Halloween History
Halloween Movies
Halloween Literature
Halloween Music
Halloween Miscellaneous
100

What vegetable was once thought to have supernatural powers on Halloween?

Cabbage

100

Which famous Halloween movie features the line “Do you like scary movies?”

Scream

100

Who wrote the 1818 classic book Frankenstein?

Mary Shelley

100

According to a well-known song, which family is said to be creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky?

The Addams Family

100

What is another name for a pumpkin seed?

Pepita

200

Who brought the Halloween tradition to the United States?

The Irish, during the potato famine in the mid-1800s

200

In The Nightmare Before Christmas, what is the name of the Pumpkin King who rules Halloween?

Jack Skellington

200

Who is the author of the Goosebumps series?

R.L. Stine

200

The song “This Is Halloween” is featured in which movie?

The Nightmare Before Christmas

200

What real-life jelly beans notoriously boast the flavors earwax, grass, rotten egg, dirt, liver, earthworm and booger among others?

Harry Potter Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans

300

Which U.S. city hosts the world’s largest Halloween parade?

New York City, for the annual Greenwich Village Halloween Parade

300

Where was Hocus Pocus filmed?

Salem, Massachusetts

300

Where does the quote “Double, double toil and trouble” come from?

William Shakespeare’s Macbeth

300

A 1984 song asked, “Who you gonna call?” What is the answer? 

Ghostbusters!

300

What was the most popular Halloween costume in the U.S. in 2023 according to Google?

Barbie

400

Which Halloween candy was originally referred to as chicken feed?

Candy corn

400

Which movie tops Rotten Tomatoes’s list of the Scariest Horror Movies Ever?

The Exorcist

400

In what Stephen King book does a family move into a haunted hotel?

The Shining

400

Taylor Swift’s song “Haunted” appears on which album?

Speak Now

400

Where is Transylvania, otherwise known as home to Count Dracula, located?

Romania

500

Before pumpkins, which root vegetables did the Irish and Scottish carve on Halloween?

Turnips

500

In Twilight, what year did Edward Cullen turn into a vampire?

1918

500

What 1845 poem by Edgar Allen Poe features a talking bird that repeats the word “Nevermore”?

“The Raven”

500

What was the original title of the Michael Jackson song “Thriller”?

“Starlight”

500

What city in the United States is considered the most haunted?

New Orleans, Louisiana