Halloween History
This illuminated, carved decoration, often made from a pumpkin, gets its name from an Irish folktale about a miser named "Stingy Jack."
What is a jack o'lantern?
To be loved forever in the sinister Other World, Coraline must agree to have these common sewing items stitched over her eyes.
What are buttons?
This popular beverage is made from pressed, spiced apples and is often served warm to celebrate the harvest season.
What is apple cider?
This coffee chain introduced the now-iconic Pumpkin Spice Latte in 2003, making the flavor a modern autumn tradition.
Starbucks
Halloween is a shortening of this three-word name for the day before All Saints' Day.
All Hallow's Eve
The Conjuring movies are based on this real-life paranormal investigative couple
Who are Ed and Lorraine Warren?
The Mexican festival in which people honor their deceased by visiting the cemetery or setting altars
Dia De Los Muertos
This tri-colored Halloween candy, invented in the 1880s, was originally marketed to appeal to farmers and was called "Chicken Feed."
The name of the original Celtic festival that is now Halloween
What is Samhain?
The infamous shower scene in the 1960 thriller Psycho was set in a motel owned by this disturbed mother's boy.
Norman Bates
Instituted by Saint Odilo of Cluny, this Catholic observance is dedicated to praying for and commemorating the departed souls believed to be in Purgatory.
All Souls' Day
Despite some members being over a century old, the Cullen family constantly relocates to maintain the disguise of perpetually being this age in high school.
What is seventeen?
The Halloween custom of bobbing for apples is said to have originated from a Roman harvest festival honoring this goddess of fruit trees and orchards.
Pomona
The killer in the original 1980 Friday the 13th was not Jason, but this character, seeking revenge for her son's drowning.
Who is Pamela Voorhees (or Mrs. Voorhees)?
Although it's called Oktoberfest, this festival is mainly held in September on the Theresienwiese grounds in this German city.
What is Munich?
This famed illusionist and escape artist passed away on October 31, 1926, which many fans consider a final dramatic "trick."
Who is Harry Houdini?