Halloween Movies
Monsters
Halloween Traditions
Halloween Candy
Halloween History
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In a horror movie, you should worry if you encounter this doll
Who is CHUCKY?
100
Michael J. Fox transforms into this type of monster in this film from 1985.
What is a Werewolf?
100
During this popular Halloween activity — known in medieval times as “guising"— young people wear masks and full costumes and ask for food or money in exchange for poems, songs, and other tricks
What is Trick-or-Treating?
100
Invented by anti-smoking advocate Eduard Haas III, these were originally marketed as mints to help smokers kick the habit.
What is PEZ?
The candy’s slogan in the 1920s? “Smoking prohibited, PEZing allowed.”
100
Samhainophobia is the fear of this autumn holiday
What is Halloween?
Named for the ancient Gaelic holiday, Samhainophobia is the fear of Halloween.
200
Horror movie featuring a serial killer wearing a mask inspired by an Edvard Munch painting
What is SCREAM?
200
The 1962 novelty song and the best-known song by Bobby "Boris" Pickett
What is the Monster Mash?
200
Originating in Ireland, Jack-o'-lanterns were traditionally made out of this root vegetable
What is a turnip?
200
It takes licking machines anywhere from 364 to 411 licks to reach the center of this popular Halloween candy
What is a Tootsie Pop?
Human lickers averaged 144 to 252 licks
200
The largest commercial holiday in the U.S.
What is Christmas?
The winter holidays tend to be the period in the year with the highest spending. The second largest commercial holiday is Halloween, with consumers spending $9 billion dollars annually on decorations, costumes, and candy.
300
This 1978 film starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Pleasence was made in only 21 days on a very limited budget of $325,000, and would go on to make $70 million at the box office and launch an incredibly successful franchise
What is "Halloween?"
300
In this tv show from the 1960's, a family of friendly monsters have misadventures, never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely
What is 'The Munsters?'
300
PIH-US has hosted this many Halloween-themed social events
What is 1?
This is the first of what we hope will be many!
300
This popular U.S. candy is sold in more than 350 flavors in Japan
What is Kit Kat?
Kit Kat bars were introduced in Japan in 2000, where now more than 350 flavors of Kit Kats are sold. Some flavors include wasabi, purple sweet potato, butter, chili, coconut, cheesecake, strawberry, and sake. There was also a limited edition “sublime gold” bar. It was a single dark chocolate stick with gold leaf coating. It cost 2,016 yen—around $16.
300
The number of times Halloween has occurred during a full moon
What is 4?
1955, 1974, 2001, and of course 2020
400
This 1993 American fantasy comedy film follows a villainous comedic trio of witches who are inadvertently resurrected by a teenage boy in Salem, Massachusetts, on Halloween night
What is Hocus Pocus?
400
Gene Wilder plays Frankenstein in this 1974 film.
What is Young Frankenstein?
400
According to the US Department of Agriculture, this state has more than 15,000 acres devoted to growing pumpkins, producing up to five times more pumpkins than any other state
What is Illinois?
400
Famous for remaining fresh in all weather conditions, this Halloween candy was handed out during WWII as rations for US soldiers
What is Tootsie Roll?
400
This event caused a large immigrant movement during the second half of the 19th century, helping popularize the celebration of Halloween nationally across the U.S.
What is the Irish Potato Famine?
500
Set in Chicago, this 1992 American gothic supernatural horror film is about a spirit who kills anyone who says his name five times in front of a mirror.
What is Candyman?
500
The word “monster” comes from the Latin word “monstrum” meaning...
What is an "unusual thing?"
500
The name of the Gaelic festival marking the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter or the "darker half" of the year.
What is Samhain?
Traditionally, it is celebrated from 31 October to 1 November, as the Celtic day began and ended at sunset. This is about halfway between the autumn equinox and the winter solstice.
500
The Wunderlee Candy Company, began mass-producing candy corn in the early 1900s under this name
Chicken Feed
Its characteristic white, orange, and yellow stripes are supposed to resemble a corn kernel.
500
In 18th-century Ireland, a matchmaking cook might bury a ring in this dish on Halloween night, hoping to bring true love to the diner who found it
What are Mashed Potatoes?
