100 Halloween Trivia Multiple Choice Questions With Answers

Ready to put your spooky knowledge to the test? These 100 Halloween trivia multiple choice questions cover traditions, pumpkins, candy, animals, movies, books, monsters, folklore, and some surprisingly tricky Halloween facts.

Every question includes four answer choices and the correct answer, making the collection easy to use for Halloween parties, classrooms, family game nights, work events, or a full trivia competition. Start with the easier rounds and save the hardest questions for the end.

100 Halloween Multiple Choice Trivia Questions With Answers

The questions are divided into ten themed rounds of ten. Use a single category for a short activity or combine several rounds to build a longer Halloween game.

  • Questions 1–10: Easy Halloween Trivia
  • Questions 11–20: Halloween History and Traditions
  • Questions 21–30: Pumpkins, Candy, and Halloween Food
  • Questions 31–40: Bats, Spiders, and Spooky Science
  • Questions 41–50: Halloween Movies and TV
  • Questions 51–60: Monsters, Books, and Folklore
  • Questions 61–70: Halloween Around the World
  • Questions 71–80: Halloween Words, Symbols, and Games
  • Questions 81–90: Halloween Literature and History
  • Questions 91–100: Hard and Tricky Halloween Trivia

Easy Halloween Trivia Questions — 1–10

  1. On which date is Halloween celebrated?
    1. October 30
    2. October 31
    3. November 1
    4. November 2

Answer: B. October 31.

  1. Which vegetable is most commonly carved into a jack-o'-lantern today?
    1. Potato
    2. Carrot
    3. Pumpkin
    4. Cabbage

Answer: C. Pumpkin.

  1. Which of these Halloween animals is a mammal?
    1. Bat
    2. Spider
    3. Raven
    4. Toad

Answer: A. Bat.

  1. How many legs does a spider have?
    1. Six
    2. Ten
    3. Twelve
    4. Eight

Answer: D. Eight.

  1. Which pair of colors is most strongly associated with modern Halloween?
    1. Red and blue
    2. Black and orange
    3. Green and white
    4. Pink and silver

Answer: B. Black and orange.

  1. When is All Saints' Day traditionally observed in Western Christianity?
    1. November 1
    2. October 30
    3. November 5
    4. December 1

Answer: A. November 1.

  1. Which fruit is traditionally used in the game of bobbing?
    1. Pears
    2. Oranges
    3. Apples
    4. Peaches

Answer: C. Apples.

  1. Botanically, what is a pumpkin?
    1. A root
    2. A fruit
    3. A grain
    4. A nut

Answer: B. A fruit.

  1. In older English usage, what is a “hallow”?
    1. A lantern
    2. A harvest field
    3. A ghost
    4. A saint or holy person

Answer: D. A saint or holy person.

  1. Día de Muertos is especially associated with which country?
    1. Mexico
    2. Ireland
    3. Canada
    4. Norway

Answer: A. Mexico. Día de Muertos is culturally distinct from Halloween.

Halloween History and Traditions — 11–20

Halloween history and traditions trivia questions

  1. Which Gaelic festival is commonly associated with the historical development of Halloween?
    1. Beltane
    2. Lupercalia
    3. Samhain
    4. Saturnalia

Answer: C. Samhain.

  1. What did traditional guisers commonly do while visiting homes?
    1. Wear disguises and perform for treats
    2. Sell pumpkins
    3. Plant crops
    4. Deliver letters

Answer: A. Wear disguises and perform for treats.

  1. What did the medieval custom known as “souling” involve?
    1. Carving lanterns
    2. Visiting homes and offering prayers in return for food
    3. Lighting fireworks
    4. Building scarecrows

Answer: B. Visiting homes and offering prayers in return for food.

  1. Which root vegetable was traditionally carved into lanterns in Ireland?
    1. Beetroot
    2. Carrot
    3. Parsnip
    4. Turnip

Answer: D. Turnip.

  1. Which legendary character is connected with one explanation for the jack-o'-lantern tradition?
    1. Stingy Jack
    2. Old King Cole
    3. Ichabod Crane
    4. Rip Van Winkle

Answer: A. Stingy Jack.

