Halloween Quiz

Most experts trace trick-or-treating to the European practice of “mumming,” or “guysing,” in which costume-wearing participants would go door-to-door doing what?

• Singing songs

• Begging

• Dancing

• Fighting

Halloween's Origins are __________________________

• German

• Celtic

• French

• Spanish

Halloween traces it roots to which festival?

• Beltane

• Yule

• Yggdrasil Day

• Samhain

In a few early American New England towns, Halloween was known as what?

• Cabbage Night

• Pumpkin Night

• Corn Night

• Potato Night

In Protestant England, where they don't acknowledge Catholic saints, Halloween became associated with what?

• Empire Night

• Guy Fawkes Night

• Boxing Day

• Candlemas Day

Which famous magician died on Halloween?

• Harry Houdini

• John Nevil Maskelyne

• David Copperfield

• Harry Blackstone Sr.

The Shining is based on a novel by which horror author?

• Anne Rice

• Bram Stoker

• Stephen King

• Edger Allen Poe

The first studio to show interest in A Nightmare on Elm Street was what?

• Warner Bros. Pictures

• 20^th Century Fox

• Universal Pictures

• Walt Disney Pictures

The original A Nightmare on Elm Street was the film debut of what future academy award nominee?

• Leonardo Di Caprio

• Johnny Depp

• Tom Cruise

• Keanu Reeves

In 1968's Night of the Living Dead, what did movie makers use as a substitute for blood?

• Chocolate Syrup

• Tomato Sauce

• Ketchup

• Barbecue Sauce