Halloween in
America
Spooktober 2023
October 31,
Year Required
Spooktober 2024
Facts From Raymond Holt's "Brooklyn 99" Wiki Page
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All Hallow's Eve, Mischief Night, and Devil's Night are all synonyms for this date on the calendar

What is October 30?

200

This actor from "The Office" stars in, wrote, and directed "A Quiet Place"

Who is John Krasinski?

200

Scottish actor Sean Connery died, but unlike Rasheed Masood and Bobby Ball that same month, it was not from COVID-19

When is 2020?

200

"Lake Placid" shares this actress in common with 26 seasons of "Law & Order: SVU"

Who is Mariska Hargitay?

200

This is Captain Holt's deliciously named dog

Who is Cheddar?

400

This American city hosts the world's largest Halloween parade, including costumes, dancing, and puppets

What is New York City?

400

This 1990 film was conceived when its screenwriter was standing on a large boulder on a hiking trip and thought, “What if something was under the ground and I couldn’t get off this rock?”

What is "Tremors"?

400

Actor River Phoenix died of a drug overdose, two years after his breakout performance in "My Own Private Idaho"

When is 1993?

400

One of the characters in "Strangers on a Train" wears a lobster tie with this name written on the tie clip in cursive

What is Bruno?

400

Captain Holt used to be addicted to gambling, when he would bet on this event

What is horse racing?

600

This social welfare organization gives kids boxes via their schools, which they're supposed to take door to door on Halloween to collect cash donations

What is UNICEF?

600
In "Death Becomes Her," he plays a plastic surgeon-turned-reconstructive mortician

Who is Bruce Willis?

600

President Lyndon B. Johnson announced an "October Surprise" in Vietnam: a complete cessation of bombings, likely to improve his chances in the following weekend's election

When is 1968?

600

This is the villainous deity the Ghostbusters fight on top of the apartment building in the 1984 film

Who is Gozer the Destructor?

600

Despite many probably more accurate police movies, this is Captain Holt's favorite detective film of all time

What is "Turner and Hooch"?

800

This 1982 drug tampering incident involved potassium cyanide-laced pills and resulted in the deaths of at least seven people in Illinois,  in turn leading to serious scrutiny over potentially poisoned Halloween candy

What are the Chicago Tylenol Murders?

800
As the Maitlands try to haunt the Dietzes in "Beetlejuice," in a dinner table sequence, the characters all rise to sing this Calypso song

What is "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)"?

800

Willow Smith is born, the same year her father, Will, stars in "The Legend of Bagger Vance"

When is 2000?

800

Clothing designer Reynolds Woodcock prefers his asparagus cooked this way in "Phantom Thread"

What is with oil and salt?

800

Captain Holt is the founder of this organization, acronym AAGLNYCPA

What is the African-American Gay and Lesbian New York City Policeman's Association?

1000

DoorDash data from 2023 tells us that this chocolate, developed in Pennsylvania 101 years ago, is America's most popular candy choice

What is a Reese's peanut butter cup?

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She is the cold, humorless slug-woman administrator for the Scare Floor where Mike and Sully work

Who is Roz?

1000

The pieces are being laid for World War II: The same year Hungary joins the League of Nations and Weimar Germany's Papiermark suffers hyperinflation, Benito Mussolini becomes Italy's prime minister on Halloween

When is 1922?

1000

He is the first character killed in "Werewolves Within"

Who is Dave Sherman?

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In the Season 7 episode "The Takeback," we learn that Holt keeps the business card of this man on his desk

Who is Zeff Wilcox?