70 free Disney Halloween trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
61 free Disney Halloween trivia questions with answers. Disney owns October. Between the Sanderson sisters, the Cromwell witches, Jack Skellington's Halloween Town, the Haunted Mansion's 999 happy haunts and a rogues' gallery of villains, the studio has spent almost a century making Halloween feel cosy rather than scary. This quiz covers all of it in fifty questions. Expect the big Halloween films (Hocus Pocus 1 and 2, the four Halloweentown movies, Twitches, Coco, Frankenweenie, The Haunted Mansion), the Disney Channel Original Movies that scared a generation (Under Wraps, Don't Look Under the Bed, Mr. Boogedy), the classic shorts (Lonesome Ghosts, Trick or Treat, The Skeleton Dance, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow), the villains, and the parks: Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party, Oogie Boogie Bash and the Haunted Mansion itself. It is family-friendly throughout, so it works for a Halloween party, a classroom or a movie-marathon night. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia and the films' own credits, and each question carries its source, so you can trust the answers when someone at the table argues.
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Q 01In which Massachusetts town do the Sanderson sisters return from the dead in Hocus Pocus?
Salem
The witches were hanged there in 1693, exactly 300 years before a teenager relights their candle.
Q 02What object does Max light to accidentally resurrect the witches in Hocus Pocus?
The Black-Flame Candle
The legend says it must be lit by a virgin on a Halloween that falls on a full moon, which is why the town skeptic is the one who does it.
Q 03Thackery Binx, cursed by the Sandersons in 1693, spends three centuries in what form?
A black cat
The curse makes him immortal so he must live forever with his guilt for failing to save his sister Emily.
Q 04In which month of 1993 was Halloween staple Hocus Pocus originally released to US cinemas?
July
The summer release is one reason it flopped first time round; Disney may have lost about $16.5 million on the theatrical run before home video turned it into a perennial.
Q 05Which future Shape of Water star plays the zombie Billy Butcherson in Hocus Pocus?
Doug Jones
Billy was Winifred's lover, poisoned by her in 1693 and dug up 300 years later with his mouth sewn shut.
Q 06Which High School Musical director made Hocus Pocus?
Kenny Ortega
The screenplay came from Mick Garris and Neil Cuthbert, and the project's darker working title was Disney's Halloween House.
Q 07Which song do the Sanderson sisters perform to enchant the adults at the town Halloween party?
I Put a Spell on You
Bette Midler's take on the Screamin' Jay Hawkins number has become the film's signature moment and gets restaged in the sequel.
Q 08Hocus Pocus 2 skipped cinemas and premiered where in 2022?
Disney+
It arrived on September 30, 2022, and Disney later reported it as the most-viewed film on the service at that point.
Q 09In Hocus Pocus 2, Becca accidentally conjures the Sanderson sisters on which birthday?
Her 16th
Whitney Peak plays the aspiring witch; the sequel was directed by Anne Fletcher rather than the original's Kenny Ortega.
Q 10Which Hollywood legend plays Grandma Aggie Cromwell in Halloweentown?
Debbie Reynolds
Reynolds played the witch grandmother in all four films; the first premiered on Disney Channel on October 17, 1998.
Q 11The town of Halloweentown was filmed in which US state, which still holds an annual celebration there?
Oregon
St. Helens and Scappoose stood in for the town during a 24-day shoot in May and June 1998.
Q 12What civic office does Kalabar, the villain of the first Halloweentown, hold?
Mayor
Robin Thomas plays him; his son Kal returns as the villain of the 2001 sequel Kalabar's Revenge.
Q 13What job does Benny the skeleton hold in Halloweentown?
Taxi driver
Rino Romano voiced the bony cabbie, one of the few characters to appear across multiple films in the series.
Q 21The Nightmare Before Christmas was the first animated film nominated for which Academy Award?
Best Visual Effects
It lost to Jurassic Park, which is a fairly good excuse.
Q 22Which Pee-wee Herman actor voices Lock, one of Oogie Boogie's trick-or-treaters?
Paul Reubens
Lock, Shock and Barrel are sent by Jack to kidnap Santa Claus, and promptly deliver him to their real boss instead.
Q 23Which pair of twin sisters star as the reunited witches in Twitches?
Tia and Tamera Mowry
The 2005 Disney Channel Original Movie is based on a Scholastic book series by H. B. Gilmour and Randi Reisfeld.
Q 14In Halloweentown II, Kal's curse turns the town's inhabitants dull and colourless. What is it called?
The Grey Spell
Daniel Kountz, who played Kal, said he had four or five auditions before landing the part.
Q 15In Halloweentown High, what was the fanatical order that once wanted to destroy all things magical called?
The Knights of the Iron Dagger
Marnie only wins the council over by mistakenly betting all the Cromwell magic that her exchange programme will work.
Q 16Who replaced Kimberly J. Brown as Marnie in Return to Halloweentown?
Sara Paxton
The 2006 film sends Marnie off to Witch University in Halloweentown; the recasting still annoys fans of the first three.
Q 17Who directed The Nightmare Before Christmas?
Henry Selick
Burton wrote the original poem in 1982 and produced, but he was busy with Batman Returns, so Selick spent three years directing the stop-motion shoot.
Q 18Who provides Jack Skellington's singing voice in The Nightmare Before Christmas?
Danny Elfman
The composer sang all of Jack's numbers himself, while Chris Sarandon handled the speaking lines.
Q 19Disney released The Nightmare Before Christmas under which label, thinking it too dark for kids?
Touchstone Pictures
The label was normally reserved for adult-oriented fare; Disney rereleased it under its own banner years later once it had become a hit.
Q 20Roughly how many different heads were made for the Jack Skellington puppet?
Around 400
The crew built 227 puppets in total, and swapping heads was how they gave a face with no skin every possible expression.
Q 24In Twitches, the twins are born on Halloween night in which magical dimension?
Coventry
Their birth names are Artemis and Apolla, after the deities of the moon and sun; a sequel, Twitches Too, followed in 2007.
Q 25Miguel's dog Dante in Coco is which hairless Mexican breed?
Xoloitzcuintle
In the Land of the Dead he becomes an alebrije spirit guide and sprouts wings.
Q 26Which song from Coco won the Academy Award for Best Original Song?
Remember Me
The film also took Best Animated Feature at the same ceremony, and it became the highest-grossing film ever released in Mexico.
Q 27After banning music, Miguel's great-great-grandmother Imelda starts what family trade in Coco?
Shoemaking
That is why the Riveras expect 12-year-old Miguel to make shoes instead of playing guitar like his idol Ernesto de la Cruz.
Q 28Tim Burton's 2012 Frankenweenie is a feature-length remake of a short he made in which year?
1984
The stop-motion remake keeps the black-and-white look and the plot: young Victor Frankenstein uses electricity to bring back his dog Sparky.
Q 29Which Oscar-winning actor voices Mr. Rzykruski, the eccentric science teacher in Frankenweenie?
Martin Landau
The character is a tribute to Vincent Price, and Landau had already won his Oscar playing Bela Lugosi in Burton's Ed Wood.
Q 30In the 2003 film The Haunted Mansion, Eddie Murphy's Jim Evers has what job?
Real estate agent
The plot hinges on him being invited to sell Gracey Manor; Rob Minkoff, co-director of The Lion King, directed.