Halloween Trivia

Q: How do you kill a vampire?

a. garlic

b. stake through the heart

c. sunlight

d. a cross

e. both B & C

Q: In Scotland the very first jack-o-lanterns to ward off evil sprits were carved from which vegetable?

a. pumpkins

b. radishes

c. turnips

d. cabbage

e. parsnips

Q: What is the date of All Hallow's Day?

a. Oct 23^rd

b. Oct 24^th

c. Oct 30^th

d. Oct 31^st

e. Nov 1^st

Q: This month's Full Moon is called...

a. Blood Moon

b. Hunter's Moon

c. Harvest Moon

d. Blackberry Moon

e. all of the above

Q: Who wrote the novel Frankenstein in the 1800s?

a. Percy Bysshe Shelley

b. Mary Shelley

c. Shel Silverstein

d. Richard Shelton

e. Aeschylus

Q: What was the name of Frankenstein's Monster in that novel?

a. Frank

b. Donovan

c. George

d. Fabio

e. none of the above

Q: What was the first wrapped penny candy in America?

a. Tootsie Rolls

b. Necco wafers

c. Bazooka bubble gum

d. Mary Jane taffy

e. Hershey Kisses

Q: For whom was the Baby Ruth candy bar named?

a. a silent film star

b. a famous baseball player

c. the daughter of a U.S. president

d. a young gangster from NY

e. none of the above

Q: Which city holds the largest annual pumpkin festival in the world, which lasts two days and has about 25,000 jack-o-lanterns lit simultaneously?

a. Fort Worth, Texas

b. Long's Peak, Colorado

c. Asheville, North Carolina

d. Keene, New Hampshire

e. Keweenaw, Michigan

Q: How many "witches" were burned at the stake in the Salem witch Trials?

a. one

b. 7

c. 16

d. 33

e. none

Q: Which phobia do you have if you have an intense fear of Halloween?

a. aracnaphobia

b. samhainophobia

c. phantasmaphobia

d. wiccaphobia

e. none of the above

Q: Which mammal has the longest tongue in proportion to body size?

A: bat

Q: In the song "5 little pumpkins", who notices the witches?

a. the 1^st one

b. the 2^nd one

c. the 3^rd one

d. the 4^th one

e. the 5^th one

Q: Which Goddess has a Chariot pulled by two Black Cats?

a. Isis

b. Freyja

c. Parvati

d. Lilith

e. none of the above

Q: Which cat breed would most likely be a witch's familiar?

a. Turkish Angora

b. Bombay

c. Sphynx

d. Egyptian Mau

e. Chartreux

Q: In "the Nightmare before Christmas" who is the king of Halloweentown?

a. Dr. Frankenstein

b. Jack Skellington

c. Mayor

d. Dr. Finklestein

e. none of the above

Q: In the original Halloween movie, who played the heroine?

A: Jamie Lee Curtis

Q: A pumpkin is not...

a. a berry

b. a squash

c. a fruit

d. a melon

e. none of the above

Q: Which state produces most of the pumpkins for processing?

a. Indiana

b. Illinois

c. Ohio

d. Pennsylvania

e. California

Q: When do Mexicans celebrate Dia de los Muertos?

a. Oct 30^th

b. Oct 31^st

c. Nov 1^st

d. Nov 2^nd

e. none of the above

Q: What happened to the "Transylvania Twist"?

A: It became the Monster Mash.

Q: Which Peanuts character says, "There are three things I have learned never to discuss with people: Religion, Politics, and the Great Pumpkin"?

A: Linus

Q: What year did the original Dracula movie come out?

a. 1946

b. 1984

c. 1928

d. 1934

e. 1931