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115 Halloween Trivia Questions and Answers

Reviewed by Aleesha Rubinstein, Editor·Updated Sep 2026·14 min read

115 Halloween trivia questions with answers, in three tiers - an easy round for younger players, the history and traditions most people half-remember, and an expert set on the films and folklore.

Halloween Trivia - carved pumpkins and lit candles on a dark autumn forest floor

  1. 1What is the day before All Saints' Day, celebrated on 31 October, called?

  2. 2Which two colours are traditionally associated with Halloween?

  3. 3What is a carved, lit pumpkin called?

  4. 4What do children traditionally say when they knock on doors on Halloween?

  5. 5Which animal is most associated with witches?

  6. 6How many legs does a spider have?

  7. 7Which flying mammal is a Halloween symbol?

  8. 8What is the day after Halloween called?

  9. 9What colour is candy corn at its widest end?

  10. 10What is a group of witches called?

  11. 11Which Halloween creature is wrapped in bandages?

  12. 12What do people carve faces into at Halloween?

  13. 13Which sweet treat is made by coating an apple in a hard red shell?

  14. 14What do witches traditionally fly on?

  15. 15What is the name of the friendly cartoon ghost created in the 1940s?

  16. 16In 'Scooby-Doo', what breed of dog is Scooby?

  17. 17What is the vehicle in 'Scooby-Doo' called?

  18. 18What large pot do witches brew potions in?

  19. 19Which Halloween figure is made of straw and stands in a field?

  20. 20What word do people shout to startle someone?

  21. 21In 'It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown', who waits in the pumpkin patch all night?

  22. 22What is the fear of spiders called?

  23. 23Which month is Halloween in?

  24. 24What kind of creature is Dracula?

  25. 25Which plant is said to keep vampires away?

  26. 26What turns a person into a werewolf, according to legend?

  27. 27Botanically speaking, is a pumpkin a fruit or a vegetable?

  28. 28What is a baby bat called?

  29. 29Which Halloween game involves catching floating apples with your teeth?

  30. 30In 'The Addams Family', what is the name of the disembodied hand?

  31. 31What is the name of Gomez Addams's wife?

  32. 32Which bird is famous for saying 'Nevermore' in an Edgar Allan Poe poem?

  33. 33What colour is a classic ghost costume made from a sheet?

  34. 34Which US state produces the most pumpkins?

  35. 35What is the name of the pumpkin-headed king in 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'?

  36. 36How many candles are traditionally lit inside a jack-o'-lantern?

  37. 37What sound is a ghost said to make?

  38. 38Which sweet is shaped like a small tri-coloured cone?

  39. 39What do you call a house said to be occupied by ghosts?

  40. 40Which creature rises from the grave and shambles after the living?

  41. 41Which ancient Celtic festival marking the end of harvest influenced modern Halloween?

  42. 42How is the festival 'Samhain' pronounced?

  43. 43'Halloween' is a contraction of which longer phrase?

  44. 44Before pumpkins, which vegetable did the Irish and Scots carve into lanterns?

  45. 45In Irish folklore, which character was condemned to wander with a burning coal in a hollowed turnip?

  46. 46Which pope moved All Saints' Day to 1 November in the 8th century?

  47. 47Why did people originally wear costumes at Samhain?

  48. 48The word 'bonfire' derives from which two words?

  49. 49In the medieval practice of 'souling', what did the poor collect door to door?

  50. 50In which decade was the phrase 'trick or treat' first recorded in print in North America?

  51. 51What is the Scottish tradition of children going door to door in costume called?

  52. 52Which Irish Halloween fruit loaf traditionally hides a ring inside?

  53. 53What is the fear of Halloween called?

  54. 54Which Roman goddess of fruit and orchards is linked to bobbing for apples?

  55. 55Which famous escape artist died on Halloween in 1926?

  56. 56Who wrote the 1897 novel 'Dracula'?

  57. 57Which real historical ruler is often cited as an inspiration for Dracula?

