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1
This Halloween movie contributed to the unlucky superstitions surrounding its name?
Mean Girls
Halloween
Friday the 13th
Freaky Friday
2
What monster prompts the warning, "Don't blink!" in the Doctor Who television series?
The weeping people
The weeping bats
The weeping angels
The weeping phone booths
3
True or False: Count Dracula in Bram Stoker's novel is named after a historical person?
False, Stoker just wanted his person to seem real
True, Vlad III Dracula, Prince of Wallachia born in 1436
4
What blockbuster monster movie cleared the beaches upon its debut in 1975?
Snakes
Jaws
Thing
Witches
5
What is Fear?
Is running away
Fear wants us to die
I don't even know
Fear is our body's survival response to dangerous situations
6
According to the movie, What do you get wen a human soul is combined with a building?
Monster House
Monster Lady
Scary old Lady
what?
7
Who is the main character in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Batman
T-Pain
Little Woman
Ichabod Crane
8
What does the word Halloween mean?
Trick or Treat
Hallowed Evening
Devil's Birthday
All Hallows Eve
9
What are the telltale signs that one has been visited by a vampire?
Bite mark
The person turns hairy
Two small puncture marks on the neck
Nothing
10
What illness is suffered by someone who believes himself to be a werewolf?
Cancer
Nausea
Acne
Lycanthropy
11
True or False: The T-virus is a real medical illness
True, T-cell Viruses do exist but they do not create zombies
False, T-virus is made up by the govt
12
TARDIS is an acronym for what?
Time and Relative Dimension In Space
No one knows
13
The Salem house described in this novel was based on a real house owned by the author's cousin
The Blue House
The House of Five Window
The White House
The House of the Seven Gables
14
How do bats manage to find their way around in the dark?
They can see at night
Bats use echolocation to detect sound waves around them.
They don't, they die
Who flies at night
15
This ghost ship in the film, Pirates of the Caribbean, has myths and sightings back to 1795
The Flying Dutchman
Titanic
Vicksburg
Hannah
16
This gypsy bobble reflects the ancient practice of gazing into amirror to gain hidden knowledge
Crystal Ball
A glass
17
What has one eye, one horn, and Flies?
A Flying Purple People Eater
A Fox
A Unicorn
Frankenstein
18
What do we call the creatures that are deceased but walk around and behave as if still alive?
Frankenstein
The Undead
Werewolf
Vampires
19
What ghoulish creatures ride on undead dragons and hunt Frodo in the Lord of the Rings?
The Nazgul
Frodo's Army
Ring keepers
20
True or False: The only mummified remains ever found have been human
False: Mummified animals, such as cats, have been found
True: who would mummify anything else
21
Someone who has an intense fear or loathing of spiders is said to surfer from this condition
Megalophobia
Arachnophobia
Microphobia
Fear of Fear itself
22
True or False: The name Frankenstein refers to the monster in Mary Shelley's novel?
False, Victor Frankenstein is the doctor
True, Frankenstein is the monster
23
Someone who suffers from vermiphobia is afraid of this?
Vampires
Worms
Bats
Cats
24
In what Tim Burton movie, does the King of Halloween try his hand at being Santa Claus
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Raven
Santa Clause
Coraline
25
Who is the ghoulish villain that plagues Harry Potter?
Lord Voldemort
Sirius
Ron
Muggles
26
What Irish spirt wails a mournful cry when someone is about to die?
A ghost
What?
A banshee
No one does that
27
True or False: All mummies are created on purpose as part of a burial rite.
False: Some mummies were preserved naturally
True: Have you heard of Egyptians
28
What is a phobia?
Unreasonable fear when there is no real threat of danger
A reasonable fear when there is real threat of danger
A reasonable fear when there is no real threat of danger
Unreasonable fear when there is real threat of danger
29
True or False: Gargoyles were placed on churches, in part, to ward off evil spirits
False: we want evil spirits in church
True, but the primary goal was to redirect rain water
30
If you ordered a lot of books by R.L. Stine you would certainly get a very big case of these
Screams
Chills
The frights
Goosebumps
31
Young Victor Frankenstein brings his dog, Sparky, back to life in what Halloween movie?
Nightmare before Christmas
Caroline
Monster House
Frankenweenie
32
According to legend, a zombie can be created by a bokor, a priest or priestess of what religion
Vodou in Haiti
Voodoo in New Orleans
Hindu in India
33
What is a mummy's favorite song?
Walk in the Park
Baby Elephant Walk
Walk the Line
Walk Like an Egyptian
34
True or False: Fear is a bad thing
False,adrenaline rush letting us escape dangerous situations
True, no adrenaline rush letting us escape dangerous things
35
True or False: The Jack-O-Lantern was not originally made by carving out a pumpkin?
True: Jack-O-Lantern began in Ireland using turnip
False: Jack-O-Lantern began in Ireland using Pumpkin
36
What is a zombie's favorite food?
Heart
Humans
Brains
Everything
37
What is the name of Doctor Who's living "time machine"
the AARP
the TARDIS
38
They're creepy and they're kooky, mysterious and spooky, they're all together ooky
Laufer Family
Monsters
Jones Family
The Addams Family
39
According to legend, what are three ways to destroy a vampire?
Wooden stake in the heart
Sunlight
Submersion in running water
40
What three witches return to Salem after 300 years in the movie Hocus Pocus?
Golden Girls
The Sanderson Sisters
Pretty Little Lairs
Martindale Sister
41
What Creedence Clearwater Revival song gives good advice on how to avoid a werewolf?
Bad Moon Rising
Down on the corner
Susie Q
Have you seen the rain?
