Holiday Episodes
In the Friends episode "The One with the Halloween Party" Monica and Chandler are having a costume party. Phoebe bumps into Ursula, who is getting married in a week, even though her and her fiancé Eric only met two weeks ago. Typical hijinks ensues, and Rachel runs out of candy for the Trick-or-Treaters. What does she give out instead?
A. Monica's hand towels
B. Money
C. Random things from Joey's fridge
D. spare nail polish
B. Money
Rachel is trying to learn to be good with children, apparently
There are superstitions about black cats around the world, coming from a variety of sources. But in Western countries, the belief comes from religion. In the 13th century, Pope Gregory IX kicked off an era of witch hunting in Europe. Black cats were among the things he described as being indicators of the presence of witchcraft. Many people think that if a black cat crosses your path, what happens?
A. You'll be cursed for 9 lives
B. A witch will be watching you
C. You'll have bad luck
D. The catholic church will find you
C. You'll have bad luck
“This Pokémon has the habit of hugging its companions. Many Trainers have left this world after their spines were squashed by its hug.”
A. Machoke
B. Bewear
C. Dusknoir
D. Lickilicki
B. Bewear
"The Nightmare Before Christmas" (1993) is one of the most iconic Halloween movies of all time, and my personal favorite. Tim Burton came up with the idea while he was an animator with Disney. Inspiration cam after he rewrote a classic poem. When he pitched the movie, all he had was this, as well as the designs for Jack Skellington, Zero, and Santa. What poem did Burton rewrite?
A. "The Monster Mash" by Bobby Pickett
B. "'Twas the Night before Christmas" by Clement Clarke Moore
C. "A Dream Within a Dream" by Edgar Allen Poe
D. "Here Comes Santa Claus" by Gene Autry
B. "'Twas the Night before Christmas"
Apparently when Elfman wrote the music, there wasn't a script for the movie yet. Just Tim Burton's character drawings and verbally telling Danny about the story.
Riley is 4 and full of opinions. In her opinion, what is the best Halloween candy?
A. Chocolate!
B. Um, gummy worms and candy!
C. I like M&Ms and Chocolate Pretzels
D. Mmm I think choc-y sticks are the best
C. I like M&Ms and Chocolate Pretzels
In Season 7s Halloween special "The Costume Contest, The Dunder Mifflin employees partake in the office's annual Halloween party. This year's epic grand prize? A coupon book with $15,000 worth of savings. Who won the costume contest?
A. Kelly as Amy Winehouse
B. Gabe as Lady Gaga
C. Angela as a sexy nurse
D. Oscar... who did not dress up
D. Oscar
frustrated that no one else seems to realize what a meager prize a coupon book really is, changes out of his costume and states that he is dressed up as "a rational consumer"
in Japan, one way to pronounce a certain number is “shi,” and sounds the same as saying death. For that reason, many people in Japan find the number unnerving. Japanese builders often skip the number when assigning numbers to floors. And when giving gifts, people avoid giving this number of presents so that they don’t accidentally pass on bad luck. What number is it?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 7
D. 9
B. 4
“It glides soundlessly on pitch-black wings and sinks sharp fangs into the throat of its prey. It takes on a look of satisfaction once it has entirely drained its prey of blood.”
A. Golbat
B. Gligar
C. Gliscor
D. Crobat
C. Gliscor
"Lucy: 'I got 5 pieces of candy!' Violet: 'I got a chocolate bar!' Patty: 'I got a quarter!' ?????: 'I got a rock.'"
Who got a rock?
A. Linus
B. Pig-Pen
C. Charlie Brown
D. Schroeder
C. Charlie Brown
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! After this episode aired, people actually sent Halloween candy to the company because they all felt so bad for Charlie Brown.
I asked Riley-boo what is the scariest Halloween monster? After she said "A big dinosaur," she gave a more Halloween-themed answer. So according to my pre-schooler: What is the scariest Halloween Monster?
