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Halloween Potpourri
100

You have to say Beetlejuice’s name this many times to get him to show up

A. One

B. Three

C. One Hundred

B. Three


100

Halloween originated in this country

A. England   

B. America   

C. Scotland   

D. Ireland

D. Ireland

100

According to the song, this family is 'creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky'

A. The Munsters   

B. The Addams Family   

C. The Simpsons   

D. The Boxtrolls

B. The Addams Family  

100

This person founded the Hershey company

A. Hershey T. Walker

B. Milton S. Hershey

C. Harry Hersh

B. Who was Milton S. Hershey?

100

If you have an intense fear of Halloween, you may have this phobia 

A. Phasmophobia   

B. Samhainophobia   

C. Wiccaphobia   

D. Halloweenophobia

B. Samhainophobia

200

This spice protects Max, Dani, and Allison from the Sanderson Sisters movie Hocus Pocus

A. Salt   

B. Pepper   

C. Chili   

D. Paprika

A. Salt

200

The first Jack-o-Lanterns were carved out of this

A. Watermelons   

B. Cantaloupe   

C. Turnips   

D. Pumpkins

C. Turnips  

200

This singer had a hit with the song Disturbia

A. Rihana

B. Alicia Keys

C. Beyonce

A. Rihana

200

Every eight hour shift at the M&M factory near Mt. Olive, NJ produces this many pieces of candy.  

A. 1 million   

B. Ten thousand   

C. Two billion   

D. 100 million

C. Two billion  

That works out to 4 million M&Ms a minute. That’s almost enough made each day to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool, which would need about 2.4 billion M&Ms in order to become a deliciously eccentric Olympic event.

200

On average each pumpkin contains this many seeds

A. 100   

B. 300   

C. 500   

D. 1,000

C. 500

300

The movie Paranorman takes place in this town 

A. Sleepy Hollow   

B. Blithe Spirit   

C. Blithe Hollow   

D. Flanders

C. Blithe Hollow

300

This was the decade in which trick or treating became popular

A. 1930's

B. 1940's

C. 1950's

C. What are the 1950's?

300

The lyrics, "If there's something strange in your neighborhood, who ya gonna call?" come from the popular '80's song

A. Frankenweenie, by Adele   

B. Thriller, by Michael Jackson   

C. Ghostbusters, by Ray Parker Jr.   

D. Casper? Not all that friendly, by Foo Fighters

C. Ghostbusters, by Ray Parker Jr.  

300

The slogan: “Don’t let hunger happen to you” is from this candy

A. Butterfinger   

B. Milky Way   

C. Snickers   

D. Twix

C. Snickers  

300

This was the name of Dracula's sidekick

A. Vermon

B. Renfield

C. Fischer

D. Jeff

B. Renfield

400

This is the name of the father in "The Addams Family"

A. Gomez

B. Gordon

C. Lurch

A. Who is Gomez Addams?

400

A pumpkin is a vegetable

A. True   

B. False

B. False  

400

Vince Guaraldi wrote and preformed the music for this  famous Halloween cartoon that is played every year

What is "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown"

400

In the movie "E.T.," this was the candy that Elliot used to find E.T.

A. Reese's Pieces

B. Skittles

C. M&M's

D. Twix

A. What are Reese's Pieces

400

This famous person is said to haunt the White House Rose Garden

A. George Washington   

B. Dolly Madison   

C. Freddy Krueger   

D. John F. Kennedy

B. Dolly Madison

500

In the Harry Potter movies, the spell LUMOS means

A. Wand Lighting Charm

B. Flying Charm

C. Invisible Charm

A. Wand Lighting Charm

500

In the popular Halloween Candy Buyback program, children sell their uneaten candy to local dentists who then distribute it to whom

A. Children from other countries   

B. Elderly people in retirement homes   

C. Candy companies   

D. Deployed military personnel

D. Deployed military personnel

500

This 90's alternative/indie band had a hit with the song "Bullet with Butterfly Wings"

