History
This is the original name of Halloween.
What is Samhain?
Complete this title: A Nightmare on _____ Street
What is Elm?
The name of the Gothic novel about a scientist who creates a monster is called this
What is Frankenstein?
Vampires sleep during this time
What is daytime?
This instrument is played by Wednesday Adams.
What is the Cello?
According to the song, this family were 'creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky'
What is the Addams Family?
People "bob" for this fruit on Halloween
What are Apples?
This ethnicity first celebrated Halloween in Ancient Britain and Ireland.
What is the Celts?
The name of the holiday that coincides with Halloween in Mexico is called
What is Dia de Los Muertos? (Day of the Dead)
This movie was based on a novel by Peter Benchley about a great white shark that preys on the inhabitants of a small beach town
What is JAWS?
This is the name of the father in "The Addams Family."
Gomez Addams
This movie franchise is set on a day thought to bring bad luck.
What is "Friday the Thirteenth"?
The movie that these lyrics come from "If there's something strange in your neighborhood, who ya gonna call" is called
What is the Ghostbusters?
Is a pumpkin a fruit or a vegetable?
A pumpkin is a fruit.
It is in the same category as a cucumber.
What was believed to return home on Halloween night?
What is the ghosts/souls who had died?
Name the city AND state most notable for witches
What is Salem, Massachusetts?
Written by Stephen King, a story of a shy, friendless teenage girl who takes revenge on her classmates after being humiliated at her senior prom
What is Carrie?
The first name of Dr. Frankenstein
Who is Victor?
This movie features a clown that emerges from the sewer every 27 years to prey on the town's children
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In this song's music video Michael Jackson transforms and dances as a zombie
What is Thriller?
The record for the heaviest pumpkin ever is held by this country.
What is the USA? (2,749 lbs - Travis Gienger of Anoka, MN - 50th World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off 2023)
This was the original purpose of wearing a mask or disguise on Halloween.
What is to avoid being recognized by the ghosts thought to be present?
Transylvania otherwise known as the home to Count Dracula is located in this country
What is Romania?
The classic Frankenstein book was written by the following author
Who is Mary Shelley?
This horror film character wields a glove with razors for fingers
Who is Freddy Krueger?
Tim Burton's features the headless horseman in the following movie
What is Sleepy Hollow?
There is a band from North America called "_______ Pumpkins."
What is the Smashing?
Bakers would hide this knitting tool, which originally protects your thumbs, in traditional Irish Barmbrack cakes
What is a thimble?
Name at least 3 different monsters originally associated with the holiday.
1. Witches
2. Hobgoblins
3. Fairies
4. Demons
In which state is Sleepy Hollow located?
What is New York
The classic novel Dracula was written by
Who is Bram Stoker?
This character portrayed by Johnny Depp is a barber who kills all his clients
Sweeney Todd
This is how many times you have to say Beetlejuice’s name to get him to show up.
What is three?
This song by The Cranberries is considered one of their most famous pieces.
What is Zombie?
Nougat, caramel and peanuts are included in the first ever fun-size chocolate bars
What is Snickers?
This Roman holiday, replaced the original name of Halloween after they conquered the Celts.
What is Feralia?
This infamous location is the setting for the first Friday the 13th movie with Jason Voorhees
Where is Camp Crystal Lake?
At Hogwarts, Harry, Ron and Hermione mark the 31 October with the following activity
What is the annual Hogwarts Halloween Feast?
Samara from the movie 'The Ring' whisper the following thing on the phone
What is Seven Days?
What ship brought Count Dracula to Britain, as depicted in this 2023 film titled "The Last Voyage of the ________".
What is the Demeter?
Finish the lyrics from "This is Halloween": "This is Halloween, this is Halloween. _____ scream in the dead of night."
What are Pumpkins?
The original name for Candy corn is
Chicken Feed
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This Pope established "All Saints Day" in the 7th century.
Who is Pope Boniface IV?
In the horror movie, Halloween, the fictional town of Haddonfield is located in which state?
Where is Illinois?
Name the novel this famous quote comes from:
"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.”
What is The Shining?
Another more common name for Lycanthropes
What are werewolves?
The name given to Santa Claus by Jack Skellington in Tim Burton's movie Nightmare before Christmas
What is Sandy Claus?
In this song Billie Eilish sings from the perspective of a monster under someone's bed.
What is Bury a Friend?
The decade where ‘fun size’ chocolate bars were first introduced
What are the 1960s?
Much like Christmas Eve, Halloween is the eve of which holiday?
What is All Saints Day?
Vampire Bats are from this continent
What is Central and South America?
This many witches appear in Shakespeare's Macbeth
What is three?
This famous magician actually died on Halloween
Who is Harry Houdini?
This iconic series of films claims to be the most successful horror franchise in history.
What is the Conjuring series?
In the movie "Hocus Pocus", the song that the Sanderson sisters sing at the Halloween party is called
What is I Put a Spell on You?
This is the percentage of people in the USA that prefer chocolate as their Halloween candy
What is 70%?
Halloween became a secular holiday during this famous age of time.
What is the Middle Ages?
In this American State, which is part of the Bible Belt, you are not allowed to dress up as a nun or a priest
What is Alabama?
This was Dracula's real name
Who is Vlad the Impaler ?
(Vlad III)
The name of the mythical creature used by adults to frighten children into good behavior, is synonymous with a music style from the late 1970s
What is the Bogeyman/Boogeyman?
In 1973, the movie that convinced Americans to throw away their Ouija boards is called
What is The Exorcist?
Finish the lyrics from “monster Mash”: “I was working in the _____ late on night, when my eyes beheld an eerie sight.”
What is Lab?
America's favorite Halloween candy is
What are Reese's Cups?
This British practice became associated with Trick-or-Treating during Halloween.
What is allowing the poor to beg for food?
In this southern European country, children go from door to door on All Saints Day asking for Pão de Deus
What is Portugal?
The radio drama based on this book by H.G. Wells' caused a mass panic on October 30, 1938
What is War of the Worlds?
Hannibal Lecter is played by this actor in its first and most horrifying film depiction
Who is Anthony Hopkins?
What sort of mask does Michael Myers wear in the original Halloween?
What is a William Shatner (Captain Kirk) mask that was spray-painted white
*Because the studio had such a small budget, they had to use the cheapest mask they could find.
Vince Guaraldi wrote and preformed the music for this famous Halloween cartoon that is played every year.
What is "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown"?
The first jack-o'-lanterns were made from these hardy vegetable
turnips & potatoes