  58. 58Who wrote 'Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus'?

  59. 59In Mary Shelley's novel, what is the creature's name?

  60. 60Who wrote 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'?

  61. 61What is the name of the schoolmaster pursued by the Headless Horseman?

  62. 62Which Shakespeare play opens with three witches?

  63. 63In 'Macbeth', the witches' brew begins with 'eye of newt and toe of' which creature?

  64. 64Which country's Day of the Dead is celebrated on 1 and 2 November?

  65. 65Which bright orange flower is used to guide spirits on Day of the Dead?

  66. 66What is another name for a werewolf?

  67. 67Which metal is traditionally said to kill a werewolf?

  68. 68Which 1962 novelty song became a Halloween standard?

  69. 69Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' video was directed by whom?

  70. 70Which horror actor narrated the spoken section of 'Thriller'?

  71. 71Who directed the 1978 film 'Halloween'?

  72. 72What is the name of the masked killer in 'Halloween'?

  73. 73Who is the villain of 'A Nightmare on Elm Street'?

  74. 74Which killer wears a hockey mask in the 'Friday the 13th' films?

  75. 75Who runs the Bates Motel in 'Psycho'?

  76. 76Which 1993 Disney film features the Sanderson sisters?

  77. 77Who directed 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'?

  78. 78In which film does a boy say 'I see dead people'?

  79. 79Which actor played Dr Frank-N-Furter in 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show'?

  80. 80Which character is known as the 'Mistress of the Dark'?

  81. 81Which item is banned in Hollywood on Halloween by city ordinance?

  82. 82Which children's horror book series was written by R. L. Stine?

  83. 83What charity box have American children carried on Halloween since 1950?

  84. 84In Britain, what is the night before Halloween often called?

  85. 85What should you traditionally do to see a witch on Halloween?

  86. 86Michael Myers's mask in 'Halloween' (1978) was a modified mask of which actor?

  87. 87Jamie Lee Curtis's mother starred in which earlier horror classic?

  88. 88What is the name of the vampire in the 1922 silent film 'Nosferatu'?

  89. 89Which actor played Dracula in the 1931 Universal film?

  90. 90Which actor played the creature in Universal's 1931 'Frankenstein'?

  91. 91Which actor starred as the title character in 'The Wolf Man' (1941)?

  92. 92What is the name of the hotel in Stephen King's 'The Shining'?

  93. 93What is the name of the clown in Stephen King's 'It'?

  94. 94Which 1968 film is credited with defining the modern zombie genre?

  95. 95Who directed 'Night of the Living Dead'?

  96. 96In which country's folklore does the zombie originate?

  97. 97What is the Isle of Man's name for its Halloween-season festival?

  98. 98What is the Welsh name for the night marking winter's start, equivalent to Halloween?

  99. 99What is the traditional Scottish Gaelic name for Halloween?

  100. 100Candy corn was originally sold in the 1880s under what name?

  101. 101In which year did the Salem witch trials take place?

  102. 102Roughly how often does a full moon fall on Halloween across all time zones?

  103. 103Which Irish dish of mashed potato and cabbage was traditionally served at Halloween with charms hidden inside?

  104. 104Which 1999 film was marketed as recovered footage of missing student filmmakers?

  105. 105Who directed the 2017 horror film 'Get Out'?

  106. 106Which Halloween-set horror anthology features a burlap-masked child called Sam?

  107. 107In 'The Nightmare Before Christmas', what is the name of the boogeyman villain?

  108. 108What are the eight seasonal festivals of the modern pagan wheel of the year called?

  109. 109Which sugar confection shaped like a skull is decorated for Day of the Dead?

  110. 110How many species of vampire bat actually exist?

  111. 111Bats are the only mammals capable of what?

  112. 112Which Edgar Allan Poe story features a corpse's heart beating beneath the floorboards?

  113. 113Which Romanian castle is most heavily marketed as 'Dracula's Castle'?

