300 Halloween trivia questions and answers

On what date is Halloween celebrated each year?

🎃 Answer: October 31

Which orange squash is traditionally carved into a jack-o’-lantern?

🎃 Answer: A pumpkin

What phrase do children commonly say when asking for candy on Halloween?

🎃 Answer: Trick or treat

Which two colors are most closely associated with Halloween?

🎃 Answer: Orange and black

What type of headwear is commonly shown on a traditional witch costume?

🎃 Answer: A pointed hat

Which flying mammal is a familiar Halloween symbol?

🎃 Answer: A bat

How many legs does a spider have?

🎃 Answer: Eight

Which household pet is often pictured with witches?

🎃 Answer: A black cat

What do people commonly wear to disguise themselves on Halloween?

🎃 Answer: Costumes

What light is traditionally placed inside a jack-o’-lantern?

🎃 Answer: A candle

Which creature is said to transform during a full moon?

🎃 Answer: A werewolf

What sharp teeth are vampires usually depicted as having?

🎃 Answer: Fangs

Which monster is traditionally wrapped in strips of cloth?

🎃 Answer: A mummy

What word is often shouted to give someone a playful scare?

🎃 Answer: Boo

In which month does Halloween occur?

🎃 Answer: October

Which season includes Halloween in the Northern Hemisphere?

🎃 Answer: Fall

What is a carved pumpkin with a face called?

🎃 Answer: A jack-o’-lantern

Where do people typically go to choose pumpkins before Halloween?

🎃 Answer: A pumpkin patch

What sticky structure does a spider spin?

🎃 Answer: A web

Which object is a witch traditionally shown riding?

🎃 Answer: A broomstick

What large pot is associated with a witch’s brew?

🎃 Answer: A cauldron

Which nighttime bird is often drawn in spooky Halloween scenes?

🎃 Answer: An owl

What type of building is said to be occupied by ghosts?

🎃 Answer: A haunted house

Which sweet treat has yellow, orange, and white layers?

🎃 Answer: Candy corn

What fruit is used in the Halloween game of bobbing?

🎃 Answer: Apples

What is the name for a marker placed at a grave?

🎃 Answer: A tombstone

Which bony figure is a common Halloween decoration?

🎃 Answer: A skeleton

What undead creature is often shown walking stiffly with outstretched arms?

🎃 Answer: A zombie

Which pale, floating figure is said to haunt places?

🎃 Answer: A ghost

What covers the face as part of many Halloween costumes?

🎃 Answer: A mask

What farm figure is made to frighten birds away from crops?

🎃 Answer: A scarecrow

What do trick-or-treaters carry to collect candy?

🎃 Answer: A bag or bucket

Which part of a house do trick-or-treaters usually approach first?

🎃 Answer: The front door

What do people ring or knock on while trick-or-treating?

🎃 Answer: A doorbell or door

What celestial object is often shown behind witches and bats in Halloween art?

🎃 Answer: The moon

Who waits for the Great Pumpkin in It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown?

👻 Answer: Linus van Pelt

What is the name of the friendly ghost in cartoons and movies?

👻 Answer: Casper

Which mystery-solving Great Dane often investigates spooky places?

👻 Answer: Scooby-Doo

What is the first name of the Addams Family daughter?

👻 Answer: Wednesday

In Monsters, Inc., what is Sulley’s best friend’s name?

👻 Answer: Mike Wazowski

What is the name of Harry Potter’s owl?

👻 Answer: Hedwig

Which Disney character is a small black cat in Hocus Pocus?

👻 Answer: Binx

What is the name of Dracula’s daughter in Hotel Transylvania?

👻 Answer: Mavis

Which Halloween Town character is known as the Pumpkin King?

👻 Answer: Jack Skellington

In Coco, what instrument does Miguel dream of playing?

👻 Answer: The guitar

Which ghost-catching team uses proton packs?

👻 Answer: The Ghostbusters

What is the name of the dog in the stop-motion film Frankenweenie?

👻 Answer: Sparky

In ParaNorman, what unusual beings can Norman see?

