Halloween

Question 1

Which Celtic festival, celebrated around November 1, is associated with returning spirits?

Accepted Answer

Samhain

Answer

Imbolc

Answer

Lughnasadh

Answer

Beltane

Question 2

Who directed the 1993 stop-motion film The Nightmare Before Christmas?

Accepted Answer

Henry Selick

Answer

Joe Dante

Answer

Tim Burton

Answer

Wes Craven

Question 3

In which year did the infamous Salem witch trials begin?

Accepted Answer

1692

Answer

1702

Answer

1672

Answer

1682

Question 4

Which U.S. state contains Sleepy Hollow, the village associated with the Headless Horseman?

Accepted Answer

New York

Answer

Pennsylvania

Answer

Massachusetts

Answer

Connecticut

Question 5

How many living bat species feed exclusively on blood?

Accepted Answer

Three

Answer

Five

Answer

One

Answer

Seven

Question 6

In Bram Stoker's Dracula, which ship carries the count to Whitby?

Accepted Answer

Demeter

Answer

Pequod

Answer

Hispaniola

Answer

Hesperus

Question 7

According to Irish folklore, who wanders with a burning coal inside a carved turnip?

Accepted Answer

Stingy Jack

Answer

Jack o' Kent

Answer

Spring-heeled Jack

Answer

Jack Frost

Question 8

Who wrote Carmilla, the influential vampire novella first published in 1872?

Accepted Answer

Sheridan Le Fanu

Answer

Robert Louis Stevenson

Answer

Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Answer

Wilkie Collins

Question 9

Which actor played Count Orlok in the original 1922 film Nosferatu?

Accepted Answer

Max Schreck

Answer

Emil Jannings

Answer

Conrad Veidt

Answer

Werner Krauss

Question 10

Which pumpkin pigment can the human body convert into vitamin A?

Accepted Answer

Beta-carotene

Answer

Zeaxanthin

Answer

Lycopene

Answer

Lutein