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Halloween Trivia
Uncover 119 spine-chilling Halloween secrets that will terrify and fascinate you! From the real witch trials to the $50,000 pumpkin - these spooky facts will haunt your mind forever.
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In 1977, which New York parade introduced giant puppet skeletons created by artist Ralph Lee, influencing later Halloween processions?
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What Victorian-era game involved hanging pastries on strings and eating them without hands?
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The earliest recorded use of the word Halloween in Scots appears in which year in the writings of Robert Burns' contemporaries?
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The 1937 song by Mildred Bailey titled It's So Peaceful in the Country, later used in spooky radio shows, was arranged by whom?
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Which fruit-flavored drink brand famously ran a Halloween ad with ghosts saying Boo?
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On which date is Halloween celebrated each year in the United States?
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Which American town reenacts the witch trials with immersive theater each October, drawing huge crowds?
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What spooky sound effect is made by rustling thin metal sheets in theater?
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Which classic monster is brought to life by a lightning strike in a laboratory?
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What classic kid activity involves going door to door in costume for sweets?
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What color pairing is most associated with Halloween in the United States?
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What household item do people commonly use to create fake spider webs for decorations?
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Which Minnesota city officially calls itself the Halloween Capital of the World?
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In 1905, which Canadian city recorded the first community-organized Halloween party to stop street mischief, according to local archives?
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Which composer-director created the five-four time main theme for Halloween 1978?
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What do people often use to illuminate a carved pumpkin today?
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In It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, who waits in the pumpkin patch all night?
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Which cereal mascot is a vampire who sells chocolate-flavored breakfast?
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What do many households place on the porch to signal they are giving out candy?
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According to Smithsonian records, which immigrant group popularized Halloween door-to-door customs in American cities in the late nineteenth century?
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In Mexico, what multi-day celebration beginning on November 1 honors the dead with ofrendas?
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The 2004 song by Rihanna that became a Halloween playlist regular mentions a monster in the closet. What is its title?
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What tri-colored candy shaped like kernels is a Halloween staple in the United States?
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Which city hosts a massive Halloween parade in Greenwich Village every year?
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Which Simpsons episode collection premieres new spooky stories each fall?
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Which 1993 film about three resurrected sisters became a cable favorite in October?
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Which witch rides a broomstick in the 1939 film set in Oz?
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Which New Jersey town hosts a famous Halloween parade established in 1937 that still marches today?
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Which horror film introduced the masked killer Michael Myers in 1978?
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Which small Scottish island preserved a unique Halloween fire-round custom called Samhnag into the twentieth century?
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Samhain, the Celtic festival that influenced Halloween, marked the end of which season?
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What kitchen spice is central to many pumpkin pies served in October?
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In what year did UNICEF first distribute the orange Trick-or-Treat boxes for children to collect coins door-to-door in the United States?
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What is the precise time signature of the main piano riff in the 1978 Halloween theme?
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What protective item do many kids carry to hold their Halloween sweets?
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The tradition of soul cakes, where people prayed for the dead in exchange for food, was known as what?
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Which US town instituted a 7 pm curfew called Beggars Night in 1938 to curb vandalism, later copied by nearby cities?
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In The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, the author specifies the river near the haunted glen. What is the river named in the text?
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Which novelist introduced the vampire Lestat in Interview with the Vampire in 1976?
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Which New Orleans celebration blends voodoo folklore with music festivals every late October?
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What is the common name for a carved pumpkin with a candle inside?
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What precise ingredient gives the Irish cake barmbrack its characteristic sweetness in Halloween fortune slices?
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Which specific Radiohead track appeared in a 2007 Halloween episode of a television drama featuring a funeral parlor family?
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The 2014 song by Rockwell that returns to Halloween playlists has a chorus about being watched. What is its title?
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Which plant-based snack is often popped and strung as a garland for parties?
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Which sweet treat is a caramel-covered apple on a stick?
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The original Ghostbusters theme was performed by which singer in 1984?
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Which printer published the 1796 chapbook The History of Jack O'Lantern associated with Irish folklore?
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Which exact New England town hosts the annual Keene Pumpkin Festival, now relocated after safety concerns in 2014?
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Which device emits fog for haunted house effects at parties?
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What color firework did early Guy Fawkes Night celebrations in Britain frequently use that later crossed into October displays?
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What ancient practice involved wearing animal skins and masks to confuse roaming spirits at summer's end?
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The Irish folktale figure Stingy Jack tricks the devil into climbing which specific fruit tree before trapping him with a cross?
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Which 1984 comedy features a team that captures ghosts in New York?
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The village of Burghead in Scotland celebrates Burning of the Clavie on January 11. What earlier autumn fire custom there aligns with Halloween season lore?
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Which 1993 stop-motion musical by Henry Selick features Jack Skellington of Halloween Town?
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In the Universal classic from 1932, who starred as the mummy known as Imhotep?
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Which 1988 film introduced a ghostly mischief maker in a black and white suit who says his name three times?
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What fabric color is traditional for witch hats in cartoons?
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Which British county preserved the Halloween custom of dropping molten lead into water to divine initials of a future spouse?