  114. 114After Christmas, Halloween is the largest commercial holiday in the United States by what measure?

  115. 115Which 1973 film about a possessed girl was nominated for Best Picture?

Answer Key

  1. 1. Halloween
  2. 2. Orange and black
  3. 3. A jack-o'-lantern
  4. 4. Trick or treat
  5. 5. A black cat
  6. 6. Eight
  7. 7. The bat
  8. 8. All Saints' Day
  9. 9. Yellow
  10. 10. A coven
  11. 11. A mummy
  12. 12. Pumpkins
  13. 13. A toffee apple (candy apple)
  14. 14. A broomstick
  15. 15. Casper
  16. 16. A Great Dane
  17. 17. The Mystery Machine
  18. 18. A cauldron
  19. 19. A scarecrow
  20. 20. Boo
  21. 21. Linus
  22. 22. Arachnophobia
  23. 23. October
  24. 24. A vampire
  25. 25. Garlic
  26. 26. A full moon
  27. 27. A fruit
  28. 28. A pup
  29. 29. Bobbing for apples
  30. 30. Thing
  31. 31. Morticia
  32. 32. A raven
  33. 33. White
  34. 34. Illinois
  35. 35. Jack Skellington
  36. 36. One
  37. 37. Woooo
  38. 38. Candy corn
  39. 39. A haunted house
  40. 40. A zombie
  41. 41. Samhain
  42. 42. SOW-in
  43. 43. All Hallows' Eve
  44. 44. The turnip
  45. 45. Stingy Jack
  46. 46. Gregory III
  47. 47. To disguise themselves from wandering spirits
  48. 48. Bone fire
  49. 49. Soul cakes
  50. 50. The 1920s
  51. 51. Guising
  52. 52. Barmbrack
  53. 53. Samhainophobia
  54. 54. Pomona
  55. 55. Harry Houdini
  56. 56. Bram Stoker
  57. 57. Vlad III, known as Vlad the Impaler
  58. 58. Mary Shelley
  59. 59. It has no name
  60. 60. Washington Irving
  61. 61. Ichabod Crane
  62. 62. Macbeth
  63. 63. Frog
  64. 64. Mexico
  65. 65. The marigold
  66. 66. A lycanthrope
  67. 67. Silver
  68. 68. 'Monster Mash'
  69. 69. John Landis
  70. 70. Vincent Price
  71. 71. John Carpenter
  72. 72. Michael Myers
  73. 73. Freddy Krueger
  74. 74. Jason Voorhees
  75. 75. Norman Bates
  76. 76. 'Hocus Pocus'
  77. 77. Henry Selick
  78. 78. 'The Sixth Sense'
  79. 79. Tim Curry
  80. 80. Elvira
  81. 81. Silly String
  82. 82. 'Goosebumps'
  83. 83. Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF
  84. 84. Mischief Night
  85. 85. Wear your clothes inside out
  86. 86. William Shatner
  87. 87. 'Psycho'
  88. 88. Count Orlok
  89. 89. Bela Lugosi
  90. 90. Boris Karloff
  91. 91. Lon Chaney Jr
  92. 92. The Overlook Hotel
  93. 93. Pennywise
  94. 94. 'Night of the Living Dead'
  95. 95. George A. Romero
  96. 96. Haiti
  97. 97. Hop-tu-Naa
  98. 98. Nos Galan Gaeaf
  99. 99. Oidhche Shamhna
  100. 100. Chicken Feed
  101. 101. 1692
  102. 102. Around once every 19 years
  103. 103. Colcannon
  104. 104. 'The Blair Witch Project'
  105. 105. Jordan Peele
  106. 106. 'Trick 'r Treat'
  107. 107. Oogie Boogie
  108. 108. Sabbats
  109. 109. The calavera
  110. 110. Three
  111. 111. True sustained flight
  112. 112. 'The Tell-Tale Heart'
  113. 113. Bran Castle
  114. 114. Consumer spending
  115. 115. 'The Exorcist'

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