👻 Answer: Ghosts

What does Coraline find instead of normal eyes on the Other Mother?

👻 Answer: Buttons

Which green Disney villain can transform into a dragon in Sleeping Beauty?

👻 Answer: Maleficent

What kind of animal is a tarantula?

👻 Answer: A spider

Are bats birds or mammals?

👻 Answer: Mammals

What sound is an owl often said to make?

👻 Answer: A hoot

What are baby spiders called?

👻 Answer: Spiderlings

Which animal uses echolocation to navigate in the dark?

👻 Answer: A bat

How many bones are in the adult human body?

👻 Answer: 206

Which part of a pumpkin can be roasted for a crunchy snack?

👻 Answer: The seeds

What color do red and yellow paint make when mixed?

👻 Answer: Orange

Which fruit may be coated in caramel as a fall treat?

👻 Answer: An apple

What material glows without a flame and can help trick-or-treaters stay visible?

👻 Answer: A glow stick

What should a child do before eating homemade Halloween treats from someone they do not know?

👻 Answer: Ask a trusted adult to check them

Which reflective item can help drivers see a costume at night?

👻 Answer: Reflective tape

What does a lit porch light usually signal to trick-or-treaters?

👻 Answer: That the home is welcoming trick-or-treaters

Which plant family includes pumpkins, cucumbers, and melons?

👻 Answer: The gourd family

What is the soft material inside many plush ghost decorations?

👻 Answer: Stuffing

Which simple paper shape can be folded and cut to make a spiderweb decoration?

👻 Answer: A circle

What do you call a group of people walking together in costume?

👻 Answer: A costume parade

Which safe supplies can children use instead of a knife to decorate pumpkins?

👻 Answer: Paint or markers

What should trick-or-treaters do before crossing a street?

👻 Answer: Stop and look both ways

Which adult should young children stay with while trick-or-treating?

👻 Answer: A parent, guardian, or trusted adult

Which author wrote the 1897 Gothic novel Dracula?🕯️

🕯 Answer: Bram Stoker

Who wrote Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus?🕯️

🕯 Answer: Mary Shelley

Which American author wrote The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?🕯️

🕯 Answer: Washington Irving

What is the title of Edgar Allan Poe’s poem featuring the repeated word ‘Nevermore’?🕯️

🕯 Answer: The Raven

In which Massachusetts city were the 1692 witch trials held?🕯️

🕯 Answer: Salem

Transylvania is a historical region in which modern-day country?🕯️

🕯 Answer: Romania

Which Celtic festival is widely associated with the roots of Halloween?🕯️

🕯 Answer: Samhain

What Christian observance falls on November 1?🕯️

🕯 Answer: All Saints’ Day

Which observance follows All Saints’ Day on November 2?🕯️

🕯 Answer: All Souls’ Day

What were early British and Irish door-to-door performers in costume often said to be doing?🕯️

🕯 Answer: Guising

What small cakes were traditionally given to people who went souling?🕯️

🕯 Answer: Soul cakes

Which vegetable was commonly carved into lanterns in Ireland and Scotland before pumpkins became popular?🕯️

🕯 Answer: Turnips

According to Irish folklore, which wandering figure inspired the name jack-o’-lantern?🕯️

🕯 Answer: Stingy Jack

What is a witch’s animal companion traditionally called?🕯️

🕯 Answer: A familiar

Which flower is closely associated with Día de los Muertos altars?🕯️

🕯 Answer: Marigolds

What is the Spanish name for a Day of the Dead offering altar?🕯️

🕯 Answer: An ofrenda

What decorative skulls are commonly associated with Día de los Muertos?🕯️

🕯 Answer: Calaveras

Which elegant skeletal figure created by José Guadalupe Posada became a Day of the Dead icon?🕯️

🕯 Answer: La Catrina

Which radio dramatist became famous for the 1938 broadcast of The War of the Worlds?🕯️