  1. Which immigrant communities helped popularize Halloween customs in North America?
    1. Only Greek immigrants
    2. Irish and Scottish immigrants
    3. Only Swedish immigrants
    4. Only Portuguese immigrants

Answer: B. Irish and Scottish immigrants.

  1. On which date is All Souls' Day traditionally observed in the Western Christian calendar?
    1. October 30
    2. October 31
    3. November 2
    4. November 5

Answer: C. November 2.

  1. The name Halloween developed from which older phrase?
    1. Harvest Moon Night
    2. All Hallows' Eve
    3. Festival of Lanterns
    4. Autumn Spirit Day

Answer: B. All Hallows' Eve.

  1. In the older spelling “Hallowe'en,” what does “e'en” mean?
    1. Evening
    2. Autumn
    3. Harvest
    4. Saint

Answer: A. Evening.

  1. Which British celebration takes place on November 5 and is distinct from Halloween?
    1. Boxing Day
    2. May Day
    3. Twelfth Night
    4. Bonfire Night

Answer: D. Bonfire Night.

Pumpkins, Candy, and Halloween Food — 21–30

Halloween pumpkin candy and food trivia questions

  1. Which candy was once marketed under the name “Chicken Feed”?
    1. Licorice
    2. Caramel chews
    3. Candy corn
    4. Chocolate drops

Answer: C. Candy corn.

  1. What are pepitas?
    1. Pumpkin seeds
    2. Dried apples
    3. Caramel pieces
    4. Spiced cookies

Answer: A. Pumpkin seeds.

  1. Pumpkins belong to which plant family?
    1. Rosaceae
    2. Cucurbitaceae
    3. Poaceae
    4. Fabaceae

Answer: B. Cucurbitaceae.

  1. Which pigment helps give many pumpkins their orange color?
    1. Melanin
    2. Keratin
    3. Hemoglobin
    4. Beta-carotene

Answer: D. Beta-carotene.

  1. Which statement about pumpkin spice is correct?
    1. It must contain fresh pumpkin
    2. It can contain no pumpkin at all
    3. It is made only from pumpkin seeds
    4. It means cinnamon only

Answer: B. It can contain no pumpkin at all.

  1. What is the process called when sugar is heated until it browns and develops caramel flavors?
    1. Caramelization
    2. Fermentation
    3. Distillation
    4. Pasteurization

Answer: A. Caramelization.

  1. Which part of a pumpkin plant can also be eaten in some cuisines?
    1. Only the root
    2. Only the woody stem
    3. The flowers
    4. None of the above

Answer: C. The flowers.

  1. Chocolate is produced from seeds of which plant?
    1. Vanilla orchid
    2. Coffee shrub
    3. Sugar cane
    4. Cacao tree

Answer: D. Cacao tree.

  1. Modern marshmallows take their name from which plant?
    1. Marsh mallow
    2. Mint
    3. Cacao
    4. Licorice

Answer: A. Marsh mallow.

  1. What typically coats a traditional candy apple?
    1. Whipped cream
    2. A hard sugar candy coating
    3. Peanut butter
    4. Marshmallow cream

Answer: B. A hard sugar candy coating.

Bats, Spiders, and Spooky Science — 31–40

Halloween bats spiders and spooky science trivia

  1. Which statement about bats is correct?
    1. They are birds
    2. They are blind reptiles
    3. They are mammals
    4. They are insects

Answer: C. They are mammals.

  1. Vampire bats are native to which broad region?
    1. The Americas
    2. Western Europe only
    3. Australia only
    4. Antarctica

Answer: A. The Americas.

  1. Approximately how far can some owls rotate their heads?
    1. 90 degrees
    2. 180 degrees
    3. 360 degrees
    4. 270 degrees

Answer: D. About 270 degrees.

  1. Which creature is an arachnid?
    1. Raven
    2. Scorpion
    3. Bat
    4. Mouse

Answer: B. Scorpion.

  1. What structures do spiders use to produce and release silk?
    1. Spinnerets
    2. Mandibles
    3. Gills
    4. Antennae

Answer: A. Spinnerets.

