HARROWING

HALLOWEEN
TRIVIA
A frightfully fun question and answer game
Mechanics of the
game
1. Submit your answers in one minute.
2. Score honestly. Each correct answer carries 1 point.
3. No searching for answers online.
4. The quizmaster's decisions are final.
5. Have fun!
 Categories

Yes or No Fill in the Blanks

True or False Enumeration

Multiple Choice Video Question

 ROUND 1

EASY
ROUND
 YES OR NO

Halloween takes its origins from a pre-

Christian Celtic festival called Samhain, which
marked summer's end or the end of harvest.

Yes No
Yes. Samhain was celebrated with feasts and bonfires. It was
also believed to be a time when the barriers between the
physical and spirit worlds were down and people used to hide
behind disguises to protect themselves from evil spirits.

Yes No
 TRUE OR FALSE

Jack-o'-lanterns were originally

carved out of watermelons and not pumpkins.

True False
 The practice of making jack-o'-lanterns originated
from Ireland where they used large turnips and potatoes.

False
 ROUND 2

AVERA
GE
ROUND
 MULTIPLE CHOICE

What do you call

the irrational fear of clowns?

A Coimetrophobia

B Coulrophobia

C Clinophobia

D Cleithrophobia
The correct answer is Coulrophobia. The
word literally means "a fear of someone
who walks on stilts" and is the unofficial
term used to refer to the fear of clowns.

A Coimetrophobia

B Coulrophobia

C Clinophobia

D Cleithrophobia
 MULTIPLE CHOICE

Bram Stoker's original name

for Dracula was __________.
Bram Stoker's original name for Dracula was Count Wampyr. He later
changed it to Dracula after reading the book "An Account of the
Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia" by William Wilkinson.
 ROUND 3

DIFFIC
ULT
ROUN
D
 ENUMERATION

What are the full names of the four

Ghostbusters in the original 1984 movie?
Peter Venkman, Raymond Stantz, and Egon Spengler were scientists
investigating paranormal activity. Later on they recruited
Winston Zeddemore, a former Marine.

Peter Venkman Egon Spengler

Raymond "Ray" Stantz Winston Zeddemore

 VIDEO QUESTION

According to an old tradition, what will you see

at midnight if you turn your clothes inside out
and walk backwards on Halloween night?
A witch
CONGRATULA
TIONS
TO THE
WINNERS!
Have a spooky night!