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Which Japanese festival held in late August at some temples with ghost lanterns resembles Halloween themes of ancestor return?
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What Halloween tradition was promoted by World War II sugar rationing, leading to homemade treats and parties?
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The 1973 stage musical The Rocky Horror Show premiered in which London venue on June 19, before becoming a cult Halloween staple?
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In 1900, what British city recorded the earliest municipal ban on throwing flour during Halloween revels?
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Which 2009 stop-motion film by Laika features a girl who discovers a button-eyed Other Mother?
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The 1920s American fad of throwing so-called tick-tack on windows to make clicking sounds used which small item?
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The 1952 novelty song by Kay Starr, often spun at Halloween, mentions a location where the breeze makes trees sing. What is the title?
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In which year did the city of Keene, New Hampshire set a then-record with 30,581 lit pumpkins on display?
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Which famous magician died on October 31 in 1926?
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Which 1931 British film features a Halloween bonfire scene with guisers wearing animal masks in a rural village?
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What phrase do children traditionally say at the door to receive candy?
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In the 1978 film Halloween, which fictional suburb does Laurie Strode live in?
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Which famous Addams Family hand scuttles around by itself?
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What do many neighborhoods schedule so kids gather candy in daylight safely?
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Which spooky story features a rider who carries no head across a bridge?
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The first known citywide Halloween celebration in the United States was organized in 1920 in which place?
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Which costume company manufactured the earliest licensed Star Wars outfits for Halloween in 1977, shipping them in window-box cartons?
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Which classic Universal film introduced the character of the Wolf Man in 1941?
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The first Peanuts TV special for Halloween aired on CBS in which year?
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In the score for The Nightmare Before Christmas, who orchestrated Danny Elfman's themes for the film release?
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In 1994, which US city recorded a candy tampering hoax that led to police tests revealing aspirin, not poison, in a claimed razor apple case?
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In Poe scholar circles, which exact magazine first printed The Raven on January 29, 1845, later a Halloween reading favorite?
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What fruit was historically used in Scotland for divination games by roasting the seeds?
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What is the precise Old Irish word behind Samhain meaning summer's end, preserved in medieval glossaries?
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What fruit is traditionally bobbed for at Halloween parties?
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In 1982, which cereal brand briefly offered marshmallows shaped like screaming ghosts exclusively for October boxes?
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Which vintage magazine first published Ray Bradbury's story The October Game in 1948, a macabre Halloween piece?
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Which animal is most associated with witches in popular culture?
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What seasonal coffee drink popularized in 2003 helped kick off the fall flavor craze?
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Which novelist wrote The Haunting of Hill House, a touchstone for haunted house stories, in 1959?
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In Irish and Scottish tradition before pumpkins, what root vegetable was carved into lanterns?
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Which 1921 silent short by Alice Guy Blachรฉ features a Halloween party with costumed children and hand-tinted frames?
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What medieval church service held on October 31 involved chanting a mock litany against the devil, later condemned by reformers?
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Which Disney theme park hosts Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party nights?
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Which 1999 film set in a foggy valley features a headless Hessian rider hunted by Ichabod Crane?
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In 1974, which type of factory produced the first mass-marketed plastic pumpkin pails for candy?
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The Headless Horseman Bridge in the New York village was renamed in 1999 to what official title?
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Which company introduced glow-in-the-dark fun-size candy wrappers as a seasonal gimmick in the 1990s?
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Which New York photographer created the 1976 series Halloween in the Castro, capturing costumed revelers long before the street party was famous?
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Which song by Bobby Pickett features a monster dance in a lab at midnight?
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What farm crop often forms the paths in a seasonal maze attraction each fall?
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What candy introduced in 1928 is shaped like tiny peanut butter-filled cups?
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Which Universal monster is known for turning into a bat under the full moon?
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The earliest surviving film version of Frankenstein dates to which year, produced by Edison Studios with a laboratory scene?
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Which author of Something Wicked This Way Comes wrote often about October and small-town carnivals?
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In 1978, who played Laurie Strode, the resourceful babysitter in Halloween?
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What is the botanical species of the giant pumpkin commonly used for record-breaking weights?
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In the 1920s prank known as gate night, which precise object was often removed and placed on rooftops by youths?
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In 1998, which US state passed a law officially recognizing Anoka as the Halloween Capital of the World?
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Which early slasher precursor Black Christmas (1974) used what exact camera innovation for killer point-of-view shots?
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In Scotland, guisers once performed songs or jokes for a reward. What was the typical treat offered?
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The first theatrical sequel to Halloween 1978 was released in which year?
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Which spooky family lives at 1313 Mockingbird Lane in a classic sitcom?
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Which Scooby-Doo character always says Ruh-roh when scared?
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What 1933 event is often cited as the darkest Halloween in the United States because of widespread vandalism, including overturned cars and fires?
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Which silent-era director produced the 1927 film The Cat and the Canary that set the template for haunted house comedies?
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What fabric often used for costumes is shiny and stretchy for superhero suits?
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Which author created the Headless Horseman in an 1820 tale set in the Hudson Valley?
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Which classic anthology film set on Halloween night was released straight to video in 2009 and later became a cult favorite?
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