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Halloween Jeopardy

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Round 1

Trick or Treat

$200
Halloween has roots in this ancient Celtic festival marking the end of harvest.
$400
Kids say this three-word phrase at the door to get candy.
$600
These carved, glowing pumpkins are a Halloween staple.
$800
The tradition of carving pumpkins comes from an Irish legend about a man named this 'Stingy' figure.
$1000
This soft, orange-white-and-yellow cone-shaped confection is a divisive Halloween treat.

Monsters

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Bram Stoker's famous 1897 novel introduced this Transylvanian count.
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This creature transforms from a human under a full moon.
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This undead creature rises from the grave and craves brains.
$800
In Mary Shelley's novel, this doctor creates a monster from body parts.
$1000
This blood-drinking creature is repelled by garlic and sunlight.

Scary Movies

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This 1978 John Carpenter film introduced masked killer Michael Myers.
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This 2017 film features a killer clown named Pennywise, based on a Stephen King novel.
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In 'A Nightmare on Elm Street,' this burned villain attacks kids in their dreams.
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This franchise features a killer named Ghostface who calls victims on the phone.
$1000
This 1973 film about a possessed girl and two priests is often called the scariest movie ever.

Costumes & Decor

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This pointy-hatted, broom-riding figure is a classic costume.
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You hang these eight-legged fake creatures and their webs for decoration.
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These flying nocturnal mammals are a spooky decoration mainstay.
$800
This green-faced potion-brewing container full of bubbling liquid is a witch's tool.
$1000
A simple last-minute costume can be made from a white sheet to look like this.

Spooky Season

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This 1993 Disney film features the Sanderson sisters, three witches resurrected in Salem.
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Halloween is celebrated on this date every year.
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This Tim Burton film features Jack Skellington discovering and hijacking a certain December holiday's town.
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Wandering through a labyrinth cut into a tall autumn crop field is a popular fall activity.
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This coffee-shop autumn drink, abbreviated 'PSL,' is flavored with a certain orange squash and warm baking seasonings.

Legends & Lore

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The decorated sugar or clay skulls of Day of the Dead are called these in Spanish.
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This decapitated ghostly rider gallops through Sleepy Hollow, hurling a pumpkin, in Washington Irving's tale.
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This mischievous act of covering a house and trees in white paper is a Halloween prank.
$800
In Mexico, this multi-day holiday around Nov. 1-2 honors deceased loved ones with altars.
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The 1938 radio broadcast that famously terrified listeners into thinking aliens invaded was 'The War of the' these.

Double Jeopardy

Trick or Treat

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The secular Scottish and Irish precursor to trick-or-treating, this activity required children to perform a song, poem, or joke to earn a reward.
$800
This medieval English practice involved poor people visiting homes to receive small, spiced sweet breads in exchange for prayers for the dead.
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Known as calaverita in parts of Mexico, this tradition involves children asking for a small sugar or chocolate version of this bone-chilling object.
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Often cited as a precursor to modern door-to-door candy collecting, this Thanksgiving tradition involved kids wearing masks and rags to beg for pennies.
$2000
To discourage vandalism in the early 20th century, some cities rebranded Halloween night by implementing this alternative, community-sanctioned name.

Monsters

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This Japanese spirit is a demon with a neck that can stretch to extreme, impossible lengths.
$800
Common in British mythology, this aquatic creature often takes the form of a horse to lure unsuspecting victims into deep water.
$1200
Scottish legend describes this skinless, two-headed, watery horror as one of the most malevolent creatures in the islands.
$1600
In Philippine folklore, this creature is a self-segmenting vampire that separates its upper torso to fly and hunt at night.
$2000
According to medieval European bestiaries, this bizarre creature was a lamb that grew directly from a plant.

Scary Movies

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For his performance in the 1941 classic 'The Wolf Man,' this actor endured a grueling six-hour makeup application process.
$800
Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 thriller broke taboos by being one of the first American films to show this specific bathroom fixture flushing.
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In the 1931 film 'Dracula,' this legendary actor's eerie, otherworldly aura was enhanced by the fact that he almost never blinked.
$1600
This 16th-century Danish report of a creature wearing a monastic habit is often cited in cryptozoology as a potential misidentified shark or squid.
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In this 1933 classic film, a chemist descends into madness after discovering how to turn himself transparent using a drug called monocane.

Costumes & Decor

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In 1958, this First Lady became the first to officially decorate the White House for the holiday.
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As a superstitious safeguard against evil spirits in early New England, families often hid these common leather items in their walls.
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The vibrant red pigment that colors autumn foliage—and gives trees their fall character—is known by this chemical name.
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While pumpkins now reign supreme, these root vegetables were the original medium used for carving glowing holiday faces.
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Early 20th-century Halloween masks, often made of paper or cardboard, were frequently referred to by this old-fashioned term for a disguise.

Spooky Season

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The Roman goddess of fruit and orchards, she is believed by some to be the ancient figure honored by modern October festivities.
$800
In various myths, the onset of fall is symbolically linked to this Greek goddess's annual descent into the underworld.
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In folklore, these dark-colored berries are often associated with vampires due to their deep, blood-red juice.
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This traditional autumnal activity involves using your mouth to retrieve a floating fruit from a basin of water without using your hands.
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Before it was a popular autumn activity, this game involving water and fruit was actually a British courting ritual for finding a future spouse.

Legends & Lore

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A popular, chilling urban legend about a murderous recluse who lived in the ruins of the Willowbrook State School inspired the documentary 'Cropsey'.
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An old wives' tale warns that if you perform this simple gesture toward the moon, the lunar orb will magically cut off your ear.
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This legendary group of musicians is the subject of a debunked urban legend claiming a statistically anomalous number of them died at age 27.
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In the urban legend of this mysterious, glowing phenomenon in Arkansas, a headless railroad worker is said to still search for his lost signal.
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This persistent urban legend claims that a brief call to emergency services and a quick hang-up can recharge a dying mobile battery.

Final Jeopardy · Halloween Origins

The name 'Halloween' is a contraction of this phrase meaning the evening before All Saints' Day.
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