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100

This candy’s famous slogan asks you to "Taste the Rainbow."

What are Skittles?

100

The ghost of Abraham Lincoln is famously said to haunt this high-profile residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

What is the White House?

100

 In this classic 1993 Disney film, the Sanderson sisters are accidentally resurrected by a teenager named Max in Salem, Massachusetts.

What is Hocus Pocus?

100

If you want to transform into this classic spooky character, you traditionally only need a white bedsheet with two eyeholes cut out.

What is a ghost?

100

Halloween falls on October 31st because it is the evening directly preceding this Christian holy day dedicated to remembering saints and martyrs.

What is All Saints' Day? (Also accept: All Hallows' Day)

200

This white, orange, and yellow triangular treat was originally called "Chicken Feed" when it was first manufactured in the late 19th century.

What is Candy Corn?

200

The ghost of Giles Corey, a victim of the 1692 witch hunt hysteria, is said to haunt the Howard Street Cemetery in this spooky Massachusetts city.

What is Salem?

200

This friendly ghost from a 1995 live-action movie just wants to make human friends, unlike his mischievous uncles: Stretch, Stinkie, and Fatso.

What is Casper?

200

Long before it became a multi-billion dollar pop culture industry, the tradition of wearing Halloween costumes began more than 2,000 years ago during this ancient Celtic festival.

What is Samhain?

200

Long before pumpkins were introduced from the Americas, the people of Ireland and Scotland originally carved these common root vegetables to ward off evil spirits.

What are turnips?

300

Named after its creator's former employer, this classic treat was invented by a former dairy farmer named Harry Burnett.

What are Reese's Peanut Butter Cups?

300

This isolated Colorado resort opened in 1909 and famously inspired author Stephen King to write his terrifying novel, The Shining.

What is the Stanley Hotel?

300

In this 1984 horror-comedy, you must never feed these fuzzy creatures after midnight or get them wet.

What are Gremlins?

300

Following the Watergate scandal in the 1970s, a rubber mask of this former US President became—and remains—one of the most popular political costumes of all time.

 Who is Richard Nixon?

300

The name of this classic game, often played at autumn parties, traces back to a Roman harvest festival honoring Pomona, the goddess of fruit trees.

What is bobbing for apples?


400

Because its outer shell successfully prevented it from melting, this was the very first candy bar chosen by astronauts to go into space.

What are M&M's?

400

To confuse the spirits of those killed by her family's famous rifles, Sarah built this San Jose, California mansion with staircases leading nowhere and doors opening into walls.

What is the Winchester Mystery House?

400

This 1988 Tim Burton movie follows a recently deceased couple trying to haunt the new owners of their house with the help of a "bio-exorcist."

What is Beetlejuice?

400

Data tracks this Marvel hero as the single most searched and worn superhero Halloween costume worldwide.

Who is Spider-Man?

400

In medieval Britain, the origin of trick-or-treating began with "souling," where poor people went door-to-door offering prayers for the dead in exchange for these baked goods.

What are soul cakes?


500

Originally created in England in 1935 under the name "Opal Fruits," this chewy candy was rebranded in the 1970s for US markets.

What is Starburst?

500

This permanently retired California ocean liner and former WWII troopship is rumored to be haunted by more than 50 distinct ghosts.

What is the RMS Queen Mary?

500

Jamie Lee Curtis made her iconic cinematic debut as Laurie Strode in this 1978 slasher masterpiece directed by John Carpenter.

What is Halloween?

500

In the 1930s, companies like Halco and Ben Cooper revolutionized the holiday by selling the very first mass-produced, affordable boxed costumes, which were largely made out of this fragile paper material.

What is crepe paper?

500

The legend of the Jack-o'-lantern comes from an Irish folktale about a clever blacksmith named this, who tricked the Devil and was cursed to wander the earth with only a burning coal.

Who is Stingy Jack?