Ghosts
Horror Literature
Halloween Anagrams
Halloween Connection Round
Spooky General Knowledge
100

What German loanword refers to a ghost which throws things around and breaks things in the place they're haunting?

Poltergeist 

100

Which novel 1959 by American author Shirley Jackson has been made into two feature films, a play, and is the basis of a 2018 Netflix series?

The Haunting of Hill House 

100

Tanners knife

(Hint: Modern Prometheus) 

Frankenstein

100

From the smugglers’ practice of concealing bottles in clothing, what refers to a person who makes, distributes, or sells goods illegally?

Bootleg/Bootlegging

100

The Simpsons Halloween Episodes are an annual tradition. By which title are these episodes known?

Treehouse of Horror

200

Which Hasbro toy was popularized by Hollywood films as a way to speak to ghosts?

Ouija Board 

200

With two sequels - Spiral and Loop - what Japanese mystery horror novel by Koji Suzuki was first published in 1991 and has been turned into a series of films?

The Ring / Ringu 

200

Fury keg redder

(Hint: One, Two, [he's] Coming for You)

Freddy Krueger

200

What system commonly used to secure footwear has become synonymous with a phrase telling you to “Pick yourself up” by them?

Boot Strap

200

Who was made Prime Minister of Italy on 31 October 1922?

Benito Mussolini 

300

Which of these Shakespeare plays does NOT feature a ghost?

Hamlet

Midsummer Nights Dream

Macbeth 

Midsummer Nights Dream

300

With no single protagonist, which 1897 gothic horror novel is an epistolary novel, with the narrative being related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles?

Dracula 

300

Gin he hints

(Hint: Redrum)

The Shining

300

Especially in the U.S. penal system, what is a type of correctional facility for adolescents and a short but very difficult training program?

Bootcamp

300

What item would be of no use to a vampire, but adored by Narcissus?

A mirror 

400

Which Irish spirit heralds a person's death by screaming or wailing? 

A Banshee 

400

Also a 1973 film, what novel by William Peter Blatty details the demonic possession of eleven-year-old Regan MacNeil - the daughter of a famous actress?

The Exorcist 

400

klans wienie? 

(Hint: Misery)

Annie Wilkes

400

What is the short, informal term for the demographic cohort of people born between 1946 and 1964, the generation born before Generation X?

Boomers

400

Who starred as the monster in the original 1931 film Frankenstein?

Boris Karloff

500

Which green, gluttonous ghost is the first successful catch of the newly formed Ghostbusters in the Ghostbusters franchise?

Slimer 

500

The Cthulhu Mythos is a mythopoeia and a shared fictional universe, originating in the works of which Anglo-American horror writer?

H. P. Lovecraft

500

Tofu nears

(Hint: A Symphony of Horror)

Nosferatu

500

Historically used for hunting, sport, and despite being considered an Australian icon, what tool has also been discovered in Egypt, the Americas, and Eurasia?

Boomerang

500

Halloween is celebrated on the eve of what Christian holiday?

All Saints Day