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100+ Halloween Trivia Questions for Kids (Free Printable List)
Test your knowledge of the spooky season with these Halloween trivia questions and answers, perfect for all ages!
Do you know when kids first started saying, “trick or treat,” or the most popular Halloween candy of all? Find out the answers to these questions and more in our epic collection of 90+ Halloween trivia questions for kids and families. You’ll find trivia on topics like Halloween history and traditions, pop culture, pumpkins, Halloween candy and monsters, with questions easy enough for preschoolers to answer and tricky enough to stump just about anyone!
Easy Halloween Trivia Questions for Preschoolers
What season is Halloween in?
Fall (or autumn)
What date is Halloween celebrated on?
October 31
How do you spell Halloween?
H-A-L-L-O-W-E-E-N
What colors are associated with Halloween?
Orange and black
What do you call a carved pumpkin?
A jack-o’-lantern
What do you say on Halloween when you go from house to house?
“Trick or Treat!”
What do people give you when you say, “Trick or Treat?”
Candy or other small treats
What do you wear when you go trick-or-treating?
A costume
Do pumpkins grow on trees?
No, they grow on vines
What spooky creature says, “Boo!”
A ghost
What do witches ride on?
Brooms
What creepy creature is wrapped in bandages?
A mummy
What scary creature has fangs and often wears a cape?
A vampire
What do you call a house where ghosts live?
A haunted house
What creature changes form when there’s a full moon?
Werewolf
Halloween Pop Culture Trivia Questions for Kids
In The Nightmare Before Christmas, who is the Pumpkin King?
Jack Skellington
In The Addams Family, what is Thing?
A disembodied human hand
Who is known as “The Friendly Ghost”?
Casper
Who waits all night in the pumpkin patch for The Great Pumpkin?
Linus
What song about “a graveyard smash” might you hear on the radio around Halloween?
The Monster Mash
Who is Jack Skellington’s love interest?
Sally
What family includes Morticia and Gomez?
The Addams Family
What Disney and Pixar movie features characters named Mike, Sulley, and Boo?
Monsters, Inc.
If there’s something strange in the neighborhood, who you gonna call?
Ghostbusters!
True or False: In Hocus Pocus, the last name of the three witch sisters is Simpson.
False (it’s Sanderson)
What does Charlie Brown get while trick-or-treating?
Rocks
Where does Jack Skellington live?
Halloween Town
Who lives in the Hotel Transylvania but dreams of seeing the outside world?
Dracula’s daughter, Mavis
In Monsters, Inc., what do monsters collect each night to provide power for their world?
Children’s screams
What is the name of the daughter in The Addams Family?
Wednesday
In Hocus Pocus, what does Mary Sanderson use instead of a broom?
A vacuum cleaner
What kind of pumpkin patch does Linus believe the Great Pumpkin prefers to visit?
- The darkest
- The prettiest
- The most sincere
- The biggest
Halloween Books & Literature Trivia Questions for Kids
What is unusual about Spookley the pumpkin?
He’s square instead of round.
What animals join the witch in Room on the Broom?
Cat, dog, bird, and frog
What costume does The Bad Seed ultimately choose in The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky?
A squirrel
Who is the main character in Creepy Carrots?
- Jasper Rabbit
- Bunnicula
- Roger Rabbit
- Bugs Bunny
What is Stumpkin the pumpkin missing?
A stem
What does The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything make from all the scary things she finds?
A scarecrow
What kind of creature is Dracula?
A vampire
True or False: Frankenstein is a monster.
False. Frankenstein is the name of the doctor who creates the monster.
What fictional vampire animal likes to suck the juice from vegetables?
Bunnicula
What is the name of the dog in The Hallow-Weiner?
Oscar
Halloween Candy Trivia Questions
What three colors traditionally appear on candy corn pieces?
Yellow, orange, and white
What candy’s slogan is “Taste the Rainbow”?
Skittles
True or False: One of the inventors of cotton candy was a dentist?
True!
What year were Hershey’s Kisses invented?
- 1893
- 1907
- 1941
- 1970
What is the difference between a 3 Musketeers bar and a Milky Way bar?
Milky Way contains caramel; a 3 Musketeers does not
Which of these is NOT a standard M&M’S flavor?
- Peanut
- Pretzel
- Almond
- Sour
What U.S. state produces the most chocolate?
Pennsylvania (home of Hershey)
What is the most popular Halloween candy in the U.S. according to a 2025 survey from Instacart?
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
What candy, first sold only at Easter, is now also available at Halloween in shapes such as ghosts and pumpkins?
Marshmallow Peeps
True or False: M&Ms got their name because people say, “Mmm, mmm!” when they eat them.
False. They were named for their creators, Forrest Mars and Bruce Murrie.
