History
Elizabeth Krebs of Hiawatha Kansas is credited with organizing the first annual halloween party. The party consisted of a costume parade, a marching band, and a halloween dance! Krebs was inspired to organize the annual halloween party after:
She wanted to dissuade hooligans from trampling her award winning garden.
Roughly, how many days does it take to grow a pumpkin?
100 Days
In Hocus Pocus, to conjure the Sanderson Sister’s, one must light the black flame candle. However it only works if that person is…
A Virgin
The former Mayor of Salem is the current Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, What is her name?
Kim Driscoll
In the 3rd grade I dressed as Wednesday Addams for Halloween, however, when I went trick or treating none of the adults recognized my costume, instead what did people think I was dressed as?
A Pilgrim
Trick or Treating began as a Scottish and Irish tradition known as guising, where children would dress in disguises, perform a small dance and be rewarded with treats and food. In what century did this tradition begin?
16th century
1.5 billion pounds of pumpkin are grown, produced, and sold annually in the US, how many pounds account for October alone?
500 million
Before Bram Stoker’s Dracula, there was another novel featuring a blood sucking eternal demon who preyed on beautiful women, or what we would recognize as a “Vampire”. What was their name?
Carmilla
In 2019 Adam Sandler filmed Hubie Halloween across the North Shore, including Salem. During filming Sandler decorated various locations around town, of those set decorations one still remains. What decoration is it?
The orange lights in Salem Common
This year my costume is based on a famous drag queen persona, which drag queen inspired my costume?
Juno Birch
The Hammer of Witches is the translated name for the book used to identify witches in the 15th and 16th century, what is the latin name?
Malleous Maleficarum
The Largest pumpkin ever grown is being carved in Salem Common this year. It was grown in RI, how much does it weigh?
3,156lbs
In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, after the creature has killed Victor’s fiance, where does he go to hunt down the Monster?
The North Pole
Gallow Hills Playground is a real playground that exists in Salem, despite the name it was not the location of the hangings. What modern location’s parking lot was revealed to be the true location of the gallows?
Walgreens
My Mom’s friend’s daughters used to go trick or treating at Martha Stewart's Estate in NY. According to them, what would Martha have her security pass out every year?
Dollar bills
The year 1961 was the first case of a civilian UFO abduction occurring to a young couple from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. What are their first and last names?
Betty and Barney Hill
Corn mazes of the past were sculpted by hand and physical labor, now with modern technology they are grown in elaborate designs. How is this done?
GPS-enabled tractors that drop seeds at specific coordinates.
James Whale, movie director and openly gay man in the 1930’s known as The Queen of Hollywood released movies pre and post Hay’s code. What three movies is he best known for?
Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, and The Invisible Man
Every year a Salem business redesigns the pioneer village into a haunting walkthrough market, called the Nightfaire. Which business organizes the event every year?
Black Veil
As a child I confessed to my mother that I was leaving cookies on the stairs for the ghost in my house. Which staircase did I leave cookies at?
The Attic
During the mid-19th century the UK and US experienced a “spiritualist craze” where many would seek out psychic mediums to hold seances in hopes of connecting with the spirit world. During these seances mediums would produce ectoplasm caused by a spiritual trance or possession. What would the psychics use to deceive their customers?
Regurgitated cheese cloth
Massachusetts is one of the best states to experience fall foliage, when the leaves change from green to yellow, orange, and red. How does this happen?
The trees stop producing chlorophyll (which gives leaves their green color) revealing the true color of the leaves (red, yellow, orange, and brown)
In Simpsons Treehouse of Horror III, Homer is hunted by an evil Krusty doll, during an attack Homer exclaims the doll is alive and trying to kill him. What other household item does Homer believe is sentient? Bonus points for the full quote.
The Toaster
In The Crucible to prove his innocence of Witchcraft John Proctor must name all ten commandments. In the moment he forgets one, “Thou Shalt not commit adultery”, What are the other nine commandments?
No other gods (combined with no images)
2 Do not take the Lord's name in vain
3 Keep the Sabbath holy
4 Honor your father and mother
5 Do not murder
7 Do not steal
8 Do not bear false witness
9 Do not covet your neighbor's wife
10 Do not covet your neighbor's goods
What is my favorite Halloween Movie?
What We Do In The Shadows