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100

What Mexican holiday celebrated around the same time as Halloween honors deceased loved ones?

What is Dia de los Muertos? 

100

Which movie does the line “Do you like scary movies?” come from?

What is Scream? 

100

What was the original name for Candy Corn? 

What is "Chicken Feed"? 

100

 What vegetable was carved into jack-o'-lanterns before pumpkins became popular?

What are turnips? 

100

A stay at the supposedly haunted Stanley Hotel inspired Stephen King to write which novel?

What is The Shining? 
200

What U.S. state produces the most candy overall?

What is California? 

200

What was the highest-grossing horror film of all time?

What is It (2017)? 
200

What is the most popular Halloween Candy consumed in the United States? 

What is Reeses PB Cups? 

200

Where was the first city-wide celebration of Halloween in the United States? (Just the state) 

What is Minnesota? 

200

Spanish for “goat-sucker,” which of these legendary creatures was reportedly first seen in Puerto Rico in 1995?

What is the chupacabra? 

300

Which famous illusionist died on Halloween night?

Who is Houdini? 
300

What brings the three Sanderson sisters back from the dead in Hocus Pocus?

What is the black flame candle? 
300

How many colors of M&Ms are in a regular bag?

What is 6? 

300

What medieval English tradition inspired trick-or-treating?

What is "souling"? 

300

What ghost did Winston Churchill famously claim to see in the White House?

Who is Abe Lincoln? 

400

Who choreographed the iconic music video for Michael Jackson's "Thriller"?

Who is Michael Peters? 

400

What street address did The Addams Family call home?

What is 0001 Cemetery Lane? 

400

What three colors, from base to tip, make up a piece of candy corn?

What is Yellow, orange, and then white? 

400

What did Scottish women hang near a fire on Halloween to see their future husbands?

What are wet sheets? 

400

A legendary bipedal creature with bat wings, goat horns, and a horse-like head said to roam the Pine Barrens has what name? 

What is The Jersey Devil? 

500

What city unofficially renamed itself "Halloween" for the month of October in 2022?

What is Conway, SC?

500

Where do the Ghostbusters find their first ghost in the 1984 movie?

What is the NY Public Library? 

500

Which candy was accidentally air-dropped to American soldiers during the Korean War?

What are Tootsie Rolls?

500

What is the name for the traditional Irish cake with a hidden ring inside that determines who you will marry? 

What is a Barmbrack? 

500

What is the name of the reputed sauropod-like dinosaur said to inhabit the remote river swamps of the Congo Basin in Central Africa?

What is the Mokele-mbembe?