Halloween Trivia Questions About Pumpkins
True or False: Pumpkins are vegetables.
False (they’re actually fruits)
Pumpkins are one of the “Three Sisters” crops planted by some indigenous American cultures. What are the other two?
Corn and beans
How much did the heaviest pumpkin of all time weigh?
- 846 pounds, 7 ounces
- 1276 pounds, 2 ounces
- 3411 pounds, 1 ounce
- 2819 pounds, 4 ounces
What animal is the most common pollinator of pumpkins?
Bees
True or False: All pumpkins are orange.
False! They can also be green, yellow, white, blue, and other colors.
What state grows the most pumpkins?
Illinois
What Spanish word is another name for pumpkin seeds?
Pepitas
What is the name of the sport in which teams build devices to throw a pumpkin as far as possible?
Punkin Chunkin (Or Pumpkin Chunking)
Whose fairy godmother turned a pumpkin into a coach?
Cinderella
Where were pumpkins first grown?
In the Americas, including North America, Mexico, and Central America (as long as 10,000 years ago)
Halloween Trivia Questions About Witches, Ghosts, and Monsters
What is the name of the large pot that witches use to brew their potions?
Cauldron
True or False: Vampires are said to be able to turn into black cats.
False (they can supposedly turn into bats)
What ancient civilization is famous for making mummies?
Egypt
Which of these is NOT a way to protect yourself against vampires?
- Sunflower
- Garlic
- Holy water
- Silver bullet
What kind of animals are often associated with witches?
Black cats
True or False: A bat is a kind of bird.
False (bats are mammals)
What is a skeleton made of?
Bones
In The Wizard of Oz, how does Dorothy defeat the Wicked Witch of the West?
She throws water on her, causing her to melt.
Where does Count Dracula live?
Transylvania
Where are vampires said to sleep?
- In the woods
- On the floor
- In a coffin
- On the couch
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Funny Halloween Trivia Questions
What room will you never find in a ghost’s house?
Living room!
What’s a skeleton’s favorite instrument?
A trom-bone!
What game do monsters love to play?
Hide and shriek!
Why are ghosts bad liars?
You can see right through them!
What is a vampire’s favorite fruit?
Neck-tarines!
What did the zombie say after eating a clown?
“That tasted funny!”
How do you make a skeleton laugh?
Tickle its funny bone!
What does a ghost say when it sneezes?
Ahhhh-BOOO!
What kind of dog does a vampire have?
A bloodhound!
Why don’t skeletons eat candy?
They don’t have the stomach for it!
Halloween History & Traditions Trivia Questions
True or False: The word “Halloween” comes from All Hallows’ Eve.
True
What holiday follows Halloween on November 1?
All Saints’ Day
In the 1920s, what Halloween phrase did Canadian newspapers first report kids using?
“Trick or treat!” (Also, “tricks or treats!”)
How do people traditionally signal that they’re participating in Halloween trick-or-treat events?
By leaving their front porch light on
According to a 2019 YouGov poll, what percentage of parents admit to eating some of their child’s Halloween candy?
74%
True or False: There’s always a full moon on Halloween night.
False (There’s a full moon on Halloween every 18-19 years. The last one was in 2020, the next will be in 2039.)
What U.S. city holds the largest Halloween parade in the world?
New York City
What fruit do people traditionally “bob for” on Halloween?
Apples
True or False: Around 150 million Americans carve jack-o’-lanterns each year.
True
What phrase describes events where people gather in community spaces and give out Halloween candy to kids from their cars?
Trunk-or-Treat
Tricky Halloween Trivia Questions
Halloween has its origins in what country?
- Russia
- India
- Germany
- Ireland
What is the name of the ancient Celtic festival that later became Halloween?
- Samhain
- Saturnalia
- Beltane
- Nowruz
What do you call a group of witches?
- A school
- A coven
- A flock
- A cauldron
How many bones are in the skeleton of an adult human?
- 137
- 462
- 82
- 206
In the 1931 film starring Boris Karloff, what brought Frankenstein’s monster to life?
- A bolt of lightning
- Magic words
- A special potion
- The full moon
What Shakespeare play features The Weird Sisters, three witches famous for chanting, “Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble”?
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Macbeth
- Romeo & Juliet
- King Lear
What is a lycanthrope?
- A vampire
- A goblin
- A werewolf
- A zombie
Which of these was NOT one of the original Ghostbusters in the 1984 movie?
- Peter Venkman
- Ray Stantz
- Egon Spengler
- Louis Tully
Before pumpkins, what did people in Ireland and Great Britain carve into jack-o’-lanterns?
- Tree stumps
- Cantaloupes
- Turnips
- Balls of clay
The tradition of “guising,” or going from house to house in costume and receiving food or treats, goes back to what century?
- 15th
- 16th
- 17th
- 18th
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