🕯 Answer: Orson Welles

Which actor played Count Dracula in the 1931 Universal film?🕯️

🕯 Answer: Bela Lugosi

Which actor portrayed Frankenstein’s monster in the 1931 film Frankenstein?🕯️

🕯 Answer: Boris Karloff

What is the name of the vampire in the silent film Nosferatu?🕯️

🕯 Answer: Count Orlok

Which author created the detective Ichabod Crane?🕯️

🕯 Answer: Washington Irving

What is the surname of the ill-fated narrator in The Tell-Tale Heart?🕯️

🕯 Answer: It is not given

Which Shakespeare play features three witches known as the Weird Sisters?🕯️

🕯 Answer: Macbeth

What is the surname of the family at the center of Shirley Jackson’s novel We Have Always Lived in the Castle?🕯️

🕯 Answer: Blackwood

Which author wrote the Gothic novella Carmilla?🕯️

🕯 Answer: Sheridan Le Fanu

What term describes a person who changes into a wolf in folklore?🕯️

🕯 Answer: A lycanthrope

Which herb is commonly called wolfsbane?🕯️

🕯 Answer: Aconite

What Romanian ruler is often linked in popular culture to Dracula?🕯️

🕯 Answer: Vlad the Impaler

Which ancient Greek goddess is associated with crossroads and witchcraft?🕯️

🕯 Answer: Hecate

What is a séance intended to do?🕯️

🕯 Answer: Communicate with spirits

Which board marked with letters and numbers is used in some séance traditions?🕯️

🕯 Answer: A Ouija board

What name is given to a protective charm meant to ward off harm?🕯️

🕯 Answer: An amulet

Which Latin phrase meaning ‘remember you must die’ appears in art about mortality?🕯️

🕯 Answer: Memento mori

Who directed the original 1978 film Halloween?

🎬 Answer: John Carpenter

Which actor first played Laurie Strode in Halloween?

🎬 Answer: Jamie Lee Curtis

In which fictional Illinois town does Halloween take place?

🎬 Answer: Haddonfield

Michael Myers’s mask was famously adapted from a mask of which Star Trek captain?

🎬 Answer: Captain Kirk

Who composed the famous piano-driven theme for Halloween?

🎬 Answer: John Carpenter

What is the surname of the three witch sisters in Hocus Pocus?

🎬 Answer: Sanderson

Which actor plays Winifred Sanderson in Hocus Pocus?

🎬 Answer: Bette Midler

What happened to Thackery Binx in Hocus Pocus?

🎬 Answer: He was transformed into a cat

In which Massachusetts city is Hocus Pocus set?

🎬 Answer: Salem

What household appliance does Mary Sanderson ride near the end of Hocus Pocus?

🎬 Answer: A vacuum cleaner

Who directed The Nightmare Before Christmas?

🎬 Answer: Henry Selick

Who created Sally in The Nightmare Before Christmas?

🎬 Answer: Dr. Finkelstein

What creatures fill Oogie Boogie’s body?

🎬 Answer: Bugs

What shape glows on the end of Zero’s nose?

🎬 Answer: A jack-o’-lantern

What unusual feature does the Mayor of Halloween Town have?

🎬 Answer: Two rotating faces

How many times must the title character’s name be said to summon him in Beetlejuice?

🎬 Answer: Three times

Which actor plays Lydia Deetz in Beetlejuice?

🎬 Answer: Winona Ryder

What are the first names of the ghostly Maitland couple in Beetlejuice?

🎬 Answer: Adam and Barbara

Who directed Beetlejuice?

🎬 Answer: Tim Burton

In which city is the original Ghostbusters primarily set?

🎬 Answer: New York City

Which giant mascot comes to life near the end of Ghostbusters?

🎬 Answer: The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man

What color is the ghost known as Slimer?

🎬 Answer: Green

What is the Ghostbusters’ converted ambulance called?

🎬 Answer: Ecto-1

Which actor plays Dr. Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters?

🎬 Answer: Bill Murray

Who is Gomez Addams’s wife in The Addams Family?

🎬 Answer: Morticia Addams

What is the name of the disembodied hand in The Addams Family?

