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Halloween Jeopardy

Two Halloween boards: a not-at-all-scary one for children aged 6 to 11, and a trivia night for adults about where Halloween comes from, jack-o’-lanterns, monsters and classic horror stories.

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Halloween Jeopardy questions and answers

2 boards. Each clue with its answer, easiest at the top of each category. DD marks the Daily Double.

Kids

Halloween Jeopardy for kids

Pumpkins, costumes, animals of the night, autumn and Halloween films and books, for ages 6 to 11.

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Pumpkin patch

  1. 100A pumpkin carved with a face and lit up from insideWhat is a jack-o’-lantern?
  2. 200The colour of most pumpkinsWhat is orange?
  3. 300Pumpkins grow on these long, creeping stems along the groundWhat are vines?
  4. 400Because it grows from a flower and holds seeds, a scientist calls a pumpkin this, not a vegetableWhat is a fruit (a berry)?
  5. 500Before pumpkins, children in Ireland and Scotland carved lanterns from this root vegetableWhat is a turnip (a swede or mangel-wurzel)?

Costumes and trick-or-treating

  1. 100The three words children say at the door to ask for sweets on HalloweenWhat is “trick or treat”?
  2. 200A costume that shows all the bones of the bodyWhat is a skeleton?
  3. 300A pointy black hat and a broomstick go with this costumeWhat is a witch?
  4. 400A costume wrapped from head to toe in bandages, like the pharaohs of ancient EgyptWhat is a mummy?
  5. 500In Scotland and Ireland, going door to door in costume and telling a joke or singing for a treatWhat is guising?

Animals of the night

  1. 100The only mammal that can flyWhat is a bat?
  2. 200The number of legs a spider hasWhat is eight?
  3. 300This night bird can turn its head up to 270 degreesWhat is an owl?
  4. 400DDMaking squeaks and listening for the echoes to find food in the dark is a skill called thisWhat is echolocation?
  5. 500Spiders are not insects; they belong to this animal group, along with scorpions, ticks and mitesWhat are arachnids?

Autumn

  1. 100The month that ends with HalloweenWhat is October?
  2. 200Americans call autumn by this other name, after what the leaves doWhat is fall?
  3. 300Squirrels bury acorns, hazelnuts and walnuts, which are all this kind of food, to eat in winterWhat are nuts (seeds)?
  4. 400Hedgehogs spend the winter in a long, deep sleep called thisWhat is hibernation?
  5. 500Leaves turn yellow and orange in autumn as trees stop making this green substanceWhat is chlorophyll?

Halloween films and books

  1. 100In this 2012 animated film, Dracula runs a hotel just for monstersWhat is “Hotel Transylvania”?
  2. 200In “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”, he waits all night in the pumpkin patch for the Great PumpkinWho is Linus (van Pelt)?
  3. 300In a 2012 animated film, the name of Dracula’s daughter, who turns 118Who is Mavis?
  4. 400She wrote “Room on the Broom” and “The Gruffalo”Who is Julia Donaldson?
  5. 500In “Room on the Broom”, this big creature wants the witch for its teaWhat is a dragon?

Final round: Pumpkins

The orange pumpkins we carve were first farmed thousands of years ago in what is now Mexico, on this continent

What is North America (the Americas)?

Adults

Halloween Jeopardy

Origins, jack-o’-lanterns, Día de los Muertos, horror classics and folklore monsters, for a Halloween party or quiz night.

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Origins

  1. 100“Halloween” is a shortened form of this name for the evening before a Christian feastWhat is All Hallows’ Eve (All Hallows’ Even)?
  2. 200The Christian feast on 1 November, the day after HalloweenWhat is All Saints’ Day (All Hallows’ Day)?
  3. 300The Gaelic festival marking the end of summer, to which Halloween is often tracedWhat is Samhain?
  4. 400The Christian day of prayer for the dead, held on 2 NovemberWhat is All Souls’ Day?
  5. 500This Scottish poet wrote a poem called “Halloween” in 1785, describing the night’s customsWho is Robert Burns?

Jack-o’-lanterns

  1. 100The squash Americans carve into jack-o’-lanternsWhat is a pumpkin?
  2. 200In 19th-century Ireland and Scotland, lanterns were carved from this root vegetableWhat is a turnip (a swede or mangel-wurzel)?
  3. 300In an Irish folk tale, this trickster is barred from heaven and hell and wanders the earth carrying a glowing coal for lightWho is Stingy Jack (Jack)?
  4. 400DDBefore Halloween, “jack-o’-lantern” was a name for this flickering light seen over marshes at nightWhat is a will-o’-the-wisp (ignis fatuus)?
  5. 500Pumpkins belong to this plant genus, shared with zucchini and butternut squashWhat is Cucurbita?

Día de los Muertos

  1. 100Día de los Muertos, the Mexican holiday for remembering loved ones who have died, is traditionally held on these two daysWhat are 1 and 2 November (November 1 and 2)?
  2. 200The bright orange flower, cempasúchil, whose scent is said to guide souls homeWhat is the marigold (Mexican marigold)?
  3. 300The sweet bread baked for the holiday, often decorated with bone shapesWhat is pan de muerto?
  4. 400The home altar laid with photos, candles and a loved one’s favourite foodsWhat is an ofrenda?
  5. 500José Guadalupe Posada created this elegant hatted female skeleton, now a symbol of the holidayWho is La Catrina (La Calavera Catrina)?

Horror classics

  1. 100Mary Shelley’s novel, first published in 1818What is “Frankenstein”?
  2. 200Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel in which a count travels from Transylvania to EnglandWhat is “Dracula”?
  3. 300John Carpenter’s 1978 film set in the town of Haddonfield, IllinoisWhat is “Halloween”?
  4. 400Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 film set largely at the Bates MotelWhat is “Psycho”?
  5. 500In Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel, the first name of the young scientist who builds a living creatureWho is Victor (Victor Frankenstein)?

Monsters and folklore

  1. 100A person who changes into a wolf; its Old English name means “man-wolf”What is a werewolf?
  2. 200In Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, the schoolteacher chased by the Headless HorsemanWho is Ichabod Crane?
  3. 300In Irish folklore, the female spirit whose wailing warns that a family member will dieWhat is a banshee?
  4. 400In Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 novella, the cruel other self that Dr Jekyll becomesWho is (Edward) Hyde?
  5. 500The witch of Slavic folklore who lives in a hut standing on chicken legsWho is Baba Yaga?

Final round: Horror history

In the summer of 1816, Mary Shelley began “Frankenstein” after Lord Byron challenged his guests to write ghost stories at a villa beside this lake

What is Lake Geneva (Lac Léman)?

How to use it

Questions

Is the kids board scary?
No. It’s pumpkins, costumes, bats and friendly monsters, written for ages 6 to 11.
Does it cover Día de los Muertos?
The adults board has a category on it, as its own holiday on 1 and 2 November, not as “Mexican Halloween”.
Is it free?
Yes. Play it, print it and change it as often as you like. No sign-up, no card.
How do I play it on a projector or a video call?
Press Play this board. It opens full screen: put it on the projector, or share your screen. Teams call out their answers and you mark them right or wrong.
Can I change the questions?
Yes. Press Change the questions to open the board in the free game maker, edit any clue, and share your version as a link.

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