A. a Vampire
B. a spooky bat
C. Skeletons
D. the Baby Shark witch!
A. a Vampire- "If I see a vampire I run away!"
In Buffy's season 4 Halloween Special "Fear Itself," the gang is headed to a haunted house themed frat party. A summoning portal, copied from a book because it “looked cool,” is accidentally activated by a drop of Oz’s blood, and it makes everyone’s worst fears come to light since the fear demon trapped inside feeds on fear to grow stronger. What is Oz's fear?
A. Turning into a werewolf around Willow
B. Rabbits...hence the Giant Rabbit costume
C. Feeling left out of the college crowd
D. Big dogs, ironically.
A. Turning into a werewolf around Willow
Xander becomes invisible because of his fear of being left out of the crowd, and Anya is weirdly afraid of bunnies.
Back in the old days, when doctors were in short supply and even more expensive than they are today, there was a superstition that, if bitten by a dog, you should do what to prevent an infection?
A. Bite the dog back
B. Kill and eat the dog
C. Take the dog home
D. Rub its fur against the wound
D. Rub its fur against the wound
"Those attacked by ????'s poison will suffer intense pain for three days and three nights. Post-recovery, there will be some aftereffects."
A. Beedrill
B. Toxicroak
C. Ariados
D. Toxapex
D. Toxapex
In 1993s "Hocus Pocus," a teenage boy named Max and his little sister move to Salem, where he struggles to fit in before lighting the Black Candle, awakening the Sanderson Sisters, a trio of witches that were executed in the 17th century. What were their names, again?
A. Winifred, Sarah, and Mary
B. Kathy, Bette, and Sarah
C. Sara, Jessica, and Parker
D. Matilda, Winifred, and Susanne
A. Winifred, Sarah, and Mary
"Oh, look. Another glorious morning. Makes me sick!"
This coming Halloween will be baby bean's 5th trick or treat night. Every year, except the one she was 2 months old, Riley has picked her own costume. So, which of these Halloween costumes has Riley NOT been dressed as for Trick-or-Treating?
A. A Unicorn
B. Skye from "Paw Patrol"
C. Sally from "The Nightmare Before Christmas"
D. Boo from "Monsters, Inc."
B. Skye from "Paw Patrol"
Though she has worn this costume to a birthday party and a car show this year.
In Supernatural's episode "It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester," the boys investigate two mysterious deaths in a small town. Sam and Dean discover a witch is sacrificing people to summon an ancient powerful and extremely dangerous demon. While the boys want to deal with this in their usual motis apprendi, Castiel has a different plan since freeing of this demon is one of the Seals that will lead to freeing Lucifer. What is Cas's plan?
A. Send Dean into the demon's realm and kill it so it can't be released
B. Have Sam join the witch's and sabotage the next sacrifice.
C. He wants to ask the angel Uriel to smite the entire town.
D. Have Sam "volunteer" as the next sacrifice so that the conditions cannot be met to release the demon.
C. He wants to ask the angel Uriel to smite the entire town
Na-na na-na na-na na-na na-na na-na na-na na-na Bat-Quiz! Which of these is Not a superstition about bats?
A. People used to believe that bats swooped down to to eat the souls of the dying. A common remedy was thought to be turning your pockets inside out; then you would be safe.
B. If bats come out early and fly around playfully, then it is a sign of good weather to come.
C. If a bat flies around a house 3 times, it is a death omen.
D. f a bat flies into a house it is a sign that ghosts are about, and maybe the ghost let the bat in.
A. People used to believe that bats swooped down to to eat the souls of the dying. A common remedy was thought to be turning your pockets inside out; then you would be safe.
This is actually a superstition about Owls
"If a traveler is going through a desert in the thick of night, ???? will follow in a ragtag group. The Pokemon are biding their time, waiting for the traveler to tire and become incapable of moving."
