Creepy Geography
In which country did Halloween originate?
Ireland
What was the first wrapped penny candy in America?
Tootsie Roll (1907)
Which country is Count Dracula from?
Romania
What does the word "Halloween" mean?
Hallowed Evening or Holy Night.
The Dracula legend is believed to be based on what historical figure?
Vlad Tepes or Vlad the Impaler
Where was the first city-wide Halloween celebration in the United States?
(HINT- it is in MN)
Anoka, Minnesota
How many colors of M&Ms are there in a normal bag?
Six. The colors in a regular bag of M&Ms are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and brown
What famous monster did Mary Shelley create in the summer of 1816, while visiting the poet Lord Byron at his villa in Switzerland?
Frankenstein's monster
What year will have the next Halloween with a full moon?
2020! (Previously, 2001).
Halloween is the day with the third-highest amount of parties held in the USA, what two other days hold the top two spots?
New Year's and The Super Bowl.
In what country was the first written account of children using the phrase “trick or treat” on Halloween?
Canada
What was candy corn originally called?
Chicken Feed
What Halloween radio drama caused a mass panic on October 30, 1938?
War of the worlds
In what century did the tradition of trick or treating begin?
Either answer is correct:
American tradition= 1920s
Europe = 16th century
Which traditional Halloween game has its origins in a Roman harvest festival that honored the goddess Pamona?
Bobbing for apples (Pamona is the goddess of fruit trees)
Which country is Count Dracula from?
Romania
What were the first-ever fun-size candy bars?
Snickers (and Milky Way)
What is the most commercially successful horror movie of all time?
It
What was originally used as the first Jack-o'-Lanterns?
Turnips (or potatoes)
What are three ways to kill a vampire?
-Silver bullet
-daylight
-garlic
-wooden stake through the heart
On which continents do real vampire bats live?
North and South America
“How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?”
(There is an actual licking machine that solved the riddle created by engineering students at Purdue University).
364 licks (anything within 50 of this number is correct)
Which spooky author is known for saying, “The death, then, of a beautiful woman is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.”
Edgar Allan Poe
Whose ghost did British Prime Minister Winston Churchill reportedly see in the White House?
Abraham Lincoln.
When he was a guest staying at The White House, Churchill was done with a bath and walking back to his adjoining room, naked with only his cigar, when he saw Lincoln sitting by the fireplace. Churchill said, "Good evening, Mr. President. You seem to have me at a disadvantage." To which, Mr. Lincoln apparently only smiled and disappeared.
According to legend, what three-headed monster was said to guard the entrance to Hades?
Cerberus (I will accept "Fluffy")