🎬 Answer: Thing

Which Addams relative is known for his bald head and dark coat?

🎬 Answer: Uncle Fester

Who composed the finger-snapping theme for the 1964 Addams Family television series?

🎬 Answer: Vic Mizzy

Who owns the hotel in Hotel Transylvania?

🎬 Answer: Count Dracula

What is the name of the human traveler who arrives at Hotel Transylvania?

🎬 Answer: Jonathan

What is the name of Miguel’s street-dog companion in Coco?

🎬 Answer: Dante

What is Miguel’s family name in Coco?

🎬 Answer: Rivera

Who is revealed to be Miguel’s great-great-grandfather in Coco?

🎬 Answer: Héctor

Which author wrote the book on which Coraline is based?

🎬 Answer: Neil Gaiman

Through what hidden feature does Coraline enter the Other World?

🎬 Answer: A small door

Who voices Coraline in the 2009 film?

🎬 Answer: Dakota Fanning

What is the groom’s full name in Corpse Bride?

🎬 Answer: Victor Van Dort

What is the Corpse Bride’s first name?

🎬 Answer: Emily

What is the surname of the witch family in Halloweentown?

🎬 Answer: Cromwell

Which actor plays Marnie Piper in the first three Halloweentown films?

🎬 Answer: Kimberly J. Brown

What are the first names of the Owens sisters in Practical Magic?

🎬 Answer: Sally and Gillian

Which actor plays the title role in Edward Scissorhands?

🎬 Answer: Johnny Depp

Who directed the comedy Young Frankenstein?

🎬 Answer: Mel Brooks

In what visual format was Tim Burton’s animated Frankenweenie released?

🎬 Answer: Black and white

What is the name of the town in ParaNorman?

🎬 Answer: Blithe Hollow

What is the first name of the main boy in Monster House?

🎬 Answer: DJ

In what year did It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown first air?

🎬 Answer: 1966

What is the name of the mansion in the 1995 film Casper?

🎬 Answer: Whipstaff Manor

Which author wrote the children’s novel adapted into the films The Witches?

🎬 Answer: Roald Dahl

Which stop-motion film follows a boy named Victor who accidentally marries a deceased bride?

🎬 Answer: Corpse Bride

Who is generally credited with inventing candy corn in the 1880s?

🍬 Answer: George Renninger

Which Philadelphia company first produced candy corn?

🍬 Answer: The Wunderle Candy Company

Under what farm-themed name was candy corn once marketed?

🍬 Answer: Chicken Feed

Which company descended from the Goelitz Confectionery Company now makes a well-known candy corn?

🍬 Answer: Jelly Belly

What are the three traditional candy corn colors from tip to base?

🍬 Answer: White, orange, and yellow

What surnames do the two M’s in M&M’s represent?

🍬 Answer: Mars and Murrie

Who created Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups?

🍬 Answer: H. B. Reese

What was the Snickers bar named after?

🍬 Answer: A horse owned by the Mars family

What was the Kit Kat bar called when it launched in the United Kingdom in 1935?

🍬 Answer: Rowntree’s Chocolate Crisp

Who created the Tootsie Roll?

🍬 Answer: Leo Hirshfield

In what year were Hershey’s Kisses first introduced?

🍬 Answer: 1907

The name PEZ comes from letters in which German word?

🍬 Answer: Pfefferminz, meaning peppermint

Which founder and city are combined in the name Haribo?

🍬 Answer: Hans Riegel and Bonn

In which country were gummy bears invented?

🍬 Answer: Germany

Which gas creates the popping sensation in Pop Rocks?

🍬 Answer: Carbon dioxide

Which three flavors originally came in a 3 Musketeers package?

🍬 Answer: Chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla

Which popular drink inspired the flavor concept behind the Milky Way bar?

🍬 Answer: A malted milk drink

What object inspired the ring shape of Life Savers candy?

🍬 Answer: A life preserver

In which U.S. state was Jolly Rancher founded?

🍬 Answer: Colorado

Which company currently makes Dum Dums lollipops?