A. Cacturn
B. Trapinch
C. Maractus
D. Cacnea
A. Cacturn
The blockbuster hit "Alien" released in theater in 1979, and in my opinion, it might be the best movie monster of all time. The terrifying look and feel of the creature, the gruesome chest bursting scene, no one had ever seen anything like it. And yet, how much did we actually see it? The titular Alien isn't even seen until an hour into the film. Remind me, how much screen time does the Alien get?
A. Almost 10 minutes
B. 28 seconds
C. A little over 16 minutes
D. About 4 minutes
D. About 4 minutes
Fun fact, the original budget Ridley Scott asked for was $4.2 million. While waiting for Fox to greenlite the film, he did the storyboard to get a head start on things. Fox executives were so impressed by said storyboard, they doubled Scott's budget to $8.4. They still went overboard, and it ended up costing about $11 million.
Amber has gotten Riley into a ton of her music, and Halloween tunes are no different. I played four of Riley's favorite songs for this time of year. Which one did she say was the best?
A. "The Monster Mash" by Bobby "Borris" Pickett
B. "Thriller" by Michael Jackson
C. "Ghostbusters" the theme song by Ray Parker, Jr.
D. "The Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley
A. "The Monster Mash" by Bobby "Borris" Pickett
Last year I think we listened to this song on repeat for like a literal hour one night.
In The Greatest American Hero, A teacher is asked to be a superhero using a special alien suit with powers he can barely understand or control. In season 2s episode The Beast in Black, Bill is possessed by a woman's spirit. To rescue him, Ralph crosses to another dimension and discovers that his super-suit doesn't work. This all starts because Ralph asks the kids to help him salvage an old house to raise money for the school. What did they buy with the money?
A. a replacement laptop for the one Ralph broke
B. Chalk- an weirdly small amount of chalk
C. A new projector
D. the money isn't for the school- it's actually to help fund Ralph's superhero-ing so he can retire his day job
C. A new projector
I mean, come one, this show is from the 80s
Welsh families had an especially creepy bonfire tradition: After building a huge fire, each member of the family would throw in a small white stone they had marked in some way. The next morning, they'd search through the remains of the fire to find the stones. If one was missing, it meant that person...?
A. Would never find a spouse.
B. Was chosen by the spirits to stay with them after death.
C. Wouldn't live to see another Halloween.
D. Was sterile and could not have children.
C. Wouldn't live to see another Halloween.
"It apparently wishes for a traveling companion. Since it was once human itself, it tries to create one by taking the lives of other humans."
A. Gengar
B. Misdrievous
C. Banette
D. Froslass
A. Gengar
"Bustin' makes me feel good!" The 80s classic "Ghostbusters" went through a variety of different phases. One of the many reason Dan Aykroyd had to rethink his idea was the tragic death of former SNL castmate John Belushi, whom Aykroyd had envisioned as Peter Venkman. The role was later immortalized by Bill Murray, but the writers still wanted to honor Belushi. How did the writers involve him in the movie?
A. Of 50 or so monsters Aykroyd originally planned to have in the movie, they chose to keep the Marshmallow Man since marshmallow's were Belushi's favorite snack when high.
B. Slimer was designed as an homage to Belushi.
C. The brains of the group, Egon Spengler, was named after Belushi's grandfather.
D. They changed Peter Venkman to be much more like Joliet, Belushi's character from " The Blues Brothers"
B. Slimer
When it came time to think up the design for the first ghost the group is commissioned to bust, Aykroyd conceived of a gross-looking, gluttonous, party-guy persona for the apparition as an ironic homage to his friend Belushi. The ghost made it to the screen and was later christened “Slimer.”
We are planning to take Riley to a few cool places the week of Halloween. One of these trips was inspired by a random sentence she said one day while watching YouTube:
A. "I miss petting the goat babies..."
B. "We never went to the bowling, silly Daddy"
C. "Aunt April has a birthday? I can't believe it!"
D. "I wanna see Dinosaur bones, mama!"
D. "I wanna see Dinosaur bones, mama!"
Saturday the 26th, Pittsburgh's Museum of Natural History is having a trick-or-treat event, so we are gonna take her to see real live dinosaur bones.