Movies & TV
What is the name of the blue and green van used by Scooby Doo and the gang?
The Mystery Machine
What popular treat is often depicted as bright red and on a stick?
A Candy Apple
What city in Massachusetts is most well known for witchcraft?
Salem
What pattern is on Beetlejuice's iconic suit?
Black and white stripes
What classic fall game requires holding your breath underwater?
Bobbing for apples
According to the catchy song played during the introduction, which famous family is said to be creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky?
The Addams family
What flavor has become the "icon" of fall?
Pumpkin Spice
What is a group of witches called?
A coven
What colors are the stripes on Freddy Krueger's sweater?
Red and green
What is another name for Halloween?
All Hallows Eve
Samhain (sah-win; Gaelic harvest festival)
Day of the Dead/Dia de los Muertos (often begins on Oct 31 and goes through Nov 2)
What entity does Linus send a letter to in the 1966 Peanuts tv special?
The Great Pumpkin (It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown)
What is consistently rated as one of the LEAST favorite Halloween candies?
Circus Peanuts
Can you name the colors of Candy Corn from top to bottom?
White
Yellow
Orange
What is the most popular costume for both children and adults?
Before pumpkins, which root vegetable would people carve on Halloween?
Turnips
Which 2 movie franchises are often associated with fall and sometimes Halloween, though they do not have anything to do with the holiday?
Harry Potter
Lord of the Rings
What is the "original" Halloween candy?
Candy Corn, invented in the late 1800s (originally called Chicken Feed)
How many bones are in the average human skeleton?
206
What colors correspond to the three witches from Hocus Pocus?
Green (Winifred, Bette Midler)
Purple (Sarah, Sarah Jessica Parker)
Red (Mary, Kathy Najimy)
What country did carving jack-o-lanterns originate?
Ireland (Carved vegetables were placed in windows and on stoops to ward away wandering spirits)
"Ghostface" is a serial killer from what movie franchise?
Scream
What is the most popular Halloween candy in the US?
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
Why did people originally start wearing Halloween costumes?
To trick ghosts into thinking they were ghosts too.
Michael Myers' iconic white mask was originally a cheap costume mask of what TV show character?
Captain Kirk (Star Trek, 1966-1969)
When and where did the first commercial "haunted house" open?
1915, London (The Orton and Spooner Ghost House)