Question 1

In what country did Halloween originate?

Accepted Answer

Ireland

Question 2

The tradition of carving a "jack o'lantern" is based on the story of Stingy Jack who trapped the Devil and was left to roam the earth as a ghost with a lump of coal in what carved out vegetable?

Accepted Answer

Turnip

Question 3

What are traditionally driven away by the celebration of Halloween?

Accepted Answer

Spirits

Question 4

What was the first horror movie to be nominated for an Academy Award?

Accepted Answer

The Exorcist

Question 5

Which comic strip helped trick or treating gain popularity in the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

Peanuts

Question 6

Why did people start dressing up in Halloween costumes?

Accepted Answer

To repel spirits

Question 7

Who was the first First Lady to decorate the White House for Halloween?

Accepted Answer

Mamie Eisenhower in 1958

Question 8

Why do some superstitious people wear clothes inside out on Halloween?

Accepted Answer

To see a witch  - Some superstitions state that if you wear your clothes inside out and walk backward on Halloween, you'll see a witch at midnight.

Question 9

When was Halloween first celebrated in the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

Around 1840s - Around the 1840s when there was a flood of Irish immigrants fleeing from the potato famine.

Question 10

When will be the next full moon happen on Halloween?

Accepted Answer

2039

Question 11

What is the highest grossing horror movie of all time?

Accepted Answer

It (2017)

Question 12

What creepy character said these words: "If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear" ?

Accepted Answer

Frankenstein's Monster

Ookie Spookie Halloween Trivia

2) The tradition of carving a "jack o'lantern" is based on the story of Stingy Jack who trapped the Devil and was left to roam the earth as a ghost with a lump of coal in what carved out vegetable?

3) What are traditionally driven away by the celebration of Halloween?

4) What was the first horror movie to be nominated for an Academy Award?

5) Which comic strip helped trick or treating gain popularity in the U.S.?

6) Why did people start dressing up in Halloween costumes?

7) Who was the first First Lady to decorate the White House for Halloween?

8) Why do some superstitious people wear clothes inside out on Halloween?

9) When was Halloween first celebrated in the U.S.?

10) When will be the next full moon happen on Halloween?

11) What is the highest grossing horror movie of all time?

12) What creepy character said these words: "If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear" ?