  1. How many bones are commonly found in an adult human skeleton?
    1. 180
    2. 196
    3. 206
    4. 226

Answer: C. 206.

  1. What does “nocturnal” mean?
    1. Living only underground
    2. Mainly active at night
    3. Unable to see color
    4. Sleeping all winter

Answer: B. Mainly active at night.

  1. A bat's wing contains elongated bones corresponding largely to which body parts?
    1. Toes
    2. Ribs
    3. Shoulders
    4. Fingers

Answer: D. Fingers.

  1. What do vampire bats feed on?
    1. Blood
    2. Only fruit
    3. Tree bark
    4. Flower petals

Answer: A. Blood.

  1. A pumpkin is a type of which food?
    1. Citrus fruit
    2. Winter squash
    3. Berry bush
    4. Root vegetable

Answer: B. Winter squash.

Halloween Movies and TV — 41–50

  1. What is the surname of the three witch sisters in Hocus Pocus?
    1. Sanderson
    2. Spellman
    3. Grimm
    4. Salem

Answer: A. Sanderson.

  1. Which masked killer is central to the Halloween film series?
    1. Freddy Krueger
    2. Michael Myers
    3. Jason Voorhees
    4. Ghostface

Answer: B. Michael Myers.

  1. Who directed The Nightmare Before Christmas?
    1. Tim Burton
    2. John Carpenter
    3. Henry Selick
    4. Wes Craven

Answer: C. Henry Selick.

  1. Which Peanuts character waits for the Great Pumpkin?
    1. Snoopy
    2. Charlie Brown
    3. Lucy
    4. Linus

Answer: D. Linus.

  1. What is the name of the teenage girl in Beetlejuice?
    1. Wednesday Addams
    2. Lydia Deetz
    3. Sarah Sanderson
    4. Veronica Sawyer

Answer: B. Lydia Deetz.

  1. What is the Ghostbusters' famous vehicle called?
    1. Ecto-1
    2. Ghostmobile
    3. Specter One
    4. G-1

Answer: A. Ecto-1.

  1. Who owns Hotel Transylvania in the animated film series?
    1. The Mummy
    2. The Invisible Man
    3. Count Dracula
    4. Frankenstein

Answer: C. Count Dracula.

  1. What is the name of Gomez and Morticia Addams's daughter?
    1. Sabrina
    2. Elvira
    3. Carrie
    4. Wednesday

Answer: D. Wednesday.

  1. What is another name for the Other Mother in Coraline?
    1. The Beldam
    2. The Specter
    3. The Hollow
    4. The Sanderson

Answer: A. The Beldam.

  1. Who is the Pumpkin King in The Nightmare Before Christmas?
    1. Oogie Boogie
    2. Jack Skellington
    3. Dr. Finkelstein
    4. Zero

Answer: B. Jack Skellington.

Monsters, Books, and Folklore — 51–60

Halloween monsters books and folklore trivia questions

  1. Who wrote the novel Dracula?
    1. Mary Shelley
    2. Oscar Wilde
    3. Bram Stoker
    4. Edgar Allan Poe

Answer: C. Bram Stoker.

  1. Who wrote Frankenstein?
    1. Mary Shelley
    2. Jane Austen
    3. Emily Brontë
    4. Ann Radcliffe

Answer: A. Mary Shelley.

  1. What personal name does Mary Shelley's novel give Frankenstein's creature?
    1. Adam
    2. No personal name
    3. Igor
    4. Henry

Answer: B. No personal name.

  1. Professor Van Helsing appears in which novel?
    1. Frankenstein
    2. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
    3. The Picture of Dorian Gray
    4. Dracula

Answer: D. Dracula.

  1. Who wrote The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?
    1. Washington Irving
    2. Nathaniel Hawthorne
    3. Herman Melville
    4. Edgar Allan Poe

Answer: A. Washington Irving.

  1. What is the first name of the schoolmaster in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?
    1. Victor
    2. Ichabod
    3. Abraham
    4. Edgar

Answer: B. Ichabod.