42
What happens if you feed a Mogwai after midnight?
it turns into a cat
it turns into a gremlin
it turns into a dragon
it turns into a horse
43
How many different versions of Blue Moon are in the film, An American Werewolf in London?
Four Versions
Three Versions
One Verisons
Two Versions
44
The most frequent ghost sightings in the White House have been of this president
John Adams
JFK
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
45
What legendary monster's name literally means "goat sucker" because it drinks goat blood.
Skin Walkers
Swamp Monster
Shape Changer
Chupacabra
46
In the song, The Devil Went Down to Georgia, what prize does Johnny win?
A fiddle made of bronze
A fiddle made of silver
A fiddle made of copper
A fiddle made of gold
47
What famous villain of Elm Street really needs a manicure
Jason
Freddy Krueger
Swampy Thing
Dracula
48
This likable, child ghost prefers to help the living and has a witch for a friend?
Caspar
Miss Martindale
Boo
Miss Laufer
49
What gift might someone receive on Dia de Los Muertos, the day of the Dead?
dead body
Pumpkin
Calaverita
Sugar Skull
50
True or False: People can get used to the adrenaline rush from fright, seeking bigger thrills
True, this is why Halloween industry exits!
False, No one likes to be scared
51
True or False: Vampire bats feed on blood
False, there is no such thing as a vampire bats
True, vampire bats feed on the blood of animals
52
What do we call a mummy's decorative stone coffin?
Sarcophagus
A hole in the ground
Gross
Coffin
53
What three mythic creatures often lurk in graveyards or cemeteries?
Humans
Skeletons
Ghouls
Zombies
54
What genre of literature is very popular around Halloween?
Ficton
Plays
Gothic Horror
Horror
55
According to song don't ever do this when the hearse comes by or you might be the next to die?
Sing
Dance
Hmmm
Laugh
56
What creature of German folklore can perfectly mimic the form of another person
Doppelganger
Love
Skinwalkers
Dracula
57
What is the cause of the zombie invasion in the Resident Evil games and movies?
What?
Dead Dogs
The T-virus manufactured by the Umbrella Corporation
Beetles
58
True or False: Bird poop can cause zombie-ism?
True, if you eat a parasite-infected feces of a Starling
False, What?
59
According to legend, what is needed to slay a werewolf?
A silver bullet
A wooden stake
A lamp
A knife
60
In Harry Potter's world a wizard can gain immortality by placing part of his soul into a device
Hogwarts
Wand
Horcrus
Hat
61
Indiana Jones suffers from Ophidiophobia, the fear of these animals
Lions
Snakes
Tigers
Bugs
62
What common phrase is said to homeowners by costumed children on Halloween
Trick or Treat
Open the door
Give me Candy
Come get me
63
what Halloween movie feature a TV set as a method of communicating with ghosts?
Dracula
Witches
Poltergeist
Werewolves of London
64
What favorite Halloween candy mimics the kernels of a well-known vegetable in color and shape
Candy corn
Nothing
Carmel Apple
A potato
65
To get rid of this pesky ghost your need only repeat his name three times?
Dracula
Elvira
Beetlejuice
Frankenstein
66
What famous four-legged sleuth solves mysteries with his gang of friend?
Scooby-doo
Pinky
Harry Potter
Chip and Dale
67
What magical device enables the young witches to cast spells in the Harry Potter series
Stones
Wands
Sticks
Brooms
68
What are four synonyms for the word ghost?
Soul
Phantom
Specter
Spirit
69
What dark mythic steed is rumored to carry bad dreams into the human realm?
What there is a horse
The nightmare
Black Beauty
Sea Biscuit
70
From where did Zombie folklore originate?
Africa
Haiti
America
South America
71
What famous Italian literary work describes Hell?
Little Woman
Dracula
Frankenstein
Dante Alighieri's Inferno
72
What famous lake in Scotland is rumored to be the home of a sea monster?
Salt Lake
Loch Ness
English Channel
Black Sea
73
True or False: The world would be a better place without cockroaches
False: Cockroach poop releases nitrogen into the soil
True: They need to be destroyed
74
In this Halloween movie, Count Dracula opens a resort for ghoulish customers
Dracula
Hotel Transylvania
Hotel
Hotel Dracula
75
What is the trigger for the Werewolf's nightly transformation?
A Snake
Looking at a pumpkin
A Half Moon
The Full Moon
76
What movie series has characters whose names are simply J and K?
Swamp Thing
Monsters
Jaws
Men in Black
77
Coraline journeys to an other dimension where the duplicate of her parents have there for eyes.
Buttons
Holes
Pins
Eyes
78
What spooky story features a frightful, mounted spirt?
Dracula
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
79
What British structure served as the place of execution for 7 people including Ann Boleyn
The tower of London
Castle
Windover
Tower of England
80
This Egyptian tomb discovered by Howard Carter in 1922 led to Hollywood's mummy madness.
The tomb of the evil lady
No one knows
The tomb of the girl queen
The tomb of the boy king
81
What giant arachnid is encountered by Harry Potter?
Aragog, the fictitious Acromantula spider
A Snake
Tiger, the scary cat
Limpy, the crazy house elf
82
In the movie, Labyrinth, Sarah must confront what villain in order to win back her baby brother
Sleepwalkers
Goblins
The Goblin King
The Labyrinth
83
If Skeleton Jack is the king of the pumpkin patch, then what town must this be?
This is Easter
This is Halloween
This is Thanksgiving
This is Christmas
84
Many women were tried for this crime in Salem, Massachusetts, in the 1690's?
Baking
Witchcraft
Teaching
Hanging out
85
What patient in Dr. Seward's asylum had a voracious appetite for insects?
Bob
Renfield
Dracula
Frankenstein
