Halloween Quiz Questions and Answers

There are so many activities surrounding Halloween that there is hardly ever any time to stop and think of what's going on. There are parties, decorations, trick-o-treats and more. One of the more popular activities that are held during this time are the Halloween quizzes. These quizzes, it has been seen, have a wide platform for playing out. They can either be held at in schools as a Halloween activity for kids, or they can make an entrance at Halloween parties as one of the games. In the following article we will be giving you a bank of questions and answers that you can use as a part of your game plan and bring in some fun at the event.

Multiple Choice Questions

Here are some simple multiple choice Halloween trivia questions and answers that you can use for a quiz contest at a party or at school, depending on the scale of difficulty and the age group that you're dealing with.

On which day is Halloween celebrated?

• 31st October
• 1st October
• 30th October
• 15th October

What is another name for Halloween?

• The feast of the dead
• All Hallows Eve
• Samhain
• All the above

Before pumpkins, the Irish used what to carve the Jack o' lanterns out of?

• Potatoes
• Turnips
• Rutabagas
• All the above

'Lamb's Wool' a popular Halloween drink in the 18th Cent was made of milk and ....

• Chestnuts
• Grapes
• Apples
• Potatoes

When did the Celts celebrate their new year?

• 13th October
• 1st November
• 1st January
• 21st December

What is the phobia of Halloween called?

• Samhainophobia
• Hallophopbia
• Triskaphobia
• Eattomuchcandyophobia

Where do pumpkins grow?

• Vines
• Stalks
• Trees
• Bushes

What do guests at a Halloween party bob for?

• Apples
• Skulls
• Turnips
• Oranges

What does the word 'Hallow' mean??

• Spook
• Spirit
• Sin
• Saint

Which priests first celebrated Halloween?

• French
• Druids
• Christians
• Romans

Which country celebrates Halloween by eating sweet skulls?

• Italy
• Scotland
• Mexico
• Aboriginal Australia

Which Halloween custom began as a way of finding out who would get married first?

• Trick or treating
• Making the best jack o' lantern
• The first to stroke a witches cat at midnight on Halloween
• Bobbing for apples

What is a group of witches called?

• Convoy
• Commune
• Cauldron
• Covern

What is a male witch called?

• Warlock
• Witchman
• Halloweenie
• There's no such thing

Which actor in 'Ghostbusters' was also a co-writer of the film?

• Dan Akroyd
• Rick Moranis
• Ernie Hudson
• Bill Murray

Who sings the song, Monster Mash?

• Billy Ray Cyrus
• Frank Sinatra
• Bobby Pickett
• Frankie Avalon

Who wrote Frankenstein?

• Mary Shelly
• Percy Shelly
• Elizabeth Lunt
• Bram Stoker

What was Dr. Frankenstein's first name?

• Francois
• Boris
• Victor
• Schweitzer

Every Halloween, which character does Charlie Brown help his friend Linus wait for to appear?

• St. Peter
• The Grinch
• Dracula
• The Great Pumpkin

Answers to Multiple Choice Questions

1. 31st October
2. All Hallows Eve
3. All the above
4. Apples
5. 1st November
6. Samhainophobia
7. Vines
8. Apples
9. Saint
10. Druids
11. Mexico
12. Bobbing for apples
13. Covern
14. Warlock
15. Dan Akroyd
16. Bobby Pickett
17. Mary Shelly
18. Victor
19. The Great Pumpkin

Various Questions

Here are some other questions and answers that have to do with the general theme of spook, horror and Halloween.

Who directed Mary Shelley's Frankenstein?
- Kenneth Branagh

According to the movie, who fathered 'Rosemary's Baby'?
- The Devil

In which decade was 'The Exorcist' first released?
- 1970s'

Which Hitchcock movie featured feathered attackers ?
- The Bird

Which British studios were famous for their horror movies featuring stars such as Cushing and Lee?
- Hammer

Which 1978 movie shares its name with the spooky 31st October?
- Halloween

Which Sissy played the title role in Carrie ?
- Spacek

Who directed and starred in Psycho 3 in 1986?
- Anthony Perkins

What was the first name of Dracula actor Lugosi?
- Bela

What was the sequel to Scream called?
- Scream 2

In which Dracula movie did Anthony Hopkins play Professor van Helsing?
- Bram Stoker's Dracula

Who wrote the screenplay of 'The Exorcist'?
- William Peter Blatty

On which street was there a nightmare in the 1980s' movie series?
- Elm Street

Now that you have an extensive list of some of the best Halloween quiz questions and answers, all you have to do is arrange for a party and include it as one of the Halloween party games for adults. The questions aren't really easy to be used for kids, but they will make for a very interesting adult game. And only a true fan of the horror will be able to get most of these right. So start playing and let the fun times roll.