  1. In modern popular culture, which event is most commonly linked with werewolf transformation?
    1. A solar eclipse
    2. A thunderstorm
    3. A full moon
    4. A rainbow

Answer: C. A full moon.

  1. A banshee belongs primarily to the folklore of which country?
    1. Egypt
    2. Japan
    3. Mexico
    4. Ireland

Answer: D. Ireland.

  1. What word is commonly used for a gathering of witches in folklore?
    1. Coven
    2. Flock
    3. Herd
    4. Pack

Answer: A. Coven.

  1. What is the vampire in the 1922 film Nosferatu called?
    1. Count Dracula
    2. Count Orlok
    3. Count Karnstein
    4. Count Alucard

Answer: B. Count Orlok.

Halloween Around the World — 61–70

  1. Which celebration honors deceased loved ones and is especially associated with Mexico?
    1. Bonfire Night
    2. Samhain
    3. Día de Muertos
    4. Obon

Answer: C. Día de Muertos.

  1. What is an ofrenda in Día de Muertos traditions?
    1. A costume contest
    2. An altar or offering honoring the dead
    3. A carved pumpkin
    4. A fireworks display

Answer: B. An altar or offering honoring the dead.

  1. The historical region of Transylvania is located in which modern country?
    1. Romania
    2. Germany
    3. France
    4. Bulgaria

Answer: A. Romania.

  1. During which season does Halloween occur in the Northern Hemisphere?
    1. Spring
    2. Summer
    3. Winter
    4. Autumn

Answer: D. Autumn.

  1. Guy Fawkes Night is traditionally associated with which country?
    1. Mexico
    2. United Kingdom
    3. Japan
    4. Brazil

Answer: B. United Kingdom.

  1. Samhain is traditionally associated with the end of which season?
    1. Summer
    2. Winter
    3. Spring
    4. Monsoon season

Answer: A. Summer.

  1. Guising has particularly strong historical associations with which countries?
    1. Spain and Portugal
    2. Sweden and Norway
    3. Scotland and Ireland
    4. Italy and Greece

Answer: C. Scotland and Ireland.

  1. Which three observances are associated with Allhallowtide?
    1. Halloween, Christmas, and Epiphany
    2. All Hallows' Eve, All Saints' Day, and All Souls' Day
    3. Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas
    4. Samhain, Beltane, and May Day

Answer: B. All Hallows' Eve, All Saints' Day, and All Souls' Day.

  1. Which flower is especially associated with Día de Muertos traditions in Mexico?
    1. Marigold
    2. Tulip
    3. Lavender
    4. Daffodil

Answer: A. Marigold.

  1. Which Japanese observance honors ancestral spirits and is culturally distinct from Halloween?
    1. Setsubun
    2. Tanabata
    3. Hanami
    4. Obon

Answer: D. Obon.

Halloween Words, Symbols, and Games — 71–80

  1. What is a jack-o'-lantern?
    1. A type of candy
    2. A carved lantern
    3. A Halloween dance
    4. A ghost costume

Answer: B. A carved lantern.

  1. What is the large pot commonly associated with witches called?
    1. Cauldron
    2. Chalice
    3. Urn
    4. Kettle drum

Answer: A. Cauldron.

  1. What is the fear of spiders called?
    1. Acrophobia
    2. Claustrophobia
    3. Arachnophobia
    4. Nyctophobia

Answer: C. Arachnophobia.

  1. Which word describes an animal that is mainly active at night?
    1. Diurnal
    2. Arboreal
    3. Aquatic
    4. Nocturnal

Answer: D. Nocturnal.

  1. Which part of the human skeleton protects the brain?
    1. Skull
    2. Femur
    3. Pelvis
    4. Sternum

Answer: A. Skull.

  1. What are a spider's silk-producing structures called?
    1. Fangs
    2. Spinnerets
    3. Palps
    4. Antennae

Answer: B. Spinnerets.

  1. What does the “e'en” in “Hallowe'en” refer to?
    1. Harvest
    2. Saint
    3. Evening
    4. Autumn

Answer: C. Evening.

  1. In “All Hallows,” what are hallows?
    1. Ghosts
    2. Lanterns
    3. Harvest crops
    4. Saints

Answer: D. Saints.

