History
Traditions
Films
True/False
Literature
100

When do people celebrate Halloween?

October 31st

100

Name 5 creatures, who are associated with Halloween

Witch, demon, devil, zombie, mummy, werewolf, ghost etc.

 

100

Who are they?

Addams Family

100

Halloween is a Catholic celebration.


False

100

What writer is considered to be the King of Horror?

Stephen King

200

Who is this?


Jack-o'-lantern

200

Name 5 Halloween traditions

Making costumes, carving pumpkins, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, divination games, playing pranks, visiting haunted attractions, telling scary stories, watching horror films.

200

Guess the movie by emoji

The Silence of the Lambs

200

New York City throws the biggest Halloween parade in the U.S.

True

It draws more than 2 million spectators and includes thousands participants.

200

Who wrote Dracula?

Bram Stoker

300

What is the country of origin?

Ireland + the UK

300

What is the Mischief Night or Goosey Night?

The night before Halloween, October 30 is a night popular for pulling pranks — some harmless like throwing toilet paper in trees, but others much more dangerous.


300

What film is Freddy Krueger from?

A Nightmare on Elm Street

300

The holiday goes back more than 2,000 years.

True.

Halloween all started as a pre-Christian Celtic festival called Samhain (which means "summer's end") held around the first of November. It celebrated the final day of the harvest and the crossing of spirits over into the other world.

300

Name 3 horror fiction writers.

King, Christie, Lovecraft, Shelley, Poe

400

What was traditionally used instead of pumpkin?

A turnip

400

What is a "barmbrack"?

Traditional Halloween bread in Ireland is called barmbrack or just "brack." The sweet loaf typically contains dark and golden raisins plus a small toy or ring. Similar to king cake at Mardi Gras, tradition dictates the person who finds the item will receive good fortune.

400

The sign of what company from a famous film do you see?

Ghostbusters

400

Now Halloween is the first largest commercial holiday in the USA.

False. It's second.

It comes after only Christmas. Consumers spent approximately $9 billion (!) on Halloween last year.

400

Who wrote these lines?

Edgar Allan Poe

500

What is the name of a custom when children go from house to house wearing costumes and asking for sweets or other treats?

Trick-or-treating


500

Tell the story of Jack-o'-lantern

An Irish man named Stingy Jack tricked the devil and therefore was not allowed into heaven or hell — so he spent his days roaming the Earth, carrying a lantern, and went by "Jack of the Lantern."

500

Who is the director of the movie, a screencap from which you can see here?

Tim Burton

500

A famous magician died on Halloween.

True.

Harry Houdini died on Halloween 1926.

500

The list of writers of what famous series do you see here?


Matt Duffer, Jessie Nickson-Lopez, Ross Duffer, Kate Trefry, Justin Doble, Paul Dichter

Stranger Things