90 Halloween Trivia Questions for Your Halloween Party
Last updated: September 16, 2025 by Courtney
Halloween trivia is a perfect activity for spooky season! Now that I have a tiny human, Halloween has once again become more about trick-or-treating and kid friendly parties, which gives me a great opportunity to break out a Halloween trivia game. Just because you’re no longer a child (or don’t have any) doesn’t mean that you can’t embrace the all-hallows-eve spirit! Maybe you’re going to a party or throwing one yourself; either way, these Halloween trivia questions will start the night off right!
We’ve gathered our favorite 90 Halloween trivia questions for kids, adults, and everyone in between. Get ready to test your knowledge on Halloween history, customs, pop culture, and more! Skip to your favorite section or scroll to find our top Halloween trivia picks.
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Best Halloween Trivia Questions
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Q: What’s the name for a group of witches?
A: A coven.
Q: When did Charles Schulz’s famous Halloween special, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,debut on television?
A: Oct. 27, 1966.
Q: What were the names of the brothers who starred on the longest running supernatural show that concluded after 15 seasons in 2020?
A: Sam and Dean Winchester, played by Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki on the show Supernatural.
Q: But really, how many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?
A: Believe it or not, universities have studied this question. Purdue found it took 252 licks. The University of Michigan found it took 411 licks.
Q: What is the first country recorded to have used the phrase “trick or treat”?
A: Canada, 1927.
Q: What is another name for a werewolf?
A: Lycanthrope.
Q: What is the longest-running mystery cartoon (bonus points if you can name what year it piloted)?
A: Scooby-Doo! (1969)
Q: What character in the Addams Family is known for her long braids and stoic personality?
A: Wednesday Addams.
Q: What is the Mexican Day of the Dead Festival called?
A: Día de los Muertos.
Q: How often does a full moon fall on Halloween?
A: According to NASA, we are able to see a full moon every 19 years (on average). Fun fact, all Halloween full moons are considered to be blue moons (a term used for the second full moon of the month).
Easy Halloween Trivia for Kids
Double double toil and trouble! These Halloween trivia questions are made specially for kids.
Q: What’s the name of the big pot a witch uses?
A: A cauldron.
Q: Where would you go to find a real mummy?
A: The pyramids in Egypt.
Q: What does a magician say in order to perform a magic trick?
A: Abracadabra!
Q: When you go trick-or-treating, how many pieces of candy will you get from each house you visit (on average)?
A: Two.
Q: What is the only mammal with the ability to fly?
A: A bat.
Q: The human skeleton includes how many bones?
A: 206.
Q: Are pumpkins a fruit or a vegetable?
A: Fruit.
Q: What causes a werewolf to turn into a wolf?
A: A full moon.
Q: If this animal crosses your path it is considered bad luck.
A: A black cat.
Q: What flying animal is associated with a vampire?
A: A bat.
Q: Which Peanuts character believes in The Great Pumpkin in It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown?
A: Linus.
Q: Which vegetable is believed to repel vampires?
A: Garlic.
Q: What colors are associated with Halloween?
A: Orange and black.
Q: What does a witch ride around on?
A: A broom.
Q: What does a ghost say when it scares you?
A: Boo!
Q: What is a group of crows called?
A: A murder.
Halloween Movie Trivia (and Pop Culture!)
If you’re like me, you love a good horror movie like Dracula, The Shining, or even The Conjuring. I love everything supernatural (yes, even that show!), and if you do too, here’s your time to shine. Test your Halloween movie and pop culture knowledge with these Halloween trivia questions.
Q: We know him as Count Dracula, but what was the original name for Bram Stoker’s infamous vampire?
A: Count Wampyr. A page of Stoker’s notes actually contains the name Count Wampyr crossed out and replaced with Count Dracula.
Q: Mike Myers’ famous mask in Halloween is not what it seems. What was that mask originally?
A: The mask was a Captain Kirk mask that the production modified.
Q: Which horror movie from 1994 included co-stars Tom Cruise, Kirsten Dunst, and Brad Pitt?
A: Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles.
Q: Edward Cullen is the name of a vampire from which famous book and movie series?
A: Twilight.
Q: Which Shakespeare play is responsible for the quote “double, double toil and trouble?”
A: Macbeth.
Q: Which classic horror movie used the Oscar statuette as inspiration for its monster?
A: The Creature From the Black Lagoon.
Q: Before it was called “Thriller,” what was the name of this famous Michael Jackson song?
A: “Starlight.”
Q: What true story inspired the events of the movie Poltergeist?
A: The Herrmann House, 1958.
Q: Who wrote “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?”
A: Washington Irving, 1820.
Q: Which movie does Rotten Tomatoes rate as the scariest horror movie ever?
A: The Exorcist.
Q: What inspired Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein?
A: Lord Byron challenged Shelley and others to a horror writing competition in 1816. The competition resulted in Shelley writing Frankenstein.
Q: Who called Hocus Pocus one of her favorite roles of her career?
A: Bette Midler.
Q: Was the movie The Conjuring based on a true story?
