) closet
c) attic
b) closet
The Dream After Easter 🐣
The Nightmare Before Christmas
400
Name 3 Halloween creatures.
Alfred Hitchcock, the master of suspense, explained the difference between shock and true fear using two people talking at a table. If a bomb under the table suddenly explodes, the audience gets 15 seconds of shock. But to create 15 minutes of deep suspense, Hitchcock had to do just one thing at the very start. What did he have to do?
Show the audience the bomb in advance - at the beginning of the scene.
A real medieval castle in Poland was used as a filming location for the Battle of Sodden Hill in The Witcher.
True - The castle was Ogrodzieniec Castle
To disappear into ______ (to vanish suddenly and mysteriously)
a) thin air
b) thick fog
c) the dark
a) thin air
The Sunshine Squad 🌈
The Addams Family
500
Name 3 things a ghost might do.