Halloween History
Halloween Movie
Halloween Literature
Halloween Music
Halloween Monsters
100

What is another name for Halloween?

All Hallows’ Eve

100

What popular cartoon ghost has appeared in dozens of films, TV series and comic books? 

Casper the Friendly Ghost

100

Who wrote The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?

Washington Irving

100

A 1984 song asked, “Who you gonna call?” What is the answer?

Ghostbusters!

100

What is another name for a witch’s kettle or pot?

A cauldron

200

Which Halloween candy was originally referred to as chicken feed?

Candy corn

200

What actor auditioned for a role in Poltergeist but ended up in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial instead?

Drew Barrymore

200

Where does the quote “Double, double toil and trouble” come from?

William Shakespeare’s Macbeth

200

According to a well-known song, which family is said to be creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky?

The Addams Family

200

What do you call a man who practices witchcraft?

A warlock

300

Why do some people wear their clothes inside out on Halloween?

They believe they’ll see a witch at midnight

300

How many Halloween movies has Jamie Lee Curtis appeared in?

Seven

300

Who is the author of the Goosebumps series?

R.L. Stine

300

According to the lyrics of “Monster Mash,” who are the guests of the Halloween party?

Wolfman, Dracula and his son

300

Where is Transylvania located?

Romania

400

Why are the Halloween colors orange and black?

Orange is for pumpkins and harvest, and black represents night, death or darkness

400

Which famous Halloween movie features the line “Do you like scary movies?”

Scream

400

Who wrote the 1818 classic book Frankenstein?

Mary Shelley

400

Which Irish band has a hit song named “Zombie”?

The Cranberries

400

What’s another name for a lycanthrope?

A werewolf

500

Who brought the Halloween tradition to the United States?

The Irish, during the potato famine in the mid-1800s

500

Which actor was the basis for Michael Myers’s mask in Halloween?

William Shatner (as Captain Kirk)

500

Besides horror, in what other genre did Dracula author Bram Stoker publish books?

Romance

500

Vincent Price provides the spooky monologue in which popular Halloween song?

Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”

500

Which ancient Egyptian mythological figure is often portrayed as a mummy in horror stories?

Imhotep