Celebrate Halloween this year with these fun free Halloween trivia questions and answers!
Halloween is one of the biggest celebration nights of the year. We all love dressing up in our Halloween costumes, trick-or-treating and going to Halloween parties, don’t we? Here’s a great Halloween trivia quiz to test your knowledge of Halloween night and all its traditions. How many Halloween facts do you know? Find out now!
Question 1
Halloween has its origins in a Celtic festival called Samhain. What does Samhain mean?
Question 2
Guising is the fore-runner of which modern Halloween tradition?
Question 3
In which country did jack-o’-lanterns originate?
Question 4
Disney’s Halloween House was the original title of which popular Halloween movie?
Question 5
Which U.S. state produces more pumpkins than any other?
Question 6
Chicken Feed was the original name of which Halloween candy?
Question 7
Bobby “Boris” Pickett reached number 1 on the Hot 100 chart in 1962 with which song?
Question 8
What is the name of the antagonist in the 1978 movie Halloween?
Question 9
Which U.S. city throws the biggest Halloween parade?
Question 10
Which famous magician died on Halloween in 1926?
Question 11
What name is given the the night before Halloween?
Question 12
Which author wrote the detective novel Halloween Party?
Question 13
What were jack-o’-lanterns originally carved from before pumpkins were used?
Question 14
Which TV special based on the comic strip Peanuts first aired on October 27, 1966?
Question 15
Bram Stoker’s vampire Dracula was originally called what?
Question 16
According to Halloween tradition, what should you sprinkle on your doorstep to keep evil spirits out of your house on Halloween night?
Question 17
What is the fear of Halloween called?
Question 18
What is the meaning of the word Halloween?
Question 19
What name was given to the old Halloween tradition of going from door to door singing and collecting cakes to commemorate the dead?
Question 20
Halloween is the day on which the third most parties are held in the United States. On which two days are more parties held?
Question 21
What fruit is traditionally bobbed for at a Halloween party?
Question 22
Which English actor played Dr. Sam Loomis in the 1978 movie Halloween?
Question 23
According to Guinness World Records, which U.S. state is the world’s largest haunted house found?
Question 24
Who directed the Halloween movie Corpse Bride?
Question 25
According to superstition, what will you see if you stare into a mirror at midnight on Halloween?
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