100 Halloween Trivia Questions to Test Your Friends This Spooky Season

A Halloween party is usually great until the costumes come off and nobody knows what to do next. That is exactly what trivia night fixes. A well-run trivia round is free, works for any group size, and gets even quiet guests competing. Below are 100 ready-to-use Halloween trivia questions with the answers in parentheses, organized into six categories so you can build a balanced game. Want to skip the printing? Our Halloween Trivia Deck flips through them on screen with a 10-second timer built in.

How to run a Halloween trivia round in 5 minutes

• Split into teams of 2-4. Mixed-age teams work better than adults vs. kids.
• Pick 5-10 questions per round. Mix easy (kids) and hard (adults) so everyone scores.
• Go around the room. One answer per team; if they miss, the next team can steal the point.
• Bonus round for costumes. Teams earn an extra point for the best group costume.
• Keep it moving. 10 seconds max per question — use a timer, not politeness.

1. Easy trivia for kids (15 questions)

1. What do children say when they go door to door? ("Trick or treat!")
2. What do we carve at Halloween? (A pumpkin / jack-o'-lantern)
3. Which animal is a Halloween symbol that can fly? (A bat)
4. What orange and black candy is shaped like a kernel? (Candy corn)
5. What do you call the sheet-wearing spirit? (A ghost)
6. Which vegetable was originally carved before pumpkins? (A turnip)
7. What black animal is considered bad luck? (A black cat)
8. What monster is made from dead bodies and bolts? (Frankenstein's monster)
9. What monster drinks blood? (A vampire)
10. What monster turns into a wolf? (A werewolf)
11. What do witches fly on? (A broomstick)
12. What orange vegetable has a face cut into it? (Jack-o'-lantern)
13. What holiday do these questions celebrate? (Halloween)
14. What is the day after Halloween called? (All Saints' Day / November 1)
15. What do you bob for at Halloween parties? (Apples)

2. History and origins (15 questions)

1. Which ancient Celtic festival is Halloween rooted in? (Samhain)
2. What does "Hallow" mean? (Holy person / saint)
3. Halloween marks the eve of which Christian day? (All Saints' Day, Nov 1)
4. The Celts believed the boundary between this world and the next thinned on which night? (Samhain, Oct 31)
5. Which country is credited with originating dressing up in costumes? (Ireland)
6. "Guising" — children performing songs or tricks for food — was an early version of what? (Trick-or-treating)
7. The practice of carving jack-o'-lanterns originally used turnips and potatoes in which two countries? (Ireland and Scotland)
8. Which U.S. city is famously called the "Halloween Capital of the World"? (Salem, Massachusetts)
9. The word "witch" comes from an Old English word meaning what? (Wise woman)
10. Black cats were once believed to be what to witches? (Their familiars / companions)
11. Why did people wear costumes? (To disguise themselves from ghosts/spirits)
12. Trick-or-treating became widespread in the U.S. during which century? (The 20th century, mainly the 1950s)
13. The orange in Halloween colors represents what? (The harvest / autumn)
14. The black in Halloween colors represents what? (Death / the dark night)
15. Which U.S. First Lady famously decorated the White House for Halloween? (Nancy Reagan — modern White House Halloween parties trace to recent decades)

3. Halloween movies (20 questions)

1. What 1993 film features three witch sisters resurrected on Halloween? (Hocus Pocus)
2. Who plays Max, the teen who lights the black flame candle? (Omri Katz)
3. In "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown," what does Linus wait for every year? (The Great Pumpkin)
4. What is the name of Michael Myers' mask? (It's a modified William Shatner / Captain Kirk mask)
5. Which horror villain lives at 1428 Elm Street? (Freddy Krueger, A Nightmare on Elm Street)
6. What horror movie is famous for the line "They're here"? (Poltergeist)
7. In Beetlejuice, how many times must you say his name to summon him? (Three times)
8. What 1988 movie features a boy named Michael Myers as a toddler? (No — Jamie Lloyd in Halloween 4; classic answer: the first Halloween opens with six-year-old Michael)
9. Which 1990 film is based on a Roald Dahl novel about a boy who turns into a mouse? (The Witches)
10. In the movie "Hocus Pocus," what day of the year do the Sanderson sisters return? (Halloween)
11. What is the name of the hotel in The Shining? (The Overlook Hotel)
12. Which horror doll comes to life and is possessed? (Chucky / Annabelle)
13. What 1982 movie features an alien who wants to "phone home" but is often shown at Halloween? (E.T.)
14. In Scream, what is the killer's iconic mask called? (Ghostface)
15. Which Tim Burton film features a Pumpkin King named Jack? (The Nightmare Before Christmas)
16. What 1996 movie stars a witch, a werewolf, a vampire, and an invisible man? (The Monster Squad)
17. In "A Nightmare Before Christmas," what is Jack Skellington's nickname? (The Pumpkin King)
18. Which 1984 film tracks four scientists who trap spirits in New York? (Ghostbusters)
19. In "Beetlejuice," what is Beetlejuice's actual first name? (Betelgeuse, after the star)
20. Which 2017 film is about a clown named Pennywise? (It, based on Stephen King)

