25 Halloween Trivia Questions

Spooky trivia for your Halloween party, from easy crowd-pleasers to questions only a true night owl will get. Read them out, let everyone guess, then tap Show answer.

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Easy Halloween Trivia Questions

Classics and crowd favorites that most of the party will know.

  1. In It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, who waits all night in the pumpkin patch?

    1. APig-Pen
    2. BFranklin
    3. CSchroeder
    4. DLinus
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    D: Linus Sally skips trick-or-treating to wait with him, and is furious when the Great Pumpkin never shows.

  2. What is the name of the gang's van in Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!?

    1. AThe Ghost Wagon
    2. BThe Clue Cruiser
    3. CThe Mystery Machine
    4. DThe Spook Bus
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    C: The Mystery Machine Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! premiered on CBS in September 1969.

  3. In Michael Jackson's Thriller video, Michael dances with a crowd of what?

    1. AWerewolves
    2. BSkeletons
    3. CZombies
    4. DVampires
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    C: Zombies The roughly 14-minute video was directed by John Landis.

  4. What three colors make up classic candy corn?

    1. ABrown, orange and yellow
    2. BRed, white and green
    3. CYellow, orange and white
    4. DOrange, black and white
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    C: Yellow, orange and white Candy corn is usually credited to George Renninger of Philadelphia's Wunderle Candy Company, in the 1880s.

  5. Halloween traces back to Samhain, a festival of which ancient people?

    1. AThe Vikings
    2. BThe Romans
    3. CThe Aztecs
    4. DThe Celts
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    D: The Celts Samhain was one of the four main seasonal festivals of the old Gaelic year.

  6. In folklore, which strong-smelling food is said to keep vampires away?

    1. AGarlic
    2. BGinger
    3. CPepper
    4. DBasil
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    A: Garlic Garlic was hung over doors and windows in parts of Europe as protection against evil.

  7. Which famous escape artist died on Halloween in 1926?

    1. AHarry Kellar
    2. BHarry Houdini
    3. CHarry Blackstone
    4. DHoward Thurston
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    B: Harry Houdini His wife Bess held a séance every Halloween for ten years, and fans have kept the tradition going.

  8. In Edgar Allan Poe's poem The Raven, what single word does the bird keep repeating?

    1. ABeware
    2. BEvermore
    3. CFarewell
    4. DNevermore
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    D: Nevermore Published in 1845, the poem made Poe a household name almost overnight.

  9. In The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, which schoolteacher is chased by the Headless Horseman?

    1. ABrom Bones
    2. BBaltus Van Tassel
    3. CIchabod Crane
    4. DRip Van Winkle
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    C: Ichabod Crane His rival for Katrina Van Tassel's hand is the brawny prankster Brom Bones.

  10. In The Addams Family TV series, what is the name of the disembodied hand?

    1. AThing
    2. BFester
    3. CItt
    4. DLurch
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    A: Thing Ted Cassidy, who played the butler Lurch, also played Thing in the 1960s series.

Medium Halloween Trivia Questions

For guests who know their Halloween history and haunted houses.

  1. Who created and hosted the original The Twilight Zone?

    1. AVincent Price
    2. BBoris Karloff
    3. CRod Serling
    4. DAlfred Hitchcock
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    C: Rod Serling Serling also wrote 92 of the original series' 156 episodes.

  2. Who sang the 1962 novelty hit Monster Mash?

    1. ASheb Wooley
    2. BBobby 'Boris' Pickett
    3. CScreamin' Jay Hawkins
    4. DJohn Zacherle
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    B: Bobby 'Boris' Pickett Pickett sang it in his impression of Frankenstein star Boris Karloff.

  3. The two M's in M&M's stand for which two surnames?

    1. AMurphy and Mead
    2. BMars and Miller
    3. CMills and Morgan
    4. DMars and Murrie
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    D: Mars and Murrie Introduced in 1941, they were popular with US soldiers because they didn't melt easily.

  4. Before pumpkins, which vegetable was traditionally carved into lanterns in Ireland and Scotland?

    1. AOnion
    2. BCabbage
    3. CTurnip
    4. DPotato
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    C: Turnip Irish and Scottish immigrants in North America are said to have found pumpkins bigger and easier to carve.

  5. In Scotland, what is the traditional name for going door to door in costume at Halloween?

    1. ASouling
    2. BMumming
    3. CGuising
    4. DWassailing
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    C: Guising Guisers are traditionally expected to perform a song, joke or poem before getting a treat.

  6. Since 1950, many kids have trick-or-treated to collect coins for which charity?

    1. AThe Red Cross
    2. BUNICEF
    3. COxfam
    4. DThe Salvation Army
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    B: UNICEF It began in Philadelphia, where kids collected in milk cartons; the famous orange boxes arrived in 1953.

  7. What is the small heart-shaped pointer that glides across a Ouija board called?

    1. APlanchette
    2. BStylus
    3. CDial
    4. DPendulum
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    A: Planchette The word is French for 'little plank'.

  8. A night at which reputedly haunted Colorado hotel inspired Stephen King to write The Shining?

    1. AThe Brown Palace
    2. BThe Stanley Hotel
    3. CThe Timberline Lodge
    4. DThe Broadmoor
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    B: The Stanley Hotel In 1974 King and his wife were the only guests, staying in room 217 just as it closed for the winter.

  9. Which author wrote the 1959 novel The Haunting of Hill House?

    1. APatricia Highsmith
    2. BDaphne du Maurier
    3. CShirley Jackson
    4. DFlannery O'Connor
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    C: Shirley Jackson She also wrote the famous 1948 short story The Lottery.

  10. In Doctor Who, which statue-like monsters can only move when nobody is looking at them?

    1. AThe Weeping Angels
    2. BThe Autons
    3. CThe Silence
    4. DThe Cybermen
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    A: The Weeping Angels Their 2007 debut, Blink, barely features the Doctor. Carey Mulligan starred.

Hard Halloween Trivia Questions

For the guest who knows a little too much about the dark side.

  1. The earliest known printed use of the phrase 'trick or treat' appeared in 1927 in which country?

    1. ACanada
    2. BIreland
    3. CUnited States
    4. DScotland
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    A: Canada It appeared in an Alberta newspaper describing pranksters asking for treats.

  2. Which composer wrote Danse Macabre, in which Death plays the violin at midnight?

    1. AEdvard Grieg
    2. BCamille Saint-Saens
    3. CFranz Liszt
    4. DHector Berlioz
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    B: Camille Saint-Saens A xylophone imitates the sound of rattling skeleton bones.

  3. What is the word for an unusual fear of the number 13?

    1. ACoulrophobia
    2. BHexakosioihexekontahexaphobia
    3. CTriskaidekaphobia
    4. DNyctophobia
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    C: Triskaidekaphobia Many tall buildings skip the number 13 when labelling their floors.

  4. According to the cartoons, what is Scooby-Doo's full first name?

    1. AScoobius
    2. BScooberto
    3. CScoobington
    4. DScoobert
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    D: Scoobert Scooby's nephew Scrappy-Doo joined the cartoons in 1979.

  5. In Bram Stoker's Dracula, the Count's ship runs aground at which English seaside town?

    1. ABrighton
    2. BDover
    3. CScarborough
    4. DWhitby
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    D: Whitby Stoker worked on early ideas for the book during a holiday in Whitby in 1890.

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