Create the ultimate Halloween quiz challenge
By Maisie, FlexiQuiz.
4 minute read.
The leaves are falling, pumpkin spice is back on the menu, orange tones are all the rage and Halloween is almost here.🎃
To celebrate the spooky season, why not bring the fun online with a custom-made Halloween quiz? With FlexiQuiz, you can create a bespoke interactive quiz in minutes and easily share it with your team, friends, or class.
In this blog, we’ll share some fang-tastic trivia questions and show you how to give your quiz a Halloween theme.
30+ true or false Halloween quiz questions
Here are over thirty statements where players must guess if it's true or false. To reflect the Halloween theme, you can change the answer options to 'fright or fact' or 'trick or treat.'
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Halloween is celebrated on October 31st every year.
Answer – True
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Pumpkins originally came from Europe.
Answer – False. They are native to North America.
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The world record for the heaviest pumpkin is over 2,000 pounds. it was grown by Travis Gienger in Minnesota in October 2023.
Answer – True.
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The fear of Halloween is called "Samhain phobia."
Answer – True
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It's considered bad luck to see a spider on Halloween night.
Answer – False. It's considered good luck because it means a loved one is watching over you.
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The book "Dracula" was written by Mary Shelley.
Answer - False. It was written by Bram Stoker.
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Jack-o’-lanterns were originally used to scare away evil spirits.
Answer - True
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Sugar skulls are associated with Halloween.
Answer - False. They're associated with the Day of the Dead.
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In the movie "Halloween," the character Michael Myers wears a modified William Shatner mask.
Answer – True.
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The fear of ghosts is called "Phasmophobia."
Answer – True.
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Bats are common Halloween symbols because they were thought to communicate with spirits.
Answer – True.
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The first full moon on Halloween since 1944 happened in 2020.
Answer – True.
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The tradition of carving pumpkins started with carving turnips.
Answer – True
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Candy corn was originally called “chicken feed.”
Answer – True.
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"Hocus Pocus" is a Halloween movie released in 1993.
Answer – True.
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In Mexico, Halloween and the Day of the Dead are the same holiday.
Answer – False.
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In ancient times, people wore masks on Halloween to confuse ghosts and spirits.
Answer - True.
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The fear of skeletons is called "Skeletophobia."
Answer – False. No official term for this specific fear exists.
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Frankenstein is the name of the monster in Mary Shelley's novel.
Answer – False. Frankenstein is the scientist; the monster is unnamed.
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It’s illegal to trick-or-treat after the age of 12 in some places.
Answer – True.
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In some countries, Halloween is referred to as "All Saints' Day."
Answer – False. All Saints' Day is on November 1st, the day after Halloween.
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In the Harry Potter series, Halloween is the day Harry’s parents died.
Answer – True.
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It is traditional in Ireland to eat a fruitcake called barmbrack on Halloween.
Answer – True.
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The 1978 horror movie "Halloween" was John Carpenter's first feature film.
Answer – False. His first was "Dark Star."
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The phrase “double, double toil and trouble” comes from a Halloween folktale.
Answer - False. It’s from Shakespeare’s Macbeth.
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Bobbing for apples was once a Halloween tradition.
Answer – True.
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The largest Halloween parade in the United States is in Los Angeles.
Answer – False. It’s in New York City and is called "The Village Halloween Parade". It takes place in Greenwich Village and follows a mile-long route through lower Manhattan with around two million spectators every year, featuring more than 50,000 costumed participants
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In some countries, Halloween is a public holiday.
Answer – True.
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Wearing costumes on Halloween is a tradition that started in America.
Answer – False. It started in Celtic festivals like Samhain.
Top tips to style your quiz
To align with the holiday spirit, you can easily give your quiz a Halloween theme with spooky images, dark colors, fonts and spooky sounds.
These are some easy ways to style your Halloween quiz with FlexiQuiz.
🔸 Themed colors
Colors such as black, purple, orange, and green symbolize the various elements of Halloween from darkness to pumpkins and ghouls.
Add colors to your quiz to set the mood and increase user engagement.
When you create a quiz with FlexiQuiz, you change the colors for backgrounds, headers, fonts and side. Learn more about changing colors on your quiz.
🔸 Spooky images and graphics
Take your quiz to the next level with Halloween images such as bats, ghosts, black cats and pumpkins.
With FlexiQuiz, you can add background images to your quiz, to a quiz question, or as part of an introduction to the quiz.
🔸 Spooky fonts and text
Choose fonts that reflect old gothic, horror, or blood-dripping styles. You can choose from hundreds of fonts if you have an Enterprise plan. Some of my favorites are Creepster, Easter, and Nosifer. Learn more about adding Google fonts to your quiz.
Update the text displayed to students during the quiz. For example, change the next page button to "creep forward" or "proceed if you date". You can also add the Halloween style to information messages, emails and the results screen.
🔸 Sharing results
Instead of using a pass or fail, you can customize the respondent's grades, such as "Grim-reaper," "Witch in training," or "Pumpkin King." Learn how to customize grades.
Reward respondents who do well and share a terro-rific certificate with ghoulishly great content, images, and fonts. Plus, give your certificate a spooky title like "Spooktacular Achievement" or "Certified Creature of the Night."
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