Numbers and Stats
What U.S. state produces the most pumpkins each year?
Illinois
What’s the most popular adult Halloween candy?
Answer: M&M’s
What horror movie was the first American film ever to show a toilet on screen?
Psycho
Citizens of 19th Century Ireland carved jack-o-lanterns not out of pumpkins, but out of which vegetable?
A. Turnips
B. Radishes
C. Carrots
D. Potatoes
A. Turnips
How many pounds of candy corn are produced each year?
A. 13 million pounds
B. 20 Million pounds
C. 28 million pounds
C. 35 Million pounds
Answer: A whopping 35 million pounds of candy corn is made every year—amounting to about 9 billion pieces.
What percentage of Americans pretend they're not home on Halloween?
Answer: One in five adults (21%)
What’s the most popular kids' Halloween candy?
Answer: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
What is the most popular Halloween costume for pets?
Answer: Pumpkin, followed by hot dog, bat, ghost and bumblebee
What 1925 horror film, based on Gaston Leroux’s novel by the same name, was made into successful Broadway musical?
Phantom of the Opera
What item is banned in California on Halloween?
Silly string
How many Halloween movies has Jamie Lee Curtis appeared in?
Answer: Seven
Which bargain beer brand is expensive and considered a luxury item in China?
A. Budweiser
B. Pabst Blue Ribbon
C. Keystone Light
D. Miller High Life
B. Pabst Blue Ribbon
What is the only mammal that can fly?
Bats
Which character in “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” believes in the Great Pumpkin?
Only one holiday surpasses Halloween in annual consumer sales. What is it?
Christmas
How many pieces of candy does a plastic jack-o’-lantern carry?
A. 250
B. 500
C. 100
D. 425
Answer: About 250
In 2023, Travis Gienger nabbed the Guinness World record for heaviest pumpkin. How much did it weigh?
A. 1290 lbs
B. 2749 lbs
C. 697 lbs
D. 1906 lbs
B. 2749 lbs
Which classic horror movie features the line “They’re here…”?
Poltergeist (1982)
On average, how many seeds are there in a pumpkin?
A. 500
B. 100
C. 1000
D. 50
A. 500
Actor Michael J. Fox plays a high schooler with a monstrous secret in what 1985 movie?
Teen Wolf
How many bones are in the average human skeleton?
Answer: 206
Are pumpkins technically a fruit or vegetable?
Fruit
What's the top grossing horror movie of all time?
Stephen King's IT
What is the name of the villain in the movie “The Nightmare Before Christmas”?
Oogie Boogie
What are the names of the three Sanderson sisters in the movie “Hocus Pocus”?
Winifred, Mary and Sarah