  1. What name is used for October 30 in some regions where pranks are traditionally associated with the night?
    1. Mischief Night
    2. Spirit Day
    3. Lantern Night
    4. Harvest Eve

Answer: A. Mischief Night.

  1. Which food was traditionally associated with the custom of souling?
    1. Candy corn
    2. Soul cakes
    3. Caramel apples
    4. Pumpkin pie

Answer: B. Soul cakes.

Halloween Literature and History — 81–90

  1. Which Scottish poet wrote a poem titled “Halloween”?
    1. John Keats
    2. Lord Byron
    3. Robert Burns
    4. William Blake

Answer: C. Robert Burns.

  1. In what year was Bram Stoker's Dracula published?
    1. 1818
    2. 1886
    3. 1901
    4. 1897

Answer: D. 1897.

  1. In what year was Mary Shelley's Frankenstein first published?
    1. 1818
    2. 1843
    3. 1886
    4. 1897

Answer: A. 1818.

  1. Who wrote Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde?
    1. Bram Stoker
    2. Robert Louis Stevenson
    3. Arthur Conan Doyle
    4. H. G. Wells

Answer: B. Robert Louis Stevenson.

  1. In what year was Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde first published?
    1. 1897
    2. 1818
    3. 1886
    4. 1922

Answer: C. 1886.

  1. Which Edgar Allan Poe story features a narrator obsessed with the sound of a beating heart?
    1. The Tell-Tale Heart
    2. The Gold-Bug
    3. The Raven
    4. The Black Cat

Answer: A. The Tell-Tale Heart.

  1. What are the witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth often called?
    1. The Sanderson Sisters
    2. The Weird Sisters
    3. The Night Sisters
    4. The Three Shadows

Answer: B. The Weird Sisters.

  1. Sleepy Hollow is located in which U.S. state?
    1. Maine
    2. Massachusetts
    3. New York
    4. Virginia

Answer: C. New York.

  1. The historical region commonly associated with Count Dracula in popular culture is which of these?
    1. Transylvania
    2. Bavaria
    3. Normandy
    4. Tuscany

Answer: A. Transylvania.

  1. Who wrote “The Raven”?
    1. Washington Irving
    2. Bram Stoker
    3. Robert Louis Stevenson
    4. Edgar Allan Poe

Answer: D. Edgar Allan Poe.

Hard and Tricky Halloween Trivia Questions — 91–100

  1. Who directed the original 1978 film Halloween?
    1. Wes Craven
    2. John Carpenter
    3. George Romero
    4. Brian De Palma

Answer: B. John Carpenter.

  1. In what year was the original Hocus Pocus released?
    1. 1988
    2. 1996
    3. 1993
    4. 2001

Answer: C. 1993.

  1. In what year was Beetlejuice released?
    1. 1988
    2. 1984
    3. 1991
    4. 1995

Answer: A. 1988.

  1. Who directed the stop-motion film Coraline?
    1. Tim Burton
    2. Chris Columbus
    3. Sam Raimi
    4. Henry Selick

Answer: D. Henry Selick.

  1. In what year did It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown first air?
    1. 1972
    2. 1966
    3. 1959
    4. 1980

Answer: B. 1966.

  1. Casper the Friendly Ghost appeared before which of these?
    1. The 1995 live-action Casper movie
    2. Television was invented
    3. World War I
    4. The invention of cinema

Answer: A. The 1995 live-action Casper movie. The character appeared in animation and comics decades earlier.

  1. The Addams Family characters originally appeared in whose cartoons?
    1. Dr. Seuss
    2. Charles Schulz
    3. Charles Addams
    4. Walt Kelly

Answer: C. Charles Addams.

  1. What is the fictional Illinois town associated with Michael Myers?
    1. Woodsboro
    2. Crystal Lake
    3. Springwood
    4. Haddonfield

Answer: D. Haddonfield.

  1. What is the masked killer persona in the Scream franchise called?
    1. Ghostface
    2. The Shape
    3. Leatherface
    4. The Creeper

Answer: A. Ghostface.

