Movies
movie franchise whose main character is Michael Myers
what is Halloween?
a candy bar that has a left and right side
what is Twix?
the Mexican holiday that celebrates the deceased on November 1st
what is Dia de los Meurtos?
a series of investigations and persecutions that resulted in 19 executions and many imprisonments in 17th-century Massachusetts
what is the Salem Witch Trials?
an Egyptian corpse that has been preserved and wrapped in cloth
what is a mummy?
movie franchise whose main character is Jason Vorhees
what is Friday the 13th?
this candy bar has the slogan, “You’re not you when you’re hungry.”
what is Snickers?
the name of the Irish myth from which the term Jack O’Lantern came from
what is Stingy Jack?
who is Joan of Arc?
a flesh-eating being that is the main antagonist of the movie "Night of the Living Dead"
what is a zombie?
movie franchise that's main character is Freddy Kruger
what is Nightmare on Elm Street?
the most popular Halloween candy in Illinois
what are Reese's Cups?
the vegetable that was originally carved on Halloween to ward off evil spirits
what Wiccans call halloween
Samhain
a mythological creature that first appeared in media in the book "Carmilla"
what is a vampire?
a film originally released in Germany in 1922 that tells the tale of Bram Stoker's "Dracula"
what is Nosferatu?
the country that milk chocolate originated from
what is Switzerland?
the original tradition that entailed Catholic "soulers" going door to door and praying for souls in purgatory in exchange for soul-cakes or soulmass-cakes that inspired this current tradition
what is trick or treating?
the main style of execution for witches
what is hanging?
a creature known as the dullahan in Irish legend that rides a horse
what is the Headless Horseman?
a film whose main character's design features a conical hairdo with white lightning-trace streaks on each side
what is the Bride of Frankenstein?
what M&M stands for
what is Mars and Murrie?
who is Pamona? (goddess of fruit trees, gardens, and orchards)
the test used to see if a woman was a witch by dunking her in water
what is swimming a witch?
a creature whose name literally means “goat-sucker,” and its story originated in 1990s Puerto Rico when eight sheep were found dead and entirely drained of blood.
what is a chupacabra?