Cinema
Literature
Sweet Treats
Halloween Traditions
Superstitions and Cryptids
100

In what Tim Burton film does a skeleton try to take over Christmas?

The Nightmare Before Christmas
100

What does Linus believe will appear in the pumpkin patch on Halloween night?

The Great Pumpkin

100

Which candy bar is known for its slogan "Fun size or king size. Choose your size, choose your prize."?

What is Butterfinger

100

What vegetable is synonmous with Halloween?

Pumpkin

100

What nocturnal bird is associated wtih bad omens and witchcraft?

Owls

200

What classic horror film introduced the world to Freddy Krueger?

A Nightmare on Elm Street

200

Who wrote the gothic horror, Frankenstein?

Mary Shelley

200

What candy is shaped like a miniature corn cob and is a mix of chewy candy and peanuts?

What is Candy Corn

200

What is the traditional phrase children say when going door-to-door on Halloween?

Trick or treat

200

DAILY DOUBLE!

What is the fear of Friday the 13th called?

Paraskevidekatriaphobia

300

What popular animated series features an annual "Treehouse of Horror" episode?

The Simpsons

300

What popular young adult horror series by R.L. Stine features a different spooky story in each book?

Goosebumps

300

What chewy candy was invented by accident in 1899 when a candy maker dropped some flavoring into a batch of caramels?

Tootsie rolls

300

In what country did the tradition of trick-or-treating (or "guising") originate?

Ireland and Scotland

300

What shape shifting creature of Japanese folklore can disguise itself as humans, often to trick and devour unsuspecting victims?

Kitsune or Fox Spirit

400

Who plays the iconic scream queen Laurie Strode?

Jamie Lee Curtis
400

DAILY DOUBLE!

In Bram Stoker's Dracula, what is the vampire's weakness? (4)

Sunlight, garlic, holy water, wooden stake through the heart

400

What is the most popular trick-or-treating candy?

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups

400

What do many people do with pumpkins after Halloween?

Make pumpkin pie

400
What is the belief that happens when you break a mirror

7 years of bad luck

500

What horror franchise features a masked killer who stalks and murders teenagers?

Scream

500

What is the name of the monster created by Victor Frankenstein in Mary Shelley's novel

Frankenstein's monster (it doesn't have a name in the original novel)

500

What candy, invented in 1912, was named after a racehorse that was popular at the time?

Lollipop

500

What spider is associated wtih Halloween decorations?

Black Widow

500

What winged creature was reporteded in Point Pleasant, West Virginia in the 60s and is known as a disaster omen?

Mothman