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100

What are the three colors of candy corn, and in what order are they found on the candy?

Top layer: white

Middle layer: orange

Bottom layer: yellow

100

What are the two colors associated with Halloween?

Orange and black

100

What is the most popular costume in Alaska?

A cat

100

What is the main character’s name in the Tim Burton film The Nightmare Before Christmas?

Jack Skellington

100

What food is rumored to keep vampires away?

Garlic

200

What is America's most popular Halloween candy?

Reese's peanut butter cups

200

What do you say on Halloween to get candy?

Trick or Treat

200

What is the most popular Halloween costume overall?

A witch

200

What did Cousin It from the Addams Family look like?

He was completely covered in long hair

200

What is a male witch called?

A warlock

300

What is Alaska's most popular Halloween candy?

Sour patch kids

300

Where did jack o’ lanterns originate?

Ireland

300

On average, how many kids (ages 5 to 14) dress up for Halloween every year?

41 million

300

In the Disney movie Hocus Pocus, what song do the Sanderson Sisters perform at the Halloween party?

I Put a Spell On You

300

What do you call a dead body that has been preserved?

A mummy

400

Among those who celebrate Halloween, what percentage will purchase candy?

95%

400

In what country did Halloween originate?

Ireland

400

According to the National Retail Federation, which children’s costume continues to hold the Number 1 spot year after year?

Princess

400

Who is the supernatural villain that Ichabod Crane is investigating?

The headless horseman

400

What do you call a group of witches?

A coven

500

How many pounds of candy corn are produced each year?

35 million pounds

500

How many Americans celebrate Halloween on average?

172 million

500

What is the number 1 costume for pets?

Pumpkin

500

Which Peanuts character believes in The Great Pumpkin in It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown?

Linus

500

What was Bram Stoker’s original name for Dracula?

Count Wampyr