A. Smashing Pumpkins

B. Rob Zombie

C. Kiss

D. Ghost City

A.   Smashing Pumpkins

500

This is what the two M's stand for in the M&M's logo

A. Matt and Monkey

B. Mars and Murrie

C. Milton and Murrie

D. Mike and Ike

B. What is Mars and Murrie?

500

Transylvania is a region in this European country

A. Germany

B. Romania

C. Hungary

D. Yugoslavia


B. Romania

600

In the movie Scoob, Velma dressed as this person for Halloween

A. The Knight Sir Lancelot   

B. The Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg   

C. The Singer Rihanna   

D. Supergirl 

B. The Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg  

600

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, this is fastest time to carve a pumpkin 

A. 32.93 seconds   

B. 3.18 seconds   

C. 16.47seconds   

D. 43.59 seconds

C. 16.47 seconds   

The fastest time to carve a pumpkin is 16.47 seconds achieved by Stephen Clarke (USA) on PIX11 Morning News in New York, New York, USA, on 31 October 2013. The jack-o'-lantern is required to have a complete face, including eyes, nose, mouth and ears.  Clarke broke his Guinness World Record of 16.47 seconds for speed carving a single pumpkin by carving a Jack O’ Lantern in 9.4 seconds in front of an enthusiastic outdoor audience at a Fall Harvest party at Waynesboro, Virginia in 2020.

600

Finish the lyrics from “Monster Mash”: “I was working in the _____ late one night, when my eyes beheld an eerie sight.”

A. Basement   

B. Attic   

C. Lab

C. Lab

600

The average American household spends this much on Halloween candy each year

A. $28   

B. $35   

C. $44   

D. $52

C. $44  

600

A group of witches is called this

A. Gaggle   

B. Flock   

C. Murder   

D. Coven

D. Coven

700

In the movie Frankenweenie, this is the name of the dog 

A. Shelly   

B. Victor   

C. Sparky   

D. Max

C. Sparky

700

This celebrity famously died on October 31, 1926

A. Harry Houdini

B. Charles Lindbergh

C. Elvis Presley

D. Marilyn Monroe

A. Harry Houdini. (Initially considered a hoax)

700

Although not about Halloween, the Irish Rock Band, The Cranberries is famous for this song?

A. The Purple People Eater   

B. Zombie   

C. Haunted   

D. Witchcraft

B. Zombie  

700

This is the order of the colors on a piece of candy corn from base to point

Yellow (base), orange (middle), and white (top)

700

The world’s heaviest pumpkin weighed in at this whopping weight 

A. 2,096 Lbs   

B. 1,036 Lbs   

C. 382 Lbs   

D. 9,721 Lbs

A. 2,096 Lbs  

800

The Nightmare Before Christmas is about Christmas, Halloween, or both

A. Christmas

B. Halloween

C. Both

C. Both

800

 Vampire Bats originate from this country

A. Argentina   

B. Germany   

C. Romania   

D. Moldova

A. Argentina  

Unlike what most people believe, vampire bats (the ones that actually exist and can give you a form of rabies) are actually found in Southern Argentina

800

The song “Werewolves of London” was made famous by this singer

A. Ed Sheeran   

B. Warren Zevon   

C. Frank Sinatra   

D. Ariana Grande

B. Warren Zevon  

800

The inventor of cotton candy held this full time job

A. Dentist   

B. Butcher   

C. Nurse   

D. Carnival Carny

A. Dentist  

In 1897, dentist William Morrison (a candy maker and dentist, respectively) partnered with confectioner John C. Wharton to devise a machine that used centrifugal force to turn sugar into cotton-like strands. The result was cotton candy, but that name didn’t come until the 1920s. Morrison and Wharton called their treat “Fairy Floss.”

800

Dr. Frankenstein's first name was 

A.  Freddy

B.  Victor

C.  Frank

D.  George

B. Victor