31/10/2024
📌 In 2018 I compiled a six round Halloween Quiz for one of my regular pub quizzes. Here it is below (without the picture or music rounds). 👽☠️💀👿👹🤡
As it was 6 years ago some of the questions / answers may be out of date. NO answers included - feel free to submit answers / guesses in 'comments'
Round 1 - General Knowledge
1. The popular Halloween party game bobbing, also known as ‘dooking’ in Scotland requires a large tub or basin of water and which fruit
2. Which country celebrates Dia De Mu***os (Day of the Dead) annually from October 31st to November 2nd.
3. Which London based film production company are famed for their horror movies and use a distinctive brand of stage blood known as Kensington Gore.
4. 2 Part Question: True or False: a) Steven King’s novel ‘The Shining’ was originally called ‘Halloween Hotel’. b) A quarter of all the Candy sold annually in the U.S. is purchased for Halloween – a true fact – but true or false – Canadian actor John Candy was born on Halloween.
5. ‘They’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious and spooky, they’re altogether ooky’ is the opening lyric of which television show’s theme song.
6. ‘From ghoulies and ghosties and long-leggedly beasties, and things that go bump in the night, good lord, deliver us!’ is a traditional prayer from which country of the UK.
7. What is the name of the former attraction at Madame Tussauds in London which was an exhibition of waxworks of notorious murderers and other infamous historical figures.
8. ‘Hallowe’en’ is the title of the tenth chapter of which 1997 fantasy novel.
9. 4 Part Question: All Saints: All Saints’ Day, also known as All Hallows’ Day falls on November 1st. The British girl band All Saints had five UK number one singles (including a double A-side). Five of these six singles have two-word titles – I’ll provide the first word to four of them and you provide the second word to complete the full song title.
a) Never . . . . b) Black . . . . c) Lady . . . . d) Pure . . . .
10. 6 Part Question: Ghosts:
a) Which actor plays a ghost in the 1990 movie ‘Ghost’. b) Which ‘Friendly’ ghost has uncles named Fatso, Stinky and Stretch. c) In which video arcade game are there four multi-coloured ghosts named Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde. d) The Ghost Festival, also known as the Hungry Ghost Festival or Yulan Festival is held during the seventh month of which country’s calendar . e) Which multimedia messaging app has a logo named ‘Ghostface Chillah’. f) Ghost Clown, Snow Ghost, Ghostly Gondolier and Ghost of Redbeard are villains that have appeared in which American animated television show.
Round 2 - General Knowledge
1. Which toy company’s Halloween Set 40020 consists of a Bat, Ghost and Pumpkin mini builds.
2. 2 Points: Which two colours are traditionally associated with Halloween.
3. Which 1973 American supernatural horror film is the only horror film to be nominated for ten Academy Awards and the first to be nominated for Best Picture.
4. In Irish mythology what is the name of the female spirit that heralds the death of a family member, usually by wailing or shrieking.
5. In which BBC supernatural comedy-drama television series do a ghost, a werewolf and a vampire share a house.
6. The Jonathan Corwin House, known as the Witch House is a building in which Massachusetts city.
7. At which North Yorkshire seaside town with a Count Dracula association have Goths gathered annually since 1994 for a weekend near Halloween.
8. ‘Hallowe’en Party’ is a 1969 work of detective fiction by which British author.
9. 4 Part Question: Multiple Choice:
a) What is Bogyphobia the fear of – Humphrey Bogart, the Bogeyman or golf. b) According to a 2018 report from the National Retailer Federation, 30 million Americans will spend $140 million on what this Halloween – costumes for their pets, candy or pumpkins. c) Which of these is part of the Monster Cereals breakfast cereal line produced by the General Mills Corporation in North America – Boo Berry, Phantom Pops or Spooky Charms. d) In Hollywood what toy is banned on only October 31st – Fireworks, Silly Putty or Silly String
10. 6 Part Question: Haunted:
a) The ghosts of Al Capone, Robert ‘Birdman’ Stroud and other notorious notables are said to haunt which former American federal penitentiary.
b) Which legendary coaching house in Cornwall is said to be one of the most haunted pubs in Britain and inspired a novel by Daphne du Maurier. c) The haunted house as an American cultural icon can be attributed to the opening of the Haunted Mansion in 1969 at which California theme park. d) The Talbot Hotel in Oundle, Northamptonshire boasts a staircase that was once in nearby Fotheringhay Castle. The hotel is said to be haunted by someone who walked down that staircase on her very last journey. Who is she. e) Which former Blue Peter presenter is the presenter of the paranormal reality television series ‘Most Haunted’. f) 2 Points: Which two of Henry VIII’s wives are said to haunt Hampton Court.
