Hallowe'en Pop Quiz!

I would like, if I may,
to take you on a strange journey.

- Rocky Horror Picture Show

Happy Hallowe'en boils and ghouls!

To get you in the mood for this festive season, I've got a fiendish Hallowe'en quiz for you today! I actually made it for a Zoom Hallowe'en party I'm hosting for a bunch of friends, but you're all very welcome to join in here! I compiled the questions from various online quizzes (and tried to fact-check the ones I was unsure of) and made up a few of them myself.

I tried to hide the text like a "spoiler" button, but it involved editing code so I'm afraid you'll have to just use the old school method of scrolling slowly, or holding a piece of paper up to the screen to hide the answers!

I hope you enjoy and feel free to use them for your own physically distanced Hallowe'en parties!

Hallowe’en Quiz 2020!

Round 1 (Folklore)

1)      What is the word Hallowe’en an abbreviation of?

All Hallows’ Eve (All Saint’s Eve)

2)      What is the day after Hallowe’en called?

All Soul’s Day

3)      What ancient Celtic festival did Halloween originate from?

Samhain – Summer’s End

4)      What is a group of witches called?

Coven

5)      Where does the tradition of wearing Hallowe’en costumes come from?

So Samana (the Celtic lord of the dead) and his Wild Hunt think you’re one of them. (to disguise yourself from evil spirits)

6)      According to modern-day Wicca, what is a male witch called?

A witch

7)      According to Celtic folk-lore, why is it dangerous to step into a ring formed of mushrooms?

The fairies might steal you away

8)      How do you kill a werewolf?

Silver (bullet) 

9)      From which geographical region does the word “zombie” originate?

West Africa (though they are most associated with Haitian folklore now)

10)   According to folklore, if you stare into a mirror at midnight on Hallowe’en, what will you see?

Your future husband or wife

Round 2 (Films)

1)      Who played the witches in the film Hocus Pocus (2 out of 3)

Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy

2)      Complete the sentence from a classic horror movie: "A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some ____ ____ and a nice chianti."

Fava beans (Silence of the Lambs)

3)      Which film has Morticia as one of its main characters?

The Addams Family

4)      What is the profession of Bruce Willis' character in The Sixth Sense?

psychologist

5)      Whose character is killed in the opening scene of 1996 slasher film Scream?

Drew Barrymore

6)      Michael Myers' mask in the Halloween franchise was famously made from a mask of which actor?

William Schatner 

7)      'The Curse of the Were-Rabbit' is a film starring which animated characters?

Wallace and Gromit

8)      How many Oscars was Psycho nominated for?

Four

9)      Which horror movie icon has the highest on-screen kill count?

Jason Vorhees (Friday the 13th series) – 151 kills in 11 movies!

10)   What is Lindsay Lohan’s character’s Hallowe’en costume in Mean Girls?

Bride of Frankenstein

Round 3 (Books)

1)      Who wrote Dracula?

Bram Stoker

2)      Upon which real historical figure is Dracula based? 

Vlad Tepes (the Impaler)

3)      Who wrote The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?

Washington Irving

4)      In The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, what is the protagonist’s name?

Ichabod Crane

5)      Who wrote Frankenstein?

Mary Shelley

6)      The full title of Frankenstein actually has a colon in the title followed by a subtitle, what is the subtitle?

Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus

7)      Who wrote The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde?

Robert Louis Stevenson

8)      What are the first names of Jekyll and Hyde?

Henry and Edward

9)      Who wrote The Phantom of the Opera (the musical)?

Andrew Lloyd Weber (Gaston Leroux wrote the book)

10)  What year did Phantom open on London’s West End?

1986 (Broadway was 1988).

 

Round 4 (Music)

Either the title of the song, or the movie / franchise it comes from…

<Play clips from YouTube>

1)      Monster mash

2)      Ghost Busters

3)      Jaws

4)      Exorcist

5)      Psycho

6)      Werewolves of London – Warren Zevon

7)      Twilight Zone

8)      Nightmare before Christmas

9)      Friday the 13th

10)   The Shining

 

Round 5 (Potpourri)

1)      How heavy was the world’s largest pumpkin?

2625 lbs = 1190kg

2)      When is the next time that Hallowe’en will fall on a full moon?

This year! 2020, then 2039.

3)       Residents of New Hampshire set a new world record for most carved and lit pumpkins - how many did they light simultaneously?

30 128

4)       In which country was the first written account of children using the phrase “trick or treat” on Hallowe’en?

Canada

5)      What were Jack O’Lanterns originally carved from?

Turnip

6)       Who is said to haunt the White House Rose Garden?

Dolly Madison

7)       Which famous magician died on Hallowe’en?

Harry Houdini

8)       Globally, what is the most popular candy bar at Hallowe’en?

Snickers

9)       In the US, where does Hallowe’en spending rank compared to other holidays?

Second (less than Christmas, but more than Valentine’s Day) 

10)   How many bones make up the human skull (not including teeth or those in the middle ear)?

22

So, how did you do? Learn anything? Let us know your favourite Hallowe'en trivia in the comments below. 

Happy Hallowe'en! I'll see you next week on The Art of Caesura!

Watching: The Haunting of Bly Manor - Mike Flanagan
Reading: Paradise Lost - John Milton


Next Week:

Aren't you a little short for an orc zombie?