🍬 Answer: Spangler Candy Company

How are the two flavors in a classic Nerds box packaged?

🍬 Answer: In separate compartments

What was Sour Patch Kids originally called in Canada?

🍬 Answer: Mars Men

Which Swedish confectionery company developed Swedish Fish for the North American market?

🍬 Answer: Malaco

Which candy uses the slogan ‘Taste the Rainbow’?

🍬 Answer: Skittles

What is at the center of a Blow Pop?

🍬 Answer: Bubble gum

Which candy is designed to be worn like jewelry?

🍬 Answer: Ring Pop

How is the white Mystery Airheads flavor commonly created during production?

🍬 Answer: By combining leftover flavor batches

Which company owns the Twizzlers brand?

🍬 Answer: The Hershey Company

Which Pennsylvania city gave the York Peppermint Pattie its name?

🍬 Answer: York

In which Pennsylvania town is The Hershey Company headquartered?

🍬 Answer: Hershey

From what type of beans is chocolate made?

🍬 Answer: Cacao beans

Which plant was historically used to make the confection that became marshmallows?

🍬 Answer: The marsh mallow plant

What basic ingredient is heated to make caramel?

🍬 Answer: Sugar

What hard coating surrounds the fruit in a traditional candy apple?

🍬 Answer: A red sugar-syrup coating

What was Starburst called when it first launched in the United Kingdom?

🍬 Answer: Opal Fruits

From which phrase is the word Halloween derived?

📜 Answer: All Hallows’ Eve

Samhain traditionally marked the transition between which two parts of the year?

📜 Answer: The harvest season and winter

The ancient Celtic observance associated with Halloween developed mainly in Ireland and what neighboring island?

📜 Answer: Great Britain

What large outdoor fires were part of many historical Samhain observances?

📜 Answer: Bonfires

Why did some people historically wear disguises during seasonal festivals?

📜 Answer: To avoid recognition by wandering spirits

What door-to-door custom involved prayers for the dead in exchange for food?

📜 Answer: Souling

What Scottish and Irish custom involved visiting homes in disguise to perform for treats?

📜 Answer: Guising

Which immigrant groups helped popularize Halloween traditions in the United States during the 1800s?

📜 Answer: Irish and Scottish immigrants

Which North American crop largely replaced carved turnips in jack-o’-lanterns?

📜 Answer: Pumpkins

Which 19th-century crisis contributed to large-scale Irish immigration to the United States?

📜 Answer: The Great Famine

Which religious group made early Halloween celebrations less common in colonial New England?

📜 Answer: The Puritans

By the late 1800s, American Halloween parties increasingly focused on community games rather than what?

📜 Answer: Ghost stories and frightening pranks

Where did one of the earliest known printed North American uses of ‘trick or treat’ appear in 1927?

📜 Answer: Alberta, Canada

During which decade did trick-or-treating become broadly established in the United States?

📜 Answer: The 1930s

Which global conflict temporarily limited candy and trick-or-treating because of sugar rationing?

📜 Answer: World War II

What postwar trend helped neighborhood trick-or-treating expand in the United States?

📜 Answer: The baby boom and suburban growth

In which year did Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF begin?

📜 Answer: 1950

In which U.S. city did the first Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF campaign begin?

📜 Answer: Philadelphia

Which Minnesota city held an early citywide Halloween celebration in 1920?

📜 Answer: Anoka

What nickname has Anoka, Minnesota, claimed for itself?

📜 Answer: Halloween Capital of the World

In what year did the Salem witch trials begin?

📜 Answer: 1692

Which fuel was placed inside some early carved turnip lanterns in Irish folklore?

📜 Answer: A burning coal or ember

What contraction of ‘All Hallows’ Evening’ became the modern holiday name?

📜 Answer: Hallowe’en

Which Scottish poet published a poem titled Halloween in 1785?

📜 Answer: Robert Burns

In what year was The Legend of Sleepy Hollow first published?

📜 Answer: 1820

During which decade was candy corn invented?

📜 Answer: The 1880s

When did Halloween postcards become especially popular in the United States?