  1. Who recorded the novelty song “Monster Mash”?
    1. Vincent Price
    2. Bobby “Boris” Pickett
    3. Alice Cooper
    4. Ray Parker Jr.

Answer: B. Bobby “Boris” Pickett.

Choose a Broader Halloween Trivia Game

Multiple Choice works well when you want every question to include clues, but some groups enjoy changing formats as the game progresses.

If you want to mix Multiple Choice with True or False and Fill in the Blank rounds, use the broader Halloween trivia questions with answers collection for a complete themed game.

Add a Halloween True or False Round

A quick True or False round makes a useful warm-up before the main Multiple Choice section. Players can answer rapidly, and the two-choice format helps everyone get involved before the harder questions begin.

For a dedicated set of statements, explore Halloween True or False questions.

Turn Halloween Multiple Choice Questions Into an Online Quiz

Multiple Choice works especially well online because every question has one prompt, several possible answers, and a clearly defined correct choice.

Use the Multiple Choice Quiz Maker when you want to turn your selected Halloween questions into a digital round.

Write Plausible Wrong Answers

Avoid distractors that are obviously ridiculous. The wrong options should sound possible enough that players need to know—or carefully think through—the correct answer.

Keep Each Question Focused on One Fact

A strong Multiple Choice question should test one clear piece of knowledge. Combining several claims in one prompt makes it harder to know what is actually being tested.

Mix the Correct Answer Positions

Do not place the correct answer in the same position repeatedly. Vary A, B, C, and D so players cannot guess from a pattern.

Use Halloween Multiple Choice Questions for Different Groups

For Halloween Parties

Use familiar movies, candy, pumpkins, costumes, monsters, and traditions. Keep most questions easy or medium so casual players can join without needing specialist knowledge.

For Classrooms

Choose questions about history, vocabulary, literature, animals, plants, and seasonal science. Multiple Choice gives students enough support to participate while still testing what they know.

For Family Game Nights

Mix easy questions for younger players with medium questions for adults. Avoid building the entire game around horror movies if several generations are playing together.

For Work and Team Events

Use broad Halloween topics and short question wording. If Halloween is only one round in a larger event, continue with random multiple-choice trivia questions for additional non-seasonal rounds.

For Competitive Trivia Nights

Start with recognizable Halloween traditions, then increase the difficulty with Gothic literature, older movies, folklore, historical dates, and less obvious cultural facts.

How to Build a 20-Question Halloween Multiple Choice Game

For a quick event, select 20 questions rather than using the entire collection at once.

  • 4 Easy Halloween questions
  • 4 History and traditions questions
  • 3 Pumpkins and candy questions
  • 3 Movies and TV questions
  • 2 Monsters and folklore questions
  • 2 Spooky science questions
  • 2 Hard final questions

Begin with familiar facts, increase the difficulty through the middle rounds, and keep the hardest two questions for the end.

How to Keep Halloween Multiple Choice Trivia Accurate

Separate History From Folklore

Ghost stories, vampires, witches, werewolves, and supernatural claims are part of Halloween culture, but folklore should be identified as folklore rather than presented as documented fact.

Avoid Oversimplifying Halloween Origins

Modern Halloween developed through several cultural and religious influences. Avoid claiming that every modern custom came directly from one ancient celebration.

Keep Día de Muertos Distinct From Halloween

Día de Muertos occurs near Halloween on the calendar, but it is a distinct cultural tradition with its own history, meanings, and practices.

Check Movie Credits Carefully

Directors, producers, writers, actors, and character names are easy to confuse. For example, Henry Selick directed The Nightmare Before Christmas, even though Tim Burton is closely associated with the film.

Avoid Time-Sensitive Answers

Questions about the most popular costume, current spending, recent box-office rankings, or world records can become outdated quickly. Use evergreen facts unless the year is clearly included.

Build Your Halloween Multiple Choice Game

These 100 Halloween trivia multiple choice questions with answers give you enough material for quick party rounds, classroom games, family activities, work events, or a complete spooky trivia night.

Choose the questions that fit your crowd, vary the difficulty, mix the correct answer positions, and use NineQuiz when you are ready to bring the game online.