Costumes & Candy
The most popular Halloween candy as of 2025
What is Reese's Peanut Butter Cups?
The spirits of former inmates like Al Capone are said to linger in the cells of this decommissioned Philadelphia prison.
What is the Eastern State Penitentiary?
Mary Shelley's most popular novel
What is "Frankenstein"?
The creature in Greek Mythology that can regrow two heads whenever one is cut off
What is a "hydra"?
Long before pumpkins, the Irish and Scottish carved these root vegetables into lanterns to ward off evil spirits
What are turnips?
The most popular Halloween costume for pets
What is a pumpkin?
The ghost of Anne Boleyn is most famously said to haunt this London landmark
What is the Tower of London?
The most famous horror author
Who is Stephen King?
This reanimated corpse is often shown feasting on human brains and is a central figure in horror films and games.
What is a zombie?
The Salem Witch Trials, one of history's most notorious witch hunts, took place in this U.S. state in the late 17th century
What is Massachusetts?
Who is Spiderman?
This famously bizarre San Jose, California mansion, with its stairways to nowhere, was constructed by a rifle company heiress to appease spirits
What is the Winchester Mystery House?
The percentage of rotten tomatoes that the original Scream has
What is 77%?
The water-dwelling creature associated with a lake in Scotland
What is a "Loch Ness Monster"?
This ancient Celtic festival celebrated the end of summer and blurred the lines between the living and the dead, leading to Halloween
What is Samhain?
The least favorite Halloween candy in America (according to most surveys)
What is Circus Peanuts? OR What is Candy Corn?
Stephen King's 1977 stay in Room 217 of this Colorado hotel inspired him to write The Shining.
What is the Stanley Hotel?
This actor, who played the Monster in the 1931 film Frankenstein, was initially credited only with a question mark
Who is Boris Karloff?
The creature whose name translates to "Goat-sucker" in Spanish and was first reportedly seen in Puerto Rico in 1995
What is a "Chupacabra"?
On the night of Samhain, the Celts would wear costumes made of animal skins and heads for this defensive purpose
What is to disguise themselves from spirits?
The candy that was included in soldiers' rations in WWII
What are Tootsie Rolls?
This former island prison in San Francisco Bay is reported to be haunted by former inmates
What is Alcatraz?
In Stephen King's 1983 novel Christine, this deadly car is a cherry-red 1958 model from this manufacturer
What is a Plymouth Fury?
The creature that is described as a " two-headed, serpent-tailed dog" in Greek mythology
What is an "Orthros"?
This president's wife, Mamie Eisenhower, was the first to decorate the White House for the holiday in 1958
Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower's wife?