Round 3 - Mystery Round - Pumpkins
1. Pumpkins are now commonly used to carve jack-o’-lanterns at Halloween but which root vegetable was the main predecessor of the pumpkin.
2. 50/50: Is a pumpkin a fruit or a vegetable.
3. In which folktale is a pumpkin turned into a carriage.
4. What is the only continent on which pumpkins do not grow.
5. 2 Part Question: Food & Drink: a) Which coffee house chain introduced the Pumpkin Spice Latte in 2003. b) Which American company introduced the Pumpkin Cheesecake ice cream flavour in 2007.
6. According to the lyrics of a children’s nursery rhyme which ‘pumpkin eater, had a wife but couldn’t keep her’.
7. What is the biggest pumpkin producing country in the world.
8. Which repeated word provides the title of the first UK top 10 single for the American band The Smashing Pumpkins.
9. 2 Part Question: Film: a) Which British actor plays a character with the nickname ‘Pumpkin’ in the movie Pulp Fiction. b) Which 1964 movie is the only one with the word ‘pumpkin’ in its title to receive an Oscar nomination.
10. What sport is played at Pumpkin Ridge in North Plains, Oregon, USA.
11. The Great Pumpkin is an unseen holiday figure in which comic strip, first published in 1950.
12. 2 Part Question: Actors / Actresses: a) The Pumpkin Diamond, discovered in 1997, is a diamond weighing 5.54 carats that was later set in a ring. Which actress wore the ring to the 2002 Oscars where she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Monster’s Ball. b) David S. Pumpkins is a fictional character played by which Oscar-winning American actor and first appeared in an October 2016 episode of ‘Saturday Night Live’.
13. Two Shakespeare plays mention pumpkins, one of which is set in England and the other Navarre in Spain. Name either play.
14. Which American singer, musician, activist and filmmaker founded Barking Pumpkin Records in 1980 and named it after his wife’s smokers cough when she tried to quit the habit.
15. Which ghostly Pokemon character resembles a pumpkin carved into a jack-o’-lantern.
Round 4 - General Knowledge
1. Which British television series of the late 1960s and early 1970s was given the title ‘My Partner the Ghost’ in America and ‘El Detective Fantasma’ (The Phantom Detective) in Spain.
2. Which bird is associated with Halloween because in Medieval Europe they were thought to be witches and to hear their call meant someone was about to die.
3. 4 Points: ‘Horror’ Film Titles: A round on movies with the word ‘Horror’ / ‘Horrors’ in their titles
a) In The Rocky Horror Show, what dance are we urged to do, again and again. b) In which 1979 supernatural horror film based on Jay Anson’s book of the same name do a couple purchase a home haunted by combative supernatural forces. c) In the 1986 film ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ a nerdy florist shop worker finds out that what type of plant can speak. d) Which American rapper plays the character Devon in the 2006 film ‘Hood of Horror’.
4. Trick or Treating was brought to America by the Irish, where it became popular in the early 20th century. However, it experienced a temporary decline during WW2, due to the rationing of what commodity.
5. The Simpsons Halloween Specials are a series of animated specials within the animated series. By what three-word name are they commonly known.
6. 4 Points: Sports Stars Born On Halloween: A round on sports stars born on October 31st.
a) Which current ‘A Question of Sport’ captain was born on October 31st 1972. b) Born on October 31st 1985, what nationality is the former alpine skier F***y Chmelar. c) Which footballer who plays as a forward for Manchester United and England was born on October 31st 1997. d) Born on October 31st 1989, the Jamaican athlete Warren Weir won a bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics in which track event.
7. Which city in Northern Ireland has been called the best Halloween destination and plays host to the world famous Banks of the Foyle Halloween Carnival.
8. On All Hallow’s Eve, a Requiem Mass is widely attended every year at Uppsala Cathedral, part of the Lutheran Church of which European country.
9. According to Google the most popular Halloween costume in the U.S. in 2017 was that of which superhero.
10. 6 Part Question: Witches In Literature:
a) The Three Witches are characters in which William Shakespeare play.
b) Who wrote the 1983 children’s fantasy novel ‘The Witches’.
c) Room on the Broom, which tells the story of a kind witch and her cat, is a 2002 children’s book by which author. d) How is a young witch named Mildred Hubble referred to in a series of children’s books by Jill Murphy. e) In L. Frank Baum’s ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’ how does the Wicked Witch of the East die. f) C. S. Lewis’s White Witch uses which confection to lure Edmund Pevensie when he enters Narnia.