A: Yes, it was loosely based on the true story of the Perron family.
Q: What famous paranormal researchers are part of the Conjuring universe?
A: Ed and Lorraine Warren.
Q: Who wrote the classic The Haunting of Hill House that inspired the Netflix series of the same name?
A: Shirley Jackson. The Haunting of Hill House was written in 1959, and inspired a loosely based series that premiered on Netflix in 2018.
Q: Who wrote the famous Halloween song “Monster Mash?”
A: Boris Pickett.
Q: What is the most commercially successful horror movie of all time?
A: It.
Q: Who inspired the serial killer in Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Psycho?
A: Ed Gein.
Halloween History Trivia
Halloween has been around a long time, but it is still relatively new in comparison to the tradition from which it stemmed. Are you ready to test your knowledge of the origins and history of our favorite spooky holiday?
Q: What celebration did the Irish and Scottish observe before Halloween came to be?
A: Samhain, a pagan festival to mark the end of summer.
Q: How did folks in New England protect themselves from dark spirits way back in the day?
A: They hid their shoes in the walls. They believed a personal item, like a shoe, had the “essence” of the wearer and could throw a spirit off their scent.
Q: In 1989, President George H.W. Bush told a group of children that which former president was haunting the White House?
A: He claimed it was Abraham Lincoln.
Q: The White House isn’t immune to Halloween. Who is believed to haunt the Rose Garden?
A: Some believe Dolley Madison, wife of James Madison and former first lady, haunts the Rose Garden.
Q: Which Roman goddess protected fruit trees, gardens, and orchards, and would often be shown with a cornucopia or platter of fruit?
A: Pomona.
Q: How did the practice of trick or treating begin?
A: The origins are murky. Some Celtic celebrations saw villagers dressing up and setting up banquets of food to appease malevolent spirits. In the Middle Ages, people dressed up as various creatures would receive food and drink in exchange for wacky antics. And back in 1,000 A.D., poor people would visit the wealthy to receive cakes in exchange for the promise that they’d pray for the souls of the rich folks’ dead relatives.
Q: What nearly caused cities to ban Halloween in the 1930s?
A: Back then, there were no treats, only tricks. And those pranks were getting so extreme that some American cities considered banning the holiday.
Q: When did we start celebrating Halloween here in the U.S.?
A: Early settlers brought the tradition over with them, so we were celebrating Halloween from the very start.
Q: Which vegetable did the Irish and Scottish carve up for Halloween instead of pumpkins?
A: Turnips.
Q: Who was the first First Lady to decorate the White House for Halloween?
A: Mamie Eisenhower, 1958.
Q: Name the haunted San Jose, CA, home that grew from 8 rooms to 160 rooms while owned by an eccentric rifle heiress.
A: Winchester Mystery House. This house started as a modest farmhouse, but from 1886 until her death in 1922, Sarah Winchester, made it her mission to continuously add onto her home. One of the scariest features in this labyrinth of a house were the stairwells (and doors) that led to absolutely nowhere.
Q: What U.S. city is known as the “Witchcraft Capital”?
A: Salem, Massachusetts.
Q: What medieval practice inspired trick-or-treating?
A: “Souling.”
Q: When was Halloween thought to have originated?
A: 4000 B.C.
Q: Why are bonfires a part of traditional Halloween celebrations?
A: They were believed to ward off evil spirits.
Halloween Candy Trivia
While I’m not a huge dessert fan, I am a big fan of candy. There’s just something about chocolate-covered treats (my favorite is a Snicker’s bar) that is so much better than a spongy cake. Test your sweet tooth on these tasty candy trivia questions!
Q: What was the weight of the largest pumpkin pie ever made?
A: 3,699 pounds.
Q: How many calories are in the typical trick-or-treater’s candy bag?
A: One estimate says each trick-or-treater’s bag contains almost 5,000 calories.
Q: How much candy corn is produced every year?
A: About 30 million pounds.
Q: What was the first company to start making “fun-size” candy bars for Halloween?
A: Curtiss Candy Company, which makes Butterfinger and Baby Ruth.
Q: What were the first-ever “fun-size” candy bars?
A: Snickers and Milky Way.
Q: How many types of Kit Kats flavors can you find in Japan?
A: Japan has more than 300 flavors of Kit Kats, including melon and cheese, royal milk tea, sake, and cherry blossom green tea latte.
Q: How much candy does the average American eat in a year?
A: About eight pounds.
Q: How many colors should you find in an average bag of M&Ms?
A: Six: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and brown.
Q: What is the most popular candy in America?
A: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups takes the crown!
Q: What is the least popular candy?
A: Circus Peanuts are widely reviled, even more so than candy corn.
Q: What was candy corn originally called?
A: Chicken Feed.
Q: What was the first wrapped penny candy in America?
A: Tootsie Roll. Created by Leo Hirschfield (1907) this candy was the first mass produced individually wrapped penny candy (cheap) in America.
Q: How is the “mystery flavor” Dum Dums lollipops made?
