Halloween- Round 1
1. Which Gaelic festival marks the harvest season ending and winter beginning? Answer: Samhain
2. According to superstition, if an unmarried person looks into a mirror on Halloween night what might they see in the mirror? Answer: Their future spouse or a skull if they will die before they will be able to marry
3. Considered evil by some cultures, which type of animals are thought to be witches? a. Dogs b. Cats c. Owls d. Frogs e. Ravens
Answer: Owls
4. Medieval stone carvers and architects placed what on buildings to ward off evil spirits? Answer: Gargoyles
5. According to superstition, a person born on Halloween is said to have the ability to… a. see into the future b. see and talk to spirits c. hear what other people are thinking Answer: see and talk to spirits
6. Which famous magician died on Halloween? Answer: Harry Houdini
7. What were Jack-o'-Lanterns originally carved from? Answer: Turnips
8. What celestial event will happen on Halloween 2020 for the first time in 19 years? Answer: A blue moon (October's second full moon)
9. In order to keep evil spirts out of your house on Halloween night, what might you sprinkle on the doorstep of your home? Answer: Salt
10. Which 2 countries popularised Halloween costumes for ‘trick-or-treating’? Answer: Scotland and Ireland
11. What is the collective noun for a group of witches? Answer: Coven
Film and TV – Round 2
1. What was ‘The Munsters’ address? Answer: 1313 Mockingbird Lane
2. What horror movie was the first American film ever to show a toilet on screen? Answer: Psycho
3. What was the first horror movie to be nominated for an Academy Award? Answer: The Exorcist
4. Which science fiction horror series from Netflix is set in the fictional town of Hawkins? Answer: Stranger Things
5. What are the names of the three sisters in the film ‘Hocus Pocus’ and the lighting of what brought them back to life? Answer: Winifred, Sarah, and Mary Sanderson and the black flame candle
6. Which horror film kills someone by making them eat too much? Answer: Se7en
7. What scary movie shows the main character writing a book with the only words being “all work and no play makes jack a dull boy” repeatedly? Answer: The Shining
8. “It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again” is a line from which unsettling horror movie? Answer: Silence of the Lambs
9. Dr. Frank-n-Furter of the Rocky Horror Picture Show was played by which actor? Answer: Tim Curry
10. What are the names of the man and woman who lead the paranormal investigation in the ‘The Conjuring’ horror movie? Answer: Ed and Lorraine Warren
Film and TV Music- Round 3
Quizmaster- play as much or as little of each song as you need to help the teams guess the movie or tv show that the songs belong to. Print the following page without answers if you are playing with teams.
Follow this link to access the playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/70FiYcnkWpFhFQ6Qc4iog1?si=RU- i_5HgRqKsD5fAWOTgbw
1 Coraline 2 Practical Magic 3 The Exorcist 4 Harry Potter 5 Psycho 6 Corpse Bride 7 Dark Shadows 8 Chilling Adventures of Sabrina 9 The Munsters 10 The Haunting of Hill House 11 The Curse of Chucky 12 Coco 13 American Horror Story 14 Rocky Horror Picture Show 15 The Twilight Zone 16 The Walking Dead 17 The Phantom of the Opera 18 The Addams Family 19 It Follows 20 The Omen 21 Bewitched 22 Stranger Things 23 Hocus Pocus 24 The X Files 25 Dexter
Film and TV Music- Round 3
Team name: Score:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Literature- Round 4
1. According to Roald Dahl, which 6 things help you to spot a real witch? Answers: 1. They always wear gloves (no fingernails- they have cat like claws and wear gloves to hide them) 2. They are as 'bald as a boiled egg'. They always wear wigs that look like real hair. 3. They have large nose-holes (which help them to smell and hunt children) 4. Their eyes change colour 5. They have no toes (limp) 6. They have blue spit (tinge of blue on their tongue or teeth).
2. The 2020 Netflix original series ‘Ratched’ is inspired by which classic 1962 novel? Answer: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s nest
3. R.L. Stine wrote which spooky book series? Answer: Goosebumps
4. What is the name of the eldest Baudelaire child in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events? Answer: Violet
5. What is the name of Slytherin house's patron ghost? Answer: The Bloody Baron
6. The Haunting of Hill House Novel inspired the Netflix original series of the same name. Name the author of the original novel. Answer: Shirley Jackson
7. Who write the classic novel ‘Dracula’? Answer: Bram Stoker
8. What was the name of the clown in Stephen King’s ‘It’? Answer: Pennywise
9. The character Ichabod Crane is found in which spooky tale? Answer: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
10. In the 1983 horror novel ‘The Woman in Black’ by Susan Hill, what is the name of the house in which the character Kipps encounters the Woman in Black? Answer: Eel Marsh House
Point building Character Round 5- Cut out these Character names, fold them up and put them in a bowl. Taking turns- describe or draw the Character to the other players OR print the following page for each team and either describe them yourself or let the players take turns.
1. Jack Skellington 2. The Other Mother 3. Cruella Deville 4. Annabelle
5. Victor Frankenstein 6. Pennywise 7. Candyman 8. Edward Scissorhands
9. Dracula 10. Harley Quinn 11. Chief Brody 12. Valak
13. Boogie Man 14. Jason Voorhees 15. Van Helsing 16. Dexter
17. Jacob Marley 18. Morticia Adams 19. Carrie White 20. Frank N Furter
21. Corpse Bride 22. Eleven 23. The Phantom 24. Peter Venkman
25. Coraline 26. Voldemort 27. Velma Dinkley 28. Pale Man
29. Freddy Krueger 30. Lydia Deetz 31. Cheshire Cat 32. Shaun Riley
33. Michael Myers 34. The Witch of the West 35. The Devil 36. Regan
37. Winifred Sanderson 38. Chucky 39. Mojo Jojo 40. Clarice Starling
Point Building Character Round 5: Name that character
Team Name: Score: 1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7. 8.
9. 10. 11. 12.
13. 14. 15. 16.
17. 18. 19. 20.
21. 22. 23. 24.
25. 26. 27. 28.
29. 30. 31. 32.
33. 34. 35. 36.
37. 38. 39. 40.
Halloween Anagrams – Round 6 (Answers) Give a copy of the following page to each player or team.
1. ahinmas samhain
2. amucknv ripping pumpkin carving
3. greetsquo grotesque
4. arte rick tort trick or treat
5. boetorc october
6. biemoz zombie
7. mksrobotic broomstick
8. ivepram vampire
9. Bongil goblin
10. dalesnc candles
11. carcowers scarecrow
12. nightuna haunting
13. hocspy psycho
14. bcbowse cobwebs
15. emrectye cemetery
16. elknotes skeleton
17. mrnotes monster
18. gyro gory
19. bicdullgordon bloodcurdling
20. cckid wewith wicked witch
Halloween Anagrams – Round 6
1. ahinmas
2. amucknv ripping
3. greetsquo
4. arte rick tort
5. boetorc
6. biemoz
7. mksrobotic
8. ivepram
9. Bongil
10. dalesnc
11. carcowers
12. nightuna
13. hocspy
14. bcbowse
15. emrectye
16. elknotes
17. mrnotes
18. gyro
19. bicdullgordon
20. cckid wewith
SCORES Team Name Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6
Total Scores: Winning Team: