Fall and Halloween Trivia

What country did Halloween originate from?

What is the term for a pumpkin that has been decorated with carved designs for Halloween?

What was the original title for Disney's Hocus Pocus?

Geography: Which is the flower for the state of Tennessee?

What item is banned in California on Halloween?

Literature: What is a story or poem that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning?

What is the name for a small round cake that is baked to commemorate the dead?

Science: Which of the following is the study of cells?

Where is the longest haunted house in the world?

Which of the following holidays take place in fall?

Fine Arts: What is the complementary color, or complement of, violet?

What is the full moon closest to the Autumn equinox known as?

Finish the Lyric: “I put a spell on you, and now you’re…”

Science: A process in which materials begin to burn by themselves, without applying outside heat.

In "The Addams Family," what is the name of the disembodied hand that acts as a character?

Fine Arts: Which instrument was used to portray the wolf in Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf?

What is the name of the haunted hotel in Steven King's novel, The Shining?

How heavy is the heaviest pumpkin ever recorded in the world?

Science: Give the name for the chemical formula BaCl₂.

Which famous horror movie features a possessed doll named Chucky?

How many witches appear in Macbeth?

Pearl is the daughter of Hester Prynne in this author’s novel The Scarlet Letter.

What mammal capable of flying is usually associated with Halloween?

Geography: Which is the most southern state in the USA?

Economics: What is a term used when the quantity of a good supplied exceeds the quantity demanded at the existing price?

Who sang the original Monster Mash?

In what American state is is illegal to dress up like a priest or a nun?

Name this person canonized in 1920, centuries after being burned at the stake by a pro-English bishop in 1431.

What does Snoopy pretend to be in It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown?

What are vampires not vulnerable to?

What is the first day of fall?

What Halloween song includes the lyrics “It’s close to midnight, and something evils lurking in the dark?”

What do you call a group of witches?

History: Who was Andrew Jackson's vice president that resigned to serve in the Senate?

In the Netherlands, fries are most commonly dipped in this condiment made from oil and egg yolks.

What American city is said to be number one for trick-or-treating?

History: What did the initials H.G. stand for in the name H.G. Wells?

Anatomy and Physiology: What is the common name for the myocardium?

This author of the poem “Because I could not stop for Death” lived a secluded life in Amherst, Massachusetts.

What designer famously made the characters shown in The Nightmare Before Christmas and the Corpse Bride?

Who wrote “Frankenstein?”

Which U.S. president told a group of schoolkids that the White House was haunted by the ghost of Abraham Lincoln?

Sports: What was the primary position for hall of fame baseball player Cy Young?

Geography: Which state does NOT border Tennessee?

What is the main ingredient in a traditional witch's brew or potion?

What scary movie franchise begins its saga on Halloween night?

During fall, birds migrate in which direction?

Greek Mythology: Who navigated the labyrinth of King Minos of Crete and slew the minotaur?

What is another word for a saint or holy person?

Which city is the largest pumpkin producer in the US?

Math: Reduce 96/112 to simplest terms.

What color do the leaves of an aspen tree turn?

What character from “The Nightmare Before Christmas” is a burlap sack filled with spiders and insects?

When is Halloween thought to have originated?

What classic Halloween song features the lyrics, "It's close to midnight, and something evil's lurking in the dark"?

Xenobots are made from skin cells and this type of tissue that is striated.

In Germany, which festival is celebrated in the fall season?

An international festival of throat singing is held every other year in this capital of Tuva.

During fall, there is a Hindu celebration of lights. What is the festival called?

Finish the Lyric: “If there’s something weird and it don’t look good, who you gonna call?…”

Where is Transylvania, otherwise known as home to Count Dracula, really located?

What are used to keep away birds?

What is the fear of Halloween called?

How is Halloween commonly referred to?

History: Which president was in office when World War I was fought?

Are pumpkins technically a fruit or vegetable?

What is the most popular Halloween candy in America?

What were the original jack-o’-lanterns made from?

Finish the Lyric: “I was working in the…late one night, when my eyes beheld an eerie sight.”

What is the name of the cat in "Sabrina the Teenage Witch," which also happens to be a talking witch's familiar?

A collection of elegies was inspired by Goethe’s travels in 1768 and 1788 in what is now this country.

Complete the Chant: “Double, Double, Toil and…”

Which science fiction horror series from Netflix is set in the fictional town of Hawkins?

History: Who was the first governer of Tennessee?

How many pounds of candy corn are produced each year?

Name this composer whose 1835 grand opera “La Juive” is known in English as “The Jewess.”

What is the most popular Halloween costume in the US, according to Google?

According to the well-known song, which family is said to be “creepy, kooky, mysterious, and spooky?”

Mathematics: Given the statement, "If p, then q" identify the converse in terms of p and q.

Geography: Which is the state bird of Tennessee?

Less light in autumn decreases which pigment in leaves?

Who wrote "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?"

What was candy corn originally called?

Which author wrote the famous horror novel "Dracula"?

Which of the following is a Taylor Swift song?

A picture book by William Steig introduced this green ogre who rides a donkey to the castle of a “ghastly” princess.

Which film soundtrack features the song “This is Halloween?”

What town is the setting of many movies and TV shows related to Halloween, including Hocus Pocus?

What type of cat is historically considered bad luck?

Finish the Lyric: “Cause this is thriller, thriller night/ And no one’s gonna save you from the …”

Name this disease transmitted by the bite of an infected mammal.

In the movie “Hocus Pocus,” what song do the Sanderson sisters sing at the Halloween party?

Whose mask did Michael Myers wear in the original Halloween?

How many varieties of apples are there?

During the Autumn equinox, the daylight hours are the same as the dark hours.

What is the name of the main protagonist in the movie Scream?

Which vegetable got its name from ‘Pepon,’ meaning a large melon?

This lake, which is the largest alpine lake in North America, is between Nevada and California.

On average, what percentage of Americans carve a pumpkin for Halloween?

Name this solvent, a supercritical fluid used in many extraction methods, such as the decaffeination of coffee.