Spooky Songs
Favorite Candies
Halloween History
Movies
Mixed Bag
100
Guess this song based on the first 10 seconds of it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOFCQ2bfmHw
What is Monster Mash?
100
This favorite candy features a summit, much like Colorado's famed landscape.
What are Hershey's kisses?
100
The name "Halloween" came from this ancient pagan festival.
What is All Hallows Eve? If you said All Hallows Day, you still get the point.
100
The horror character with razors for fingers.
Who is Freddy Krueger?
100
Pumpkins are this category of food.
What is fruit?
Dr. Joe Masabni, Texas A&M Agri Life Extension Service vegetable specialist in Dallas, said scientifically speaking, pumpkins are a fruit simply because anything that starts from a flower is botanically a fruit.
“All plants start from seedlings,” Masabni said. “Let’s take the example of lettuce as a vegetable. It makes more and more leaves, and then you harvest it and eat those leaves. However, if you let it grow longer, it will eventually make a flower stalk and seeds for next year’s crop.”
A pumpkin starts the same; however, their flowers become the pumpkin we eat.
200
Guess this song based on the first 10 seconds of it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQuVFBSPGcU
What is "This is Halloween" from The Nightmare Before Christmas?
200
Kansas' most popular candy is as classic and iconic as the state that loves it.
What are M&M's?
200
The famous magician who died on Halloween night 95 years ago is this.
Who is Harry Houdini? 
Despite Houdini's many death-defying stunts, including escaping from chains underwater, hanging upside down in a straight jacket above Times Square, and being locked inside a milk can, it was a common medical issue, a ruptured appendix, that ultimately killed him.
Video (optional): Houdini's famous Chinese Water Torture Cell trick
200
The highest grossing horror movie of all time is this.
What is It?
As of 2024, It (2017) is the highest-grossing horror movie of all time, with a worldwide box office revenue of $701 million. The film is based on Stephen King's 1986 novel about a child-eating clown named Pennywise.
200
"Day of the Dead" celebrations in this city last an entire week, rather than just Oct 31-Nov 2.
What is Mexico City?
*alebrijes photo share (optional)*
https://volumenine.slack.com/archives/C070UB8SQCV/p1730144578333449
There are dazzling processions across Paseo de la Reforma all throughout October and November, including the Alebrijes Parade, which features fantastical brightly-coloured papier-mâché animals (alebrijes). The origins of these creatures trace back to Pedro Linares López, who, after dreaming of them during an illness in 1936, began crafting figures that have become cultural symbols of Mexico. These whimsical beings, made from cardboard, wire, and papier-mâché, are characterized by their bright colors and imaginative combinations of various animals.
Read more: https://latinarepublic.com/2024/10/23/alebrijes-parade-2024-in-mexico-city/
300
Guess this song based on the first 5 seconds of it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z85lxckrtzg
What is "Thriller" by Michael Jackson?
300
This favorite candy is bright and colorful, like Alabama's fall foliage.
What are Skittles?
300
Halloween originated around this year.
What is 4000 B.C.?
illustration by Émile Bayard (1837–1891) a contemporary of Gustave Doré
300
The title of the film where the quote "Here's Johnny!" came from.
What is The Shining?
300
The vegetable that Jack-o-Lanterns carved out of before pumpkins is this (which looks even creepier!)
What are turnips?
400
Guess this song based on the first 12 seconds of it. https://youtu.be/19xboZ9zns8
What is "She Wolf" by Shakira?
400
Missouri's most popular candy offers a delightful and varied experience.
What is Almond Joy?
Peter Halajian ("Peter Paul") was an Armenian immigrant that moved to Connecticut in 1890. During both World Wars, the U.S. Army asked candy makers to shift to making chocolate bars for soldiers. Sugar was in short supply during WWII, so Peter Paul stopped making all other candies and produced Mounds bars only (precursor of Almond Joy), sending 5 million candy bars to troops every month. Peter Paul became the world’s largest consumer of coconuts, and when Almond Joy was added it became the first candy company to run a color TV commercial.
400
The story in which the name "Jack-o-Lantern" originated from is this.
What is the story of Stingy Jack?
This Romantic era poem, published in 1851 and likely written by Hercules Ellis, tells the story of the Irish folk legend Stingy Jack - A.K.A. Jack-o'-Lantern.
400
The highest grossing horror franchise of all time is this.
What is Godzilla?
400
A phobia of Halloween is this.
What is Samhainophobia?
500
Guess this song based on the first 5 seconds of it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9We2XsVZfc
What is the Ghostbusters theme song?
500
Colombia's most popular candy is rich, sweet, and versatile.
What is arequipe?
Similar to dulce de leche, arequipe is a creamy, caramel-like spread or dessert.
500
Parts of this Celtic tradition led to modern trick-or-treating.
What is the festival of Samhain? (also acceptable: Beltane)
Scottish artist John Duncan (1866–1945) drew inspiration from ancient objects and stories to create this painting, titled ‘Riders of the Sidhe’ (pronounced ‘shee’) are a fairy people in old Irish myths and this painting shows them riding out on a hunt at either Samhain or Beltane.
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Pronounced “sow-win”, the Gaelic word translates as “summer’s end”. Modern-day trick-or-treating derives from the ancient practice of "mumming" in the nights leading up to Samhain. In Ireland, mummers would put on costumes and go door to door, singing songs to the dead. Samhain cakes were given in exchange, and pranks were played and blamed on fairies.
500
The amount of money (in dollars) that Michael Myers' mask cost for the producers of the film Halloween is this.
What is $2?
1978
500
Seeing a spider on Halloween signifies this according to a belief from medieval times.
What is a deceased loved one watching over you? 
One Halloween superstition is that seeing a spider on Halloween means a deceased loved one's spirit is watching over you. This belief is based on the idea that the boundary between life and death is thinner on Halloween. In folklore, spiders were often depicted as storytellers and fortunetellers because of their ability to spin webs. Another compelling theory suggests that because spiders are nocturnal creatures, their active presence during the mystical hours of Halloween night resonated with people’s superstitions..