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This was the original meaning for dressing up in costumes on Halloween
To scare away spirits
100
In The Nightmare Before Christmas, what is one of the doors that appears in the forest?
Valentine's Day, Independence Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas Town(The portal that Jack ends up going into)
100
What do witches use to boil their potions?
Cauldren
100
What was the original name for candy corn?
Chicken seed
100
Finish the lyrics from "Monster Mash": "I was working in the ____ late one night, when my eyes beheld an eerie sight."
Lab
200
Name one of the most popular costume in the United States as of 2024.
- Shrunken Head Bob, from “Beetlejuice”
- Raygun (Olympic breakdancer)
200
This movie is about 3 Witches who come back on Halloween?
Hocus Pocus
200
The number of pieces of candy the average household gives to each trick or treater on Halloween.
2 pieces
200
Country that celebrates the day of the dead?
Mexico
200
Finish the lyrics from "This is Halloween": "This is Halloween, this is Halloween. _____ scream in the dead of night."
Pumpkins
300
What is another phrase for Halloween?
All Hallows Eve
300
This movie features a girl and her 3 siblings who have to save a town from evil spirits
Halloween Town
300
What is the most popular candy bought during the Halloween holiday?
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
300
There's a city in what state that renamed itself Halloween?
South Carolina, Florida, California, Texas
South Carolina
300
Who sings these lyrics: "'Cause this is thriller, thriller night, and no one's gonna save you from the beast about to strike"?
Michael Jackson
400
Before pumpkins, people used this to carve the Jack o’ lanterns out of...
Turnip
400
What is the name of either of the children in the Addams Family?
Wednesday
Pugsley
400
What do people sprinkle on their doorstep to keep evil spirits away?
Salt
400
Pumpkins can be orange, white, green, or what other color?
Blue
400
What is the main theme song for Jack Skellington's Halloween town in Nightmare before Christmas?
"This is halloween"
500
The country Halloween originated?
Ireland
500
What faces does the mayor have in Nightmare before christmas?
Happy and Sad/Worried.
500
What is the word Belsnickel?
1. what people said before "trick or treat"
2. a type of ghost that haunts lighthouses
3. a sound maker used to scare evil spirits
Trick or treat originated from "belsnickeling," a German-American Christmas tradition where kids dressed in costumes and went around to their neighbors to see if they could guess the identity of those dressed up.
500
What is the fear of Halloween called? (Hallophobia, Samhainophobia, or Henopaphobia)
Samhainophobia
500
In the movie Hocus Pocus, what is the name of the song the Sanderson sisters sing at the Halloween party?
"I put a spell on you"