🎃 Halloween Trivia - 119 Spine-Chilling Secrets That Will Terrify and Fascinate You

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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 Blaché 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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In 1977, which New York parade introduced giant puppet skeletons created by artist Ralph Lee, influencing later Halloween processions?

What Victorian-era game involved hanging pastries on strings and eating them without hands?

The earliest recorded use of the word Halloween in Scots appears in which year in the writings of Robert Burns' contemporaries?

The 1937 song by Mildred Bailey titled It's So Peaceful in the Country, later used in spooky radio shows, was arranged by whom?

Which fruit-flavored drink brand famously ran a Halloween ad with ghosts saying Boo?

On which date is Halloween celebrated each year in the United States?

Which American town reenacts the witch trials with immersive theater each October, drawing huge crowds?

What spooky sound effect is made by rustling thin metal sheets in theater?

Which classic monster is brought to life by a lightning strike in a laboratory?

What classic kid activity involves going door to door in costume for sweets?

What color pairing is most associated with Halloween in the United States?

What household item do people commonly use to create fake spider webs for decorations?

Which Minnesota city officially calls itself the Halloween Capital of the World?

In 1905, which Canadian city recorded the first community-organized Halloween party to stop street mischief, according to local archives?

Which composer-director created the five-four time main theme for Halloween 1978?

What do people often use to illuminate a carved pumpkin today?

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

Which cereal mascot is a vampire who sells chocolate-flavored breakfast?

What do many households place on the porch to signal they are giving out candy?

According to Smithsonian records, which immigrant group popularized Halloween door-to-door customs in American cities in the late nineteenth century?

In Mexico, what multi-day celebration beginning on November 1 honors the dead with ofrendas?

The 2004 song by Rihanna that became a Halloween playlist regular mentions a monster in the closet. What is its title?

What tri-colored candy shaped like kernels is a Halloween staple in the United States?

Which city hosts a massive Halloween parade in Greenwich Village every year?

Which Simpsons episode collection premieres new spooky stories each fall?

Which 1993 film about three resurrected sisters became a cable favorite in October?

Which witch rides a broomstick in the 1939 film set in Oz?

Which New Jersey town hosts a famous Halloween parade established in 1937 that still marches today?

Which horror film introduced the masked killer Michael Myers in 1978?

Which small Scottish island preserved a unique Halloween fire-round custom called Samhnag into the twentieth century?

Samhain, the Celtic festival that influenced Halloween, marked the end of which season?

What kitchen spice is central to many pumpkin pies served in October?

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?

What is the precise time signature of the main piano riff in the 1978 Halloween theme?

What protective item do many kids carry to hold their Halloween sweets?

The tradition of soul cakes, where people prayed for the dead in exchange for food, was known as what?

Which US town instituted a 7 pm curfew called Beggars Night in 1938 to curb vandalism, later copied by nearby cities?

In The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, the author specifies the river near the haunted glen. What is the river named in the text?

Which novelist introduced the vampire Lestat in Interview with the Vampire in 1976?

Which New Orleans celebration blends voodoo folklore with music festivals every late October?

What is the common name for a carved pumpkin with a candle inside?

What precise ingredient gives the Irish cake barmbrack its characteristic sweetness in Halloween fortune slices?

Which specific Radiohead track appeared in a 2007 Halloween episode of a television drama featuring a funeral parlor family?

The 2014 song by Rockwell that returns to Halloween playlists has a chorus about being watched. What is its title?

Which plant-based snack is often popped and strung as a garland for parties?

Which sweet treat is a caramel-covered apple on a stick?

The original Ghostbusters theme was performed by which singer in 1984?

Which printer published the 1796 chapbook The History of Jack O'Lantern associated with Irish folklore?

Which exact New England town hosts the annual Keene Pumpkin Festival, now relocated after safety concerns in 2014?

Which device emits fog for haunted house effects at parties?

What color firework did early Guy Fawkes Night celebrations in Britain frequently use that later crossed into October displays?

What ancient practice involved wearing animal skins and masks to confuse roaming spirits at summer's end?

The Irish folktale figure Stingy Jack tricks the devil into climbing which specific fruit tree before trapping him with a cross?

Which 1984 comedy features a team that captures ghosts in New York?

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?

Which 1993 stop-motion musical by Henry Selick features Jack Skellington of Halloween Town?

In the Universal classic from 1932, who starred as the mummy known as Imhotep?

Which 1988 film introduced a ghostly mischief maker in a black and white suit who says his name three times?

What fabric color is traditional for witch hats in cartoons?

Which British county preserved the Halloween custom of dropping molten lead into water to divine initials of a future spouse?

Which Japanese festival held in late August at some temples with ghost lanterns resembles Halloween themes of ancestor return?

What Halloween tradition was promoted by World War II sugar rationing, leading to homemade treats and parties?

The 1973 stage musical The Rocky Horror Show premiered in which London venue on June 19, before becoming a cult Halloween staple?

In 1900, what British city recorded the earliest municipal ban on throwing flour during Halloween revels?

Which 2009 stop-motion film by Laika features a girl who discovers a button-eyed Other Mother?

The 1920s American fad of throwing so-called tick-tack on windows to make clicking sounds used which small item?

The 1952 novelty song by Kay Starr, often spun at Halloween, mentions a location where the breeze makes trees sing. What is the title?

In which year did the city of Keene, New Hampshire set a then-record with 30,581 lit pumpkins on display?

Which famous magician died on October 31 in 1926?

Which 1931 British film features a Halloween bonfire scene with guisers wearing animal masks in a rural village?

What phrase do children traditionally say at the door to receive candy?

In the 1978 film Halloween, which fictional suburb does Laurie Strode live in?

Which famous Addams Family hand scuttles around by itself?

What do many neighborhoods schedule so kids gather candy in daylight safely?

Which spooky story features a rider who carries no head across a bridge?

The first known citywide Halloween celebration in the United States was organized in 1920 in which place?

Which costume company manufactured the earliest licensed Star Wars outfits for Halloween in 1977, shipping them in window-box cartons?

Which classic Universal film introduced the character of the Wolf Man in 1941?

The first Peanuts TV special for Halloween aired on CBS in which year?