QUESTIONS
- According to superstition, if you stare into a mirror at midnight on Halloween, who would you see?
- The average American Household spends how much on Halloween Candy each year?
- What kind of plant is a ‘Death Cap’?
- What was the name of the pub in the film An American Werewolf In London?
- Which grave robbing Edinburgh duo supplied dead bodies to the anatomist Dr. Robert Knox?
- What is the name of the day that follows Halloween?
- According to legend, what is the most common way of becoming a werewolf?
- Which 20-year-old authoress wrote the novel Frankenstein about a creature that ultimately destroys its creator?
- Formed in the U.K. in 1905, which organisation has a Latin motto that is translated as “Not apt to disclose secrets”?
- Whose music provided the soundtrack to the film The Exorcist?
- Which Celtic Festival was the pre Christian forerunner of Halloween?
- Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer and which other female star were ‘The Witches of Eastwick’?
- Which traditional Halloween pastime is thought to derive from the symbol of the Pomona, the Roman Goddess of fruit and gardens?
- Which Seventh Century Pope designated November 1 st All Saints Day?
- How did French Explorer Jacques Cartier describe pumpkins in 1584
- How is All Saints’ Eve, All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day collectively known?
- Are pumpkins fruits or vegetables?
- What Halloween Prop comes from an Irish Myth about ‘Stingy Jack’?
- What Autumn Celebration in ancient England came in when worshipping saints ended in the Puritan Church?
- What is the traditional Irish dish of Barnbrack
- Where is Count Dracula’s Castle located?
- The name Halloween is of Scottish origin, but what is it short for?
- Who played Laurie Strode in John Carpenter’s horror movie ‘
- Who wrote the short story entitled ‘The Black Cat’ in 1843
- Who played the eponymous role in ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’?
- Who wrote the novel ‘Dracula’?
- According to ‘USA Today’, what was the fifth most worn Halloween Costume?
- On which day do Catholics believe that the living may intercede on behalf of the dead through prayer?
- According to folklore what is the preferred method of transport for witches?
- According to voodoo belief, by what name are the living dead known?
- Who secretly created an eight foot monster out of separate body parts collected from a charnel house?
- ‘Eye of Newt, toe of Frog’ is a witches charm in which Shakespeare play?
- ‘The Crucible’ by Arthur Miller is about which towns witchhunt
- The Romans merged which of their Autumn Festival with the Celtic Samhein (pronounced sow’inn
- In which horror movie are the Freeling Family terrorised by ghosts?
- Who was the only ‘normal looking one’ in the Munster Family?
- Who, with Hansel, was lured into the wicked witch’s gingerbread house?
- Which modern Halloween custom comes from the poor begging for ‘Soul Cakes’ on all All Souls’ Day?
- In the Middle Ages, what creatures were renowned as witches’ familiars?
- In E T what does Elliot dress E T up as on Halloween?
- The first Halloween movie was released in 1978. How many days did it take to film?
- Which is the only Country in the World where Halloween is a National Holiday?
- What is souling?
- 24 people were condemned during the witch trials of Salem. 19 hanged, 1 pressed and 4 died in Witch Jails. What year did these trials take place?
- How much blood does a Vampire Bat drink every day?
- How many species of spiders are there in the World?
- In what country was the first written account of children using the phrase “trick or treat” on Halloween?
- In what country did carving Jack O’ Lanterns originate?
- The original costumes for Halloween were made out of which Material?
- Transylvania is a region of which Country?
ANSWERS
- Your future spouse
- $44
- Mushroom (Accept also Toad stool)
- The Slaughtered Lamb
- Burke and Hare
- All Saints Day
- Being bitten or scratched by another werewolf
- Mary Shelley
- The Magic Circle
- Mike Oldfield’s
- Samhain (pronounced sow’inn)
- Cher
- Bobbing for Apples
- Pope Boniface IV
- Gros Melons
- Hallowmas
- Fruits
- Jack O’Lantern
- Guy Fawkes Night
- Fruitloaf
- Transylvannia
- All Hallow’s Eve
- Jamie Lee Curtis
- Edgar Allen Poe
- Sarah Michelle Gellar
- Bram Stoker
- Batman
- All Souls’ Day
- The Flying Broomstick
- Zombies
- Dr Frankenstein
- Macbeth
- Salem
- Pomona’s Day
- Poltergeist
- Marilyn
- Gretel
- Trick or Treating
- Black Cats
- A ghost
- 21 days
- Ireland
- The act of begging of donations of food
- 1692
- ½ of their body weight per feeding
- 35,000
- Canada
- Ireland
- Animal Hair and Skin
- Romania