📜 Answer: The early 1900s

Which activity involving floating fruit appeared at many historical Halloween parties?

📜 Answer: Bobbing for apples

What did some early Halloween party games claim to predict for unmarried guests?

📜 Answer: A future spouse

What night of pranks is observed on October 30 in parts of the United States?

📜 Answer: Mischief Night

Which term describes costumed performers who visited homes with songs, jokes, or tricks?

📜 Answer: Mummers

What did many early homemade Halloween costumes use to conceal a wearer’s identity?

📜 Answer: Masks

Which kind of celebration helped make Halloween less frightening and more family-oriented in the early 20th century?

📜 Answer: Community parties

What development made packaged candy an increasingly convenient trick-or-treat handout after World War II?

📜 Answer: Mass production

Which harvest-time crop became an enduring symbol because it was plentiful and easy to carve in North America?

📜 Answer: The pumpkin

Botanically speaking, is a pumpkin a fruit or a vegetable?

🦇 Answer: A fruit

What special type of berry is a pumpkin classified as?

🦇 Answer: A pepo

True or false: Bats are blind.

🦇 Answer: False

About how far can an owl rotate its head in either direction?

🦇 Answer: Up to 270 degrees

Why is a spider not technically an insect?

🦇 Answer: It is an arachnid with eight legs

What surprisingly generous behavior do vampire bats show toward hungry roost mates?

🦇 Answer: They share food

What shape are a goat’s pupils?

🦇 Answer: Rectangular

In countries such as the United Kingdom and Japan, what kind of luck can a black cat symbolize?

🦇 Answer: Good luck

Which dark-feathered bird can imitate human speech?

🦇 Answer: A raven

What human feature can crows learn to recognize?

🦇 Answer: Faces

Is an opossum’s famous ‘playing dead’ response usually voluntary?

🦇 Answer: No, it is an involuntary response

What orange mushroom shares its name with a carved Halloween pumpkin?

🦇 Answer: The jack-o’-lantern mushroom

Why does the ghost plant look white instead of green?

🦇 Answer: It lacks chlorophyll

Which fungus gets its nickname from its fingerlike clusters: dead man’s fingers or spooky toes?

🦇 Answer: Dead man’s fingers

What does the bleeding tooth fungus appear to ooze from its surface?

🦇 Answer: Red droplets

Does the vampire squid drink blood?

🦇 Answer: No

Which pale beach animal is named for a spirit?

🦇 Answer: The ghost crab

Which fungus can manipulate an ant’s behavior before the ant dies?

🦇 Answer: Ophiocordyceps, or the zombie-ant fungus

Which moth can make a squeaking sound and has a skull-like marking?

🦇 Answer: The death’s-head hawkmoth

What tiny crustaceans are nicknamed skeleton shrimp?

🦇 Answer: Caprellid amphipods

What fish relatives are sometimes called ghost sharks?

🦇 Answer: Chimaeras

Who recorded the novelty song Monster Mash?

🦇 Answer: Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett

What simple hand motion punctuates The Addams Family theme song?

🦇 Answer: Finger snaps

Who sang The Purple People Eater?

🦇 Answer: Sheb Wooley

How many eyes and horns does the creature in The Purple People Eater have?

🦇 Answer: One eye and one horn

What is Scooby-Doo’s full first name?

🦇 Answer: Scoobert

On which continent are pumpkins not grown outdoors as a normal crop?

🦇 Answer: Antarctica

Which pumpkin species includes many giant competition pumpkins?

🦇 Answer: Cucurbita maxima

In what ancient civilization were simple scarecrow-like figures used along the Nile?

🦇 Answer: Ancient Egypt

What is a group of bats called?

🦇 Answer: A colony

What is a baby bat called?

🦇 Answer: A pup

What wonderfully ominous name can be used for a group of ravens?

🦇 Answer: An unkindness

What is a dusty, abandoned-looking spiderweb commonly called?

🦇 Answer: A cobweb

In botany, what is a tangled growth of twigs caused by disease or mutation called?

