Halloween Trivia
The vegetable most commonly associated with Halloween
What is a pumpkin?
The English translation of “Dia de los Muertos”
What is “Day of the Dead?
Michael Myers is the villain of this classic horror movie
What is Halloween?
True or false: white chocolate is real chocolate
False
Sir Isaac Newton had this many laws of motion:
3
The original name of Halloween
What is “All Hallow’s Eve” or
“Samhain”?
The English translation of “calavera” which is a symbol commonly associated with Dia de los Muertos
What is a skull?
The name of the summer camp where Friday the 13th takes place
What is Camp Crystal Lake?
The number one selling candy on Halloween
What are Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups?
The century within which the Aztec empire fell to Spanish conquistadors
When is the 1500’s?
The reason people started wearing costumes on Halloween
What is to ward off evil spirits?
The altar which is created to honor the dead
What is an ofrenda?
The most commercially successful Halloween movie of all time
What is “It”?
The staple Halloween candy that was originally named “Chicken Feed”
What is Candy Corn?
The nearest galaxy to the Milky Way
What is Andromeda?
What are turnips?
The type of flower that is a key component of the holiday
What are marigolds?
The main antagonist of the Hellraiser series of movies
Who is Pinhead?
The average number of calories in a trick-or-treater’s basket (~1,000 margin of error)
What is 11,000?
Name at least 3 different types of mammals that live in the water
What are whales/dolphins/seals/manatees/otters/walruses/narwhals/porpoises?
The state with the world’s longest Haunted House, the “Haunted Cave”
Where is Ohio?
The female skeleton character associated with Dia de los Muertos
Who is La Catrina?
The movie considered the first horror movie ever made
What is “The House of the Devil” (1898)?
The two names that the “M’s” in “M&M’s” stand for
Who are Mars and Murrie?
The person who made the game “Jeopardy”
Who is Merv Griffin?