A: Rather than clean the machines out between flavor batches, the company will take the leftovers from flavors A and B and combine them to make the mystery flavor.
Q: From base to point, what are the three colors in traditional candy corn?
A: Yellow, orange, and white.
Q: What real-life jelly beans notoriously boast the most grotesque flavors (e.g., earwax, grass, dirt, liver, rotten egg, etc.)?
A: Harry Potter Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans.
Q: Roughly how much money did Americans dish out on candy in 2024?
A: Approximately $3.5 billion!
Halloween Trivia for Adults
Here are some of our more adult-oriented Halloween trivia questions that may help you stump your friends. This is a collection focused on obscure, fun questions that may not be suitable for kids, but are definitely suitable for a Halloween party!
Q: Are you required to disclose that your house is haunted when you sell it?
A: No, but there are some interesting laws in certain states. For example, in New Jersey, the seller must disclose “departed roommates,” but only if asked. In New York, you may have to disclose that your house is haunted if you’ve shared this opinion “to the public at large.”
Q: Approximately how much money did we spend on Halloween decorations last year (2024)?
A: About $3.8 billion.
Q: What do you call the night before Halloween?
A: That depends on where you live! New Jersey and Pennsylvania call it “Mischief Night” while Michigan calls it “Devil’s Night.” Some in Vermont and New Hampshire call it “Cabbage Night,” and in Arkansas you might hear “Devil’s Eve.” Some other names include gate night, trick night, and All Hallows Eve.
Q: Which state holds the distinction of playing host to the first citywide Halloween celebration in the entire country?
A: Minnesota.
Q: The last time we had a full moon on Halloween was 2020. When is the next time it will happen?
A: 2039.
Q: Where in the U.S. can you get in trouble for dressing up as a priest or nun on Halloween?
A: Alabama.
Q: What is the Guinness World Record for the most lit jack-o’-lanterns?
A: 30,581, displayed in the city of Keene, N.H., on Oct. 19, 2013.
Q: What percentage of Americans planned to celebrate Halloween in 2024?
A: More than 70%!
Q: Where can you find the biggest Halloween parade in the world?
A: New York City, where the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade is the largest event of its kind.
Q: Where is it illegal to use Silly String on Halloween?
A: Hollywood. Specifically, Beverly Hills.
Q: When did Spirit Halloween open its first store?
A: 1983.
Q: Count Dracula lives in Transylvania, which lies within the borders of which country?
A: Romania.
Q: What famous magician died on Halloween?
A: Harry Houdini.
Q: What phobia do you suffer from if you have an intense fear of Halloween?
A: Samhainophobia.
Q: How loud was the loudest scream recorded?
A: In 2000 a classroom assistant and mother of two, Jill Drake of Tenterden, Kent took the cake! Her scream matched the volume of a pneumatic drill at 129-decibels—just below 10 decibels of a jet engine.
Frequently Asked Halloween Trivia Questions
Do you have questions about how to use our amazing Halloween trivia questions? No tricks here! We have the answers you’ve been looking for. If you’re worried about how to incorporate trivia questions, whether trivia is for kids, or simply what else to do on Halloween night, you’ve come to the right place!
How Should I Use These Halloween Trivia Questions?
There are a ton of great ways to use our Halloween trivia questions. If you’re hositing your own party—or attending another—you can always whip out a few to keep the vibe light and cheerful. I know my friends and I love a good trivia session, especially if it’s themed!
If you’re a teacher, you could always organize a fun Halloween game time. Have your kids break into teams and work together to earn a delicious candy prize! Don’t worry, many of our questions are kid friendly, even if they’re not in the kids section—just make sure to read ahead of time so that you know they’re definitely age-appropriate.
What Are Some Other Halloween Party Activities?
Your Halloween party doesn’t need to begin and end with Halloween trivia. You could also incorporate classics, like bobbing for apples, charades, scary movies, pumpkin decorating, etc. If this is more of an adult gathering, you could tell scary supernatural stories, talk about a mystery podcast you heard recently, or maybe even tell a glitch in the matrix story.
If you want to take it to the next level, you could host a spooky murder mystery party, where all your guests dress up and fulfill certain roles while trying to solve a mystery. If there are little ones about, entertain them with Halloween coloring pages that will keep them engrossed for hours.
Halloween Coloring Pages
Looking for more fun Halloween activities as you get ready for trick-or-treating? Check out these spookily fun Halloween coloring pages, Monster Coloring Pages, and ghost coloring pagesin high-quality PDF format to download and print at home for your kids. Including pumpkins, ghosts, monsters, and more!
More Fall and Halloween Fun
Don’t let the fun end there. Here’s a ton more Halloween and fall activities to enjoy.
- Halloween Jokes
- Skeleton Puns
- Spider Puns
- Halloween Word Search
- Fall Word Search
- Bat Templates
- Pumpkin Carving Stencils and Templates
- Pumpkin Template
- Apple Template
- Candy Coloring Pages
- Fall Coloring Pages
- Trivia Questions for Kids
- Animal Trivia
