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Quiz: All things spooky season

By NCS

Is that a chill you feel in the air or is it shivers down your spine? OoooOooOoOoooo….Spooky season is here! And it’s time to put your Halloween knowledge to the test, literally. From movies to traditions to dressing up, we’ve got it all and more! And as always, answers are below.

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QUESTIONS

1. What is the name of Wednesday’s brother in The Addams Family?
a) Gomez
b) Pugsley
c) Fester
d) Thursday

2. What is a carved pumpkin called?
a) Hall ‘o Ween
b) Will o’ Wisp
c) Spook o’ Spook
d) Jack o’ Lantern

3. True or false: If a black cat crosses your path on Halloween, you’ll receive good luck?
True
False

4. What is Jack Skellington in The Nightmare Before Christmas?
a) The Pumpkin King
b) The Spooky Sir
c) The Boney Chap
d) The Lord of the Lairs 

5. What is the fear of Halloween called?
a) Phasmophobia
b) Samhainophobia
c) Teraphobia
d) Coulrophobia

6. Who wrote the famously spooky set of Goosebumps books?
a) S. K. Williams
b) Jennifer Killick
c) R. L. Stine
d) Terry Deary

7. Which fruit would you traditionally bob for on Halloween?
a) Peaches
b) Apples
c) Bananas
d) Grapes

8. The three witches in Hocus Pocus are called Winifred, Mary, and?
a) Sabrina
b) Wanda
c) Sarah
d) Elphaba

9. Which celebrity is this, dressed as Mr Bean, for Halloween last year?

a) Jack Grealish
b) Maya Jama
c) Aitch
d) Amelia Dimoldenberg

10. According to superstition, what does it mean if you spot a spider on Halloween night?
a) Witches are nearby
b) It’s a fairy in disguise
c) You’ll have a whole year of bad luck
d) It’s a loved one’s spirit

Answers

1. The answer is b) Pugsley 
Pugsley Uno Addams to be precise! Pugsley loves inventing and generally causing chaos.

2. The answer is d) Jack o’ lantern 
A name going all the way back to mid-1800s Ireland, where a young boy named Stingy Jack thought he tricked the devil, but in return was condemned to an eternity of wandering the planet with only an ember of hellfire for light. 

3. The answer is True 
Well. Kind of. It actually depends where you are in the world! England, Ireland and Japan, yes good luck. America, Belgium, Spain, and Germany all think it’s bad!

4. The answer is a) The Pumpkin King
Not only is he the Pumpkin King, but also the patron saint of Halloween in Halloween Town, and he's immortal!

5. The answer is b) Samhainophobia 
Thankfully Halloween only comes once a year, so this phobia is hopefully quite manageable! Just don’t say BOO!

6. The answer is c) R. L. Stine
There are at least 180 Goosebumps books and apparently it only takes R. L. Stine three weeks to write one!

7. The answer is b) Apples
You could probably try bobbing for other fruit, but for the real deal bob-a-thon, you gotta do apples.

8. The answer is c) Sarah
Winifred, Mary, and Sarah, also known as the Sanderson sisters, were ‘the most powerful coven that ever lived’! 

9. The answer is d) Amelia Dimoldenberg
Why date celebs in chicken shops when you can just transform into one instead! 

10. The answer is d) It’s a loved one’s spirit
Spiders might be common, but on Halloween night? That means the spirit of a deceased loved one was watching over you! OOooOoOoooo…

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