Q 01/05

Which ancient Celtic festival is considered one of the origins of modern Halloween traditions?

A) Beltane

B) Imbolc

C) Lughnasadh

D) Samhain

Answer · why

D) Samhain

Samhain marked the end of the harvest, when the dead were thought to return home; people lit hilltop bonfires and wore disguises so the ghosts would n...

Q 02/05

What vegetable was originally used to carve jack-o'-lanterns in Ireland?

A) Pumpkin

B) Cabbage

C) Parsnip

D) Turnip

Answer · why

D) Turnip

Turnip lanterns recall Stingy Jack, the trickster of Irish legend sent to roam the night with a burning coal in a carved-out turnip; immigrants to Ame...

Q 03/05

Which author is credited with writing the novel 'Dracula'?

A) Mary Shelley

B) Edgar Allan Poe

C) H.P. Lovecraft

D) Bram Stoker

Answer · why

D) Bram Stoker

Bram Stoker wrote Dracula while holding down a day job: the Dublin-born author managed London's Lyceum Theatre for the actor Henry Irving for almost t...

Q 04/05

Which actor, the screen's 1931 Count Dracula, was buried in his Dracula cape and ring?

A) Boris Karloff

B) Bela Lugosi

C) Lon Chaney Jr.

D) Christopher Lee

Answer · why

B) Bela Lugosi

Contrary to popular belief, he never asked to be buried in the cloak; the choice was made by his family.

Q 05/05

The zombie of modern horror comes from the folklore of which Caribbean country?

A) Jamaica

B) Cuba

C) Haiti

D) Barbados

Answer · why

C) Haiti

Haiti's zombie is a corpse revived by a bokor, a sorcerer, to serve as a slave with no will of its own; the belief is thought to have taken shape amon...