4. Folklore and superstitions (15 questions)

1. If you see a spider on Halloween, what is it said to be? (A loved one's spirit watching over you)
2. Why did people light candles inside carved turnips? (To guide or scare away spirits)
3. What does it mean if you stare into a mirror at midnight on Halloween? (You may see your future spouse — or a ghost, in lore)
4. According to superstition, what should you do on Halloween to ward off evil? (Wear your clothes inside out / walk backwards)
5. Witches were said to gather on which night? (Walpurgis Night or Halloween — Samhain is the Halloween answer)
6. The "banshee" wail is believed to warn of what? (Death in the family)
7. Why do we bob for apples? (An ancient love-divination game)
8. If a black cat crosses your path, what does old European lore say? (Bad luck — though sailors once believed the opposite)
9. What does a full moon on Halloween traditionally signal? (A night when ghosts walk the earth)
10. What is a "jack-o'-lantern" said to represent? (A trapped soul / a wayward spirit)
11. Why do houses put candles in windows on Halloween? (To welcome friendly spirits or guide costumed visitors)
12. The word "poltergeist" literally means what? (Noisy ghost)
13. Which fruit is traditionally linked to witches and broom lore? (The apple — also associated with divination)
14. What does it mean if you see an owl on Halloween night? (A sign of a spirit's presence, in folklore)
15. In Mexican Día de los Muertos, what do families build to welcome returning souls? (An ofrenda / altar)

5. Music and pop culture (15 questions)

1. Who performed the 1962 hit "Monster Mash"? (Bobby "Boris" Pickett)
2. Which Michael Jackson music video premiered as a short film in 1983? (Thriller)
3. "Thriller" features a famous narration by which horror icon? (Vincent Price)
4. Which 1984 song asks "I ain't afraid of no ghost"? (Ghostbusters, by Ray Parker Jr.)
5. What 1964 TV show featured a family of spooky characters? (The Addams Family)
6. Who played Grandpa Munster? (Al Lewis)
7. In The Addams Family, what is the disembodied hand called? (Thing)
8. What is Wednesday Addams' favorite thing? (Spiders / dark things — she famously loves raising spiders)
9. Which rock band released "Highway to Hell"? (AC/DC)
10. What 1995 movie features the line "It's just a bunch of hocus pocus"? (Hocus Pocus)
11. What candy is the best-selling Halloween candy in the U.S. most years? (Reese's Peanut Butter Cups)
12. Which animated franchise has an annual Halloween special? (Peanuts / It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown)
13. What do you call the fear of Halloween? (Samhainophobia)
14. "Somebody's watching me" is a 1984 hit by which artist? (Rockwell, featuring Michael Jackson)
15. Which pop star performed the song "Disturbia" with a spooky video? (Rihanna)

6. Tricky bonus round (20 questions for adults)

1. Which Shakespeare play features the line "Double, double toil and trouble"? (Macbeth — the witches' scene)
2. The modern jack-o'-lantern is associated with which legendary figure? (Stingy Jack)
3. What is the traditional night before All Hallows' Day called? (All Hallows' Eve → Halloween)
4. Which 1976 horror film set in a suburb stars a possessed girl named Regan? (The Exorcist)
5. What is the name of the fictional town in Hocus Pocus? (Salem, Massachusetts)
6. In "A Nightmare on Elm Street," what is Freddy Krueger's sweater colors? (Red and green stripes)
7. Which 1999 movie popularized found-footage horror? (The Blair Witch Project)
8. What does "día de los muertos" translate to? (Day of the Dead)
9. Which famous trial took place in Salem in 1692? (The Salem witch trials)
10. What is the highest-grossing horror movie of all time (unadjusted)? (It, 2017)
11. Who was the first "scream queen"? (Jamie Lee Curtis, from Halloween, 1978)
12. In which country did the "trunk-or-treat" tradition start? (The United States)
13. What is the fear of fear itself called? (Phobophobia — bonus: fear of Halloween is samhainophobia)
14. Which plant is a classic symbol of death and Halloween? (Mistletoe is Christmas — correct answer: black roses / yew)
15. In "The Nightmare Before Christmas," what holiday town does Jack discover? (Christmas Town)
16. What is the name of the Ghostbusters' car? (Ecto-1)
17. Which horror author wrote "The Shining" and "It"? (Stephen King)
18. The word "vampire" entered English from which language? (German)
19. Which famous phantom haunts the Paris Opéra? (The Phantom of the Opera)
20. What is the most commercially successful Halloween-themed movie of all time? (Halloween, 1978, in the franchise; Hocus Pocus is the family favorite)

Tips for a fair and fun game

• Read questions aloud twice. Nobody should lose points to a mumble.
• No phones. First team caught googling loses a point.
• Rotate who writes the answers. It keeps the host honest.
• Save the bonus round for last. It's the tiebreaker that decides the winner.

With 100 questions in the bag, you never have to survive that awkward post-dinner silence again. Mix them with a few more Halloween party games and you have a whole night planned.

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