Candy
Which Halloween candy was originally referred to as “chicken feed"?
Candy Corn
Are pumpkins classified as a fruit or vegetable?
Fruits!
What is a popular childrens horror book series?
Goosebumps!
In which state does The Blair Witch Project take place?
Maryland
Which town had the famous witch trials?
Salem
What is Maryland's favorite candy during Halloween?
Milky Way
What did people originally carve instead of pumpkins?
Turnips!
Who wrote the 1818 book Frankenstein?
Mary Shelley
What movie serial killer is immortalized with a statue at the bottom of a lake?
Jason Voorhees
Which country did Halloween originate?
Ireland!
This famous candy was invented by a dentist.
Cotton Candy!
Where did pumpkins originate?
Central America and Mexico
Edward Cullen is a vampire in what popular book series?
Twilight!
What is the name of the possessed young girl in The Exorcist?
Regan
Originally, what did people do to earn Halloween treats?
It was customary to perform dances, songs, and prayers.
On average, how many pounds of candy do most Americans buy each year for Halloween?
24 pounds! (That's nearly 600 million pounds each year in total.)
What are the bumps on a pumpkin called?
Corking
Where does the quote “Double, double toil and trouble” come from?
William Shakespeare's "Song of the Witches" from McBeth.
How was Michael Myers' mask created?
They modified a Captain Kirk mask.
Before Halloween was called Halloween, what was the Christian-Celtic festival called?
Samhain!
How long does leftover candy last?
Technically, 9 months (but who cares?)
How much did the heaviest pumpkin weigh?
2,684 pounds, 2 ounces
Besides horror, what other genre did the Dracula author, Bram Stoker, publish books under?
Romance
What is widely considered to be the first horror movie made?
Le Manoir du Diable or (in English) The House of the Devil, made in 1898
What was the original purpose of bobbing for apples on Halloween?
Fortune-telling! Specifically, predicting whom a woman would marry.