Grab Bag
Traditions
Movies/TV
Food
Decorations
100

This popular Radio Drama debuted for Halloween in 1938...made famous by Orson Wells

What is the "War of the Worlds"

100

Traditionally sprinkled on your doorstep on Halloween night to ward off evil spirits

What is salt

100

The number of days the original movie Halloween in 1978 took to film

What is 21

100

90 million pounds of this food is bought by Americans the week of Halloween

What is chocolate

100
It is the first most commercially successful holiday, just in front of Halloween

What is Christmas

200

The famous magician who died on Halloween

Who is Harry Houdini

200

Past this year, this will not happen again until 2039

What is a full moon on Halloween night

200
The year the first Halloween movie debuted

What is 1978

200
Percentage of annual candy sold in the US that is used for Halloween

What is 25%

200

Skeletons have long been a Halloween decoration. In an accurate human skeleton decoration, this is the number of bones in that skeleton

What is 206

300

What Scottish women attempted to see when hanging wet sheets in front of a fire

What are their future husbands

300

The percentage of adults who dress up for Halloween

What is 50%

300

The year the first film adaptation of Frankenstein premiered

What is 1910

300

Enough of this candy is produced each year that if laid end to end could circle the moon 21 times

What is Candy Corn

300

The number of bat species in the world

What is 1400

400

The Salem Witch Trials began

What is February 1692
400
The year that Halloween is said to have originated

What is 4000 BC

400

The name of the movie with traditions of throwing candy at the screen, singing along and dressing up in costumes

What is the Rocky Horror Picture Show

400
This consisted of 109 gallons of evaporated milk, 233 dozen eggs and 525 pounds of sugar

What is the worlds largest pumpkin pie

400

The type of correspondence or decoration that was first made in the early 1920s

What is a Halloween card

500

The author of the classic horror book "Dracula"

Who is Bram Stoker

500

Samhainopobia is the fear of this

What is Halloween

500

The number of actors to have played Batman (TV and Movies)

What is 10

500
This vegetable was first used for carving Jack O Lanterns

What are Turnips

500

These were originally used to ward of evil spirits on Halloween

What are Jack O' Lanterns