Halloween Movies
How many times do you have to have to say Beetlejuice’s name to get him to show up?
A. One
B. Three
C. One Hundred
B. Three
In which country did Halloween originate?
A. England
B. America
C. Scotland
D. Ireland
D. Ireland. Halloween has its roots in the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (a Gaelic word pronounced “SAH-win”), a pagan religious celebration to welcome the harvest at the end of summer, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts.
What is the most desirable candy to find in your trick-or-treat bag, according to a 2016 poll?
A. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
B. Snickers
C. Twix
D. Hershey's
A. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
What phobia do you suffer from if you have an intense fear of Halloween?
A. Phasmophobia
B. Samhainophobia
C. Wiccaphobia
D. Halloweenophobia
B. Samhainophobia
What is the main tradition for children to do on Halloween night?
Dress in costume and go trick-or-treating
This is the name of the father in "The Addams Family."
A. Gomez
B. Gordon
C. Lurch
A. Gomez Addams
The first Jack-o-Lanterns were made out of what?
A. Watermelons
B. Cantaloupe
C. Turnips (kvaky)
D. Pumpkins
C. Turnips
The slogan: “Don’t let hunger happen to you” is from which candy?
A. Almond Joy
B. Snickers
C. Three Musketeers
D. Mounds
B. Snickers
On average each pumpkin contains how many seeds?
A. 100
B. 300
C. 500
D. 1,000
C. 500
What Halloween tradition involves carving?
Jack-O-Lanterns
What year did the original "Halloween" movie come out?
A. 1973
B. 1976
C. 1978
C. 1978
This was the decade in which trick or treating became popular?
A. 1930's
B. 1940's
C. 1950's
C. 1950's
The average American household spends how much on Halloween candy each year?
A. $28
B. $35
C. $44
D. $52
C. $44
What was the name of Dracula's sidekick?
A. Vermon
B. Renfield
C. Fischer
B. Renfield
What are the traditional Halloween colors?
Black and Orange.
The traditional Halloween colors of orange and black actually stem from the pagan celebration of autumn and the harvest, with orange symbolizing the colors of the crops and turning leaves, while black marks the "death" of summer and the changing season.
What movie was directed by Alfred Hitchcock and is loosely based on the real-life killings of Wisconsin serial murderer Ed Gein?
A. Psycho
B. The Shining
C. The Thing
A. Psycho
Is a pumpkin a fruit or a vegetable?
A. Fruit
B. Vegetable
A. Fruit. From a botanist's perspective, a pumpkin is a fruit because it's a product of the seed-bearing structure of flowering plants. Vegetables, on the other hand, are the edible portion of plants such as leaves, stems, roots, bulbs, flowers, and tubers.
What was Cotton Candy originally called?
A. Sugar Wool
B. Angel Hair
C. Unicorn Tail
D. Fairy Floss
D. Fairy Floss
Transylvania is a region in which country?
A. Germany
B. Romania
C. Hungary
D. Slovakia
B. Romania
What bobbing game is typically played on Halloween?
Bobbing for Apples
Which movie is a 1931 American pre-Code supernatural horror film based on the 1924 stage play involving vampires?
A. Candyman
B. Night of the Living Dead
C. Dracula
C. Dracula
Who famously died on October 31, 1926?
A. Harry Houdini, magician
B. Charles Lindbergh, pilot
C. Elvis Presley, singer
D. Marilyn Monroe, actress
A. Harry Houdini, magician
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
B. Mars and Murrie
What is the first name of Dr. Frankenstein?
A. Freddy
B. Victor
C. Frank
D. George
B. Victor
What Halloween tradition involves a large procession with different floats? The largest one is in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City.
Halloween Parade.
The Village Halloween Parade is an annual holiday parade on the night of every Halloween. The parade, initiated on October 31, 1974, by Greenwich Village puppeteer and mask maker Ralph Lee, is the world's largest Halloween parade and the only major nighttime parade in the United States. The parade reports itself to have 50,000 "costumed participants" and 2 million spectators.