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100

What is another name for Halloween?

All Hallows' Eve

100

The name of this ancient Egyptian practice means β€œto make perfect,” and it involved removing organs to preserve a body after death.

Mummification

100

Where was Hocus Pocus filmed? 

Salem, Massachusetts

100

"You're going to need a bigger boat."

Jaws

100

Where was Abe born?  

Arlington, Virginia


200

What was the original purpose of jack-o'-lanterns during Halloween?

To ward off evil spirits.

200

What is another name for a lycanthrope?

A werewolf

200

Which 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film made people afraid to shower after watching its famous stabbing scene?

Psycho

200

"I see dead people."

The Sixth Sense

200

Who did Abe help to buy a car? (Multiple options select one -- 100 bonus points for the team that guesses all 3)

Mohmeet, Nicko, Rahat

300

What Celtic tradition led to modern-day trick-or-treating?

Samhain

300

Which President's ghost is said to haunt the White House?

Abraham Lincoln

300
What is the most commercially successful horror movie of all time? 

It. 

300

"One, two, Freddy's coming for you..."

A Nightmare on Elm Street

300

What is one food that Abe can eat 3 times in one day?

Qdoba

400

On October 31, 1517, this historical figure nailed his 95 Theses to a church door β€” an event that changed the course of religious history. (Hint: This is why Halloween and the Protestant Reformation share the same date)

Martin Luther

400

Why were safety coffins equipped with bells invented before modern embalming? 

Before modern embalming, people were sometimes mistakenly buried alive. 

400

What is the name of the hotel in The Shining?

The Overlook Hotel 

400

"I have to return some videotapes." 

American Psycho

400

What is a country that Abe has wanted to visit but never has?

Puerto Rico

500

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

Turnips

500

Which real life serial killer inspired several horror movie villains including Leatherface from Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Norman Bates from Psyho? 

Ed Gein

500

Which horror film won the most Oscars in the history of the genre? (Hint: Released in 1991 about a serial killer)

The Silence of the Lambs

500

"Double, double toil and trouble"

William Shakespeare's Macbeth

500

Which of Abe's trips would he categorize as the WORST ever?

Mohmeet's Bachelor Party in St. Louis