🦇 Answer: A witch’s broom

Which animal’s droppings are an important ingredient in some cave ecosystems?

🦇 Answer: Bats’ droppings, called guano

What is the name of the Gaelic seasonal festival most closely linked to Halloween’s origins?

🧠 Answer: Samhain

Which Old English word meaning saint or holy person appears in ‘All Hallows’?

🧠 Answer: Hālga

In the phrase All Hallows’ Eve, what does ‘eve’ mean?

🧠 Answer: The evening before

Which Isle of Man festival on October 31 has traditions similar to Halloween?

🧠 Answer: Hop-tu-Naa

Which Somerset tradition features children carrying carved mangel-wurzel lanterns?

🧠 Answer: Punkie Night

What shape-shifting figure from Irish folklore may appear as a horse, goat, or other animal?

🧠 Answer: The púca

What does the Irish term bean sí, anglicized as banshee, literally mean?

🧠 Answer: Woman of the fairy mound

Which headless rider from Irish folklore carries his own head?

🧠 Answer: The Dullahan

What Scottish water spirit is often said to appear as a horse?

🧠 Answer: A kelpie

Who wrote the influential 1819 story The Vampyre?

🧠 Answer: John Polidori

In what year was the vampire novella Carmilla first published in book form?

🧠 Answer: 1872

In what year was Bram Stoker’s Dracula published?

🧠 Answer: 1897

In what year was Frankenstein first published anonymously?

🧠 Answer: 1818

Who directed the 1922 silent film Nosferatu?

🧠 Answer: F. W. Murnau

Who directed the 1920 German Expressionist film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari?

🧠 Answer: Robert Wiene

Who directed Universal’s 1931 film Dracula?

🧠 Answer: Tod Browning

Which actor plays both Mary Shelley and the Bride in Bride of Frankenstein?

🧠 Answer: Elsa Lanchester

Which actor played the title creature in The Wolf Man in 1941?

🧠 Answer: Lon Chaney Jr.

What is the common name of the amphibious monster in Creature from the Black Lagoon?

🧠 Answer: The Gill-man

What type of entertainment used projected images to create ghostly illusions in darkened rooms?

🧠 Answer: Phantasmagoria

What mythological term describes a guide who escorts souls to the afterlife?

🧠 Answer: Psychopomp

What adjective describes a symbol or ritual intended to ward off evil?

🧠 Answer: Apotropaic

What word literally means ‘city of the dead’?

🧠 Answer: Necropolis

What is a monument to someone buried elsewhere called?

🧠 Answer: A cenotaph

What field studies death, dying, and bereavement?

🧠 Answer: Thanatology

Which physiologist coined the term ectoplasm in the late 19th century?

🧠 Answer: Charles Richet

What medieval artistic motif shows figures from every social rank dancing with skeletons?

🧠 Answer: Danse macabre

What is a book of magical instructions or spells called?

🧠 Answer: A grimoire

What adjective describes a place or moment at a threshold between two states?

🧠 Answer: Liminal

What does the name Transylvania mean in Latin?

🧠 Answer: Beyond the forest

What is Ichabod Crane’s occupation in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?

🧠 Answer: Schoolmaster

The Headless Horseman in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is said to be the ghost of what kind of soldier?

🧠 Answer: A Hessian soldier

On what date is Walpurgis Night celebrated in parts of Europe?

🧠 Answer: April 30

Across what two calendar dates does Samhain traditionally extend?

🧠 Answer: October 31 and November 1

Which three observances make up Allhallowtide?

🧠 Answer: All Hallows’ Eve, All Saints’ Day, and All Souls’ Day

What is the scientific order name for bats?

🧠 Answer: Chiroptera

To which biological class do spiders belong?

🧠 Answer: Arachnida

What is the scientific name of the common field pumpkin species?

🧠 Answer: Cucurbita pepo

Which genus includes the death’s-head hawkmoths?

🧠 Answer: Acherontia

What Latin phrase is another name for a will-o’-the-wisp?

🧠 Answer: Ignis fatuus