Halloween tidbits
(If you know these consider yourself an expert)
Who is the killer?
(If you like horror movies this one is for you)
Spooky season
(That lovely transition from summer to cold depression tundra)
Trick or treat
(Do you know candy as well as room 1153 does?)
Scary books
(because we're very studious here at UW (kind of))
100

What is another name for Halloween?

What is: 

All Hollows' Eve

100

Which of the horror movie killers kills his victims in their dreams?

Who is: 

Freddy Krueger


100

What is the official first day of autumn (this year)?

What is:

September 22

100

Which kind of chocolate does not contain cocoa?

What is:

White chocolate

100

Corvid's only word in "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe

What is:

Nevermore

200

When is the witching hour?

When is:

3:00 - 4:00 AM

200

Which horror movie serial killer wears a mask made of human flesh?

Who is:

Leatherface

200

What was fall originally called?

What is:

Harvest

200

What was the original flavor of Swedish fish?

What is:

Raspberry

200

What is the first book in the Goosebumps series?

What is:

Welcome to Dead House (1992)

300

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

What are:

Turnips

300

Which horror movie killer wears a hockey mask?

Who is:

Jason Voorhees

300

Which US state is the largest pumpkin grower?

What is:

Illinois 

300

Which candy is considered the most popular during Halloween in the U.S.?

What are:

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups

300

Where does the rhyme "double, double toil, and trouble" come from?

What is:

Macbeth

400

When did Halloween start?

When is:

Around 600 AD

400

Who is the killer of "Halloween"?

Who is:

Michael Myers

400

What are fall's three zodiac signs?

What are:

Libra, Scorpio, and Sagittarius

400

Which Halloween candy was originally referred to as chicken feed?

What is:

Candy corn

400

Who wrote the classic horror novel, Frankenstein?

Who is:

Mary Shelley

500

What is having a fear of Halloween called?

What is:

Samhainophobia

500

Which horror movie killer was at one time called Charles Lee Ray?

Who is:

Chucky

500

Is a pumpkin a fruit or a vegetable?

What is:

Fruit

500

Kit Kats are a big hit in Japan, about how many flavors has this country produced?

What is:

300

500

In the Boston Athenaeum there is memoir by the career criminal James Allen, alias George Walton. What is the cover of this book made of?

What is:
Allen's own skin

(inscription reads: “Hic Liber Waltonis Cute Compactus Est” or “This book was bound in Walton’s skin.”)