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Halloween Quiz: 25 Questions From Easy to Terrifying
Halloween quiz with 25 spooky trivia questions for the whole family, from easy to terrifying: monsters, pumpkins, haunted legends, scary books and creepy animals. Do you know who Frankenstein really is, what people carved before pumpkins or how heavy the biggest pumpkin ever was? Play this…
- 27 questions
- 6 min
- 7 Easy
- 7 Medium
- 8 Hard
- 5 Genius
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Halloween Quiz: 25 Questions From Easy to Terrifying: questions and answers
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Why do bats sleep hanging upside down? To sleep deeper · To take off by dropping · To scare predators
To take off by dropping – Bat wings can't lift them off the ground, so they hang high and simply drop into flight!
What do people carve for Halloween? Pumpkins · Watermelons · Coconuts
Pumpkins
What do kids say at the door on Halloween? Happy harvest! · Knock knock! · Trick or treat!
Trick or treat!
On what date is Halloween? October 31 · October 13 · November 1
October 31
Which animal is a classic Halloween symbol? Black cat · Golden retriever · Goldfish
Black cat
Which monster is wrapped in bandages? Zombie · Mummy · Ghost
Mummy – Making an Egyptian mummy could take about 70 days!
What does a werewolf turn into? A wolf · A bat · A bear
A wolf
Halloween is short for… Holy Harvest Eve · All Hallows' Eve · Hollow Moon Night
All Hallows' Eve
Which country celebrates the Day of the Dead? Spain · Brazil · Mexico
Mexico – Families build colorful altars to remember loved ones!
In the book, who is Frankenstein? The monster · The village · The scientist
The scientist – The monster never even gets a name in the book!
How many colors does candy corn have? 2 · 3 · 4
3
How many eyes do most spiders have? 6 · 8 · 2
8
What is a group of witches called? A coven · A flock · A pack
A coven
Who wrote the novel Dracula? Stephen King · Edgar Allan Poe · Bram Stoker
Bram Stoker
In the novel, Count Dracula's castle is in… Transylvania · Bavaria · Sicily
Transylvania
What did the Irish carve before pumpkins? Carrots · Turnips · Cabbages
Turnips – Pumpkins took over in America: bigger and easier to carve!
Halloween grew from Samhain, a festival of the… Romans · Vikings · Celts
Celts
A pumpkin is technically a… Vegetable · Fruit · Root
Fruit – Like tomatoes, pumpkins grow from flowers and hold seeds!
How far can an owl turn its head? 180 degrees · 360 degrees · 270 degrees
270 degrees
Who wrote Frankenstein? Bram Stoker · Mary Shelley · Edgar Allan Poe
Mary Shelley – She started writing it at just 18 years old!
The Headless Horseman comes from which story? Legend of Sleepy Hollow · Dracula · Hamlet
Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Which famous magician died on Halloween 1926? Harry Houdini · Harry Blackstone · Howard Thurston
Harry Houdini
Jack-o'-lanterns are named after a legend about… Jack Frost · Jack the Giant · Stingy Jack
Stingy Jack – He tricked the devil and had to roam with a coal in a turnip!
What is the fear of Halloween called? Samhainophobia · Coulrophobia · Nyctophobia
Samhainophobia
The heaviest pumpkin ever weighed about as much as… A grand piano · A small car · A big dog
A small car
In which country did Mary Shelley start Frankenstein? England · Italy · Switzerland
Switzerland – A volcano wrecked the weather, so they stayed in telling ghost stories!
Which dwarf planet is named after the god of the underworld? Ceres · Pluto · Eris
Pluto