1. Which Saturday Night Live character’s popularity earned him an animated Halloween special in 2017?

a. Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer

b. Gumby

c. Ed Grimley

d. David S. Pumpkins

2. Who performed the 1962 single “Monster Mash”?

a. The Zombies

b. The Trashmen

c. ? and the Mysterians

d. Bobby “Boris” Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers

3. Which of these is not a real place?

a. Halloweentown, Oregon

b. Pumpkin Center, Indiana

c. Frankenstein, Missouri

d. Tombstone, Arizona

4. Which of these films was not directed by Tim Burton?

a. Frankenweenie

b. Beetlejuice

c. Coraline

d. Edward Scissorhands

5. Pumpkins are not vegetables; they’re fruits. But, botanically speaking, which type of fruit?

a. Berry

b. Legume

c. Drupe

d. Citrus

6. Name the masked menace in the Halloween horror film franchise:

a. Ghostface

b. Jason Voorhees

c. Michael Myers

d. Freddy Krueger

7. The epic music video for Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” was directed by the filmmaker who also helmed which epic movie?

a. Star Wars

b. The Blues Brothers

c. Night of the Living Dead

d. The Shining

8. Which stage production is based on the infamous Salem witch trials?

a. Wicked

b. Long Day’s Journey Into Night

c. The Crucible

d. Les Misérables

9. Which 1932 film is regarded as the first feature-length zombie movie?

a. I Walked With a Zombie

b. White Zombie

c. Island of Lost Souls

d. Carnival of Souls

10. According to a 2021 survey, what percentage of Americans say they believe in ghosts?

a. 21 percent

b. 41 percent

c. 61 percent

d. 81 percent

11. What was the original name of Candy Corn?

a. Scary Corn

b. Sweet Corn

c. Chicken Feed

d. Bits of Terror

12. What Frank Sinatra song served as inspiration for the name Scooby-Doo?

a. “Somethin’ Stupid”

b. “That’s Life”

c. “Witchcraft”

d. “Strangers in the Night”

13. What’s the name of the hot-dog-eating green ghost who attacked Bill Murray in Ghostbusters?

a. Green Goblin

b. Specter

c. Gobbler

d. Slimer

14. What is the name of the disembodied hand on The Addams Family?

a. Nobody

b. Thing

c. Rollie Fingers

d. Mr. Hand

15. In 2025, this organization will celebrate 75 years of its trick-or-treat donation program, which has raised nearly $200 million for humanitarian aid:

a. United Way

b. UNICEF

c. The Salvation Army

d. Girl Scouts

16. The key symbol of Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a female skeleton in a fancy hat who goes by what name?

a. Marigold

b. La Catrina

c. La Danza

d. Mariposa

17. Jim Morrison, Oscar Wilde and Edith Piaf are among the famous residents in this most-visited cemetery in the world:

a. Père Lachaise Cemetery (Paris)

b. Hollywood Forever Cemetery (Los Angeles)

c. Highgate Cemetery (London)

d. St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 (New Orleans)

18. Which of these is not the name of a bone in the human skeleton?

a. Radius

b. Humerus

c. Sirius

d. Coccyx

SPOILER ALERT

WITTY & WISE ANSWERS

1. d, 2. d, 3. a, 4. c, 5. a, 6. c, 7. b, 8. c, 9. b, 10. b, 11. c, 12. d, 13. d, 14. b, 15. b, 16. b, 17. a, 18. c