Spooky Science?
Halloween Pop Culture
Halloween History
Trick or Treat
Witch's Brain Teasers
100

What is the anatomical (scientific) name for the human skull?

What is the cranium?

100

What is the name of the musical hit by Boby Pickett from 1962? 

What "The Monster Mash"?

100

Halloween is the common name and contraction for what?

What is All Hallows Eve? 

100

This candy was originally called "Chicken Feed"

What is Candy Corn?

100

I have cities but no houses, mountains but no trees, and water but no fish. What am I?

What is a map?

200

What are spider webs made out of? 

What is protein? 

200

Which sci-fi alien dresses up as a ghost with a white sheet on Halloween in a classic 1982 Spielberg film?

What E.T.?

200

What vegetable was originally carved into jack-o'-lanterns in Ireland and Scotland before people started using pumpkins?

What are turnips? 

200

What has more sugar: Skittles or M&M's?

What are Skittles?

200

The more you take away from me, the larger I become.

What is a hole?

300

Why do vampire bats sleep upside down?

It gives them a better start for a quick takeoff, since their legs are too weak for them to launch from the ground.

300

What was the original title of Michael Jackson’s hit song "Thriller" before it was changed?

What is "Starlight"? 

300

Halloween is inspired by which two cultures? 

What are Christian and Gaelic (Scottish/ Irish)?

300

What dissolves faster in your mouth: crushed candy or whole candy? 

What is crushed candy?

300

A bat and a spider cost $1.10 total. The bat costs $1 more than the spider. How much does the spider cost?

What is $0.05?

400

Do spiders have red blood like humans?

No, spider blood is clear (hemolymph).

400

What is the name of the skeletal main character "The Nightmare Before Christmas"?

Who is Jack Skellington?

400

Where did the phrase "trick or treat" come from?

What is Blackie Alberta

(0.5 points for Country, 0.25 point for increasing specificity)

400

What is the top selling Halloween candy? 

What are Reese's Peanut Butter Cups? 
400

A ghost is floating down a hallway. It passes 3 witches, 2 vampires, and 4 zombies. How many creatures are in the hallway?

What is 10?

500

Why do your eyes have difficulty seeing colour in the dark? 

What are cone cells require more light to work?

500

In Ghostbusters, where do the ghost hunters set up their old-school headquarters?

What is an Old Fire Station?

500

What is the fear of Halloween called?

What is Samhainophibia?

500

What do the "M"s in M&M stand for? 

What is "Mars" and "Murrie" (the co-founders of the brand). 

500

A monster is chasing you. You can hide in:

  • A room full of venomous snakes
  • A room on fire
  • A room with three hungry lions that haven't eaten in three years

The room with the lions. If they haven't eaten in three years, they're dead.