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Spooky Creatures
Halloween History
Trick or Treat
Horror Movies
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What is a zombie?
This undead creature is famous for craving brains.
100
What is Samhain?
Halloween has its roots in this ancient Celtic festival marking the end of the harvest.
100
What is "Trick or Treat"?
Children say this phrase when going door-to-door on Halloween.
100
What is Halloween?
This 1978 film features a masked killer named Michael Myers who terrorizes Haddonfield on Halloween night.
200
What is a vampire?
This blood-sucking creature is often associated with Transylvania and bats.
200
What are turnips?
Before pumpkins, people in Ireland and Scotland carved these vegetables into lanterns.
200
What is a pumpkin?
This orange vegetable is commonly carved into a jack-o'-lantern.
200
What is The Exorcist?
In this classic, a young girl is possessed and a priest performs an exorcism.
300
What is a werewolf?
A person who transforms into a wolf under a full moon.
300
What is October 31st?
This date is when Halloween is celebrated every year.
300
What is a Snickers?
This popular Halloween candy consists of chocolate, caramel, and nougat, and is often given out by the handful.
300
What is The Shining?
This 1980 film is set in a hotel called the Overlook and features the line "Here's Johnny!"
400
What is a ghost?
This floating spirit is said to haunt old houses and graveyards.
400
What is All Hallows' Eve?
The name "Halloween" is short for this longer phrase.
400
What are apples?
This activity involves bobbing for these floating fruits in a tub of water.
400
What is A Nightmare on Elm Street?
Freddy Krueger is the dream-haunting villain of this horror franchise.
500
What is a banshee?
According to Irish folklore, this female spirit wails to warn of an impending death.
500
What is Anoka?
This Minnesota city is known as the "Halloween Capital of the World" and has held a Halloween parade since 1920.
500
What is the 1930s?
This decade saw the widespread popularity of "trick-or-treating" as we know it today in the United States.
500
What is Scream?
This 1996 film follows a group of teens who are stalked by a killer wearing a ghost-face mask while following "the rules" of horror movies.