This board helps players review Halloween through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as Hocus Pocus & Movies, Salem & Witch Trials, Origins & Traditions, Monsters & Folklore, Spooky Pop Culture. It is useful for classroom review, team trivia, family game night, test prep, and group play.
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A peek at what's on the board — 6 categories and one sample clue from each. Answers stay hidden until you open them, so the game still works.
In Hocus Pocus, this trio of sisters is accidentally resurrected in Salem on Halloween night.
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The Sanderson Sisters
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The Salem witch trials took place in this present-day U.S. state.
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Massachusetts
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Halloween is celebrated each year on this date.
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October 31
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According to folklore, this creature transforms under a full moon.
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A werewolf
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This friendly ghost first appeared in cartoons in the 1940s.
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Casper
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This orange squash became the classic American jack-o'-lantern.
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Pumpkin
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Hocus Pocus & Movies
- $200 — In Hocus Pocus, this trio of sisters is accidentally resurrected in Salem on Halloween night.
- The Sanderson Sisters
- $400 — This 1978 slasher introduced audiences to masked killer Michael Myers.
- Halloween
- $600 — In Hocus Pocus, lighting this object on Halloween brings the Sanderson Sisters back.
- The Black Flame Candle
- $800 — This 1993 stop-motion film follows Jack Skellington after he discovers Christmas Town.
- The Nightmare Before Christmas
- $1000 — Bette Midler's Hocus Pocus character is the eldest Sanderson sister.
- Winifred Sanderson
- $1200 — This 1968 horror film centers on a young woman named Rosemary Woodhouse and her unsettling neighbors.
- Rosemary's Baby
Salem & Witch Trials
- $200 — The Salem witch trials took place in this present-day U.S. state.
- Massachusetts
- $400 — The Salem witch trials occurred mainly in this decade.
- The 1690s
- $600 — This type of testimony claimed a witch's spirit or apparition had harmed someone and was used as evidence in Salem.
- Spectral evidence
- $800 — The trials began after several girls in Salem Village claimed to suffer from mysterious fits and accused others of this.
- Witchcraft
- $1000 — This man was pressed to death with stones after refusing to enter a plea during the Salem witch trials.
- Giles Corey
- $1200 — Salem Village later became a separate town with this modern name.
- Danvers
Origins & Traditions
- $200 — Halloween is celebrated each year on this date.
- October 31
- $400 — The ancient Celtic festival often linked to Halloween is called this.
- Samhain
- $600 — Before pumpkins became common in North America, people in parts of Europe carved lanterns from this root vegetable.
- Turnips
- $800 — The name Halloween comes from 'All Hallows' Eve,' the night before this Christian observance.
- All Saints' Day
- $1000 — The custom of going door to door for food in exchange for prayers for the dead was historically known as this.
- Souling
- $1200 — The phrase 'trick or treat' became widely established in North America during roughly this century.
- The 20th century
Monsters & Folklore
- $200 — According to folklore, this creature transforms under a full moon.
- A werewolf
- $400 — Count Dracula was created by this Irish author.
- Bram Stoker
- $600 — Mary Shelley's famous 1818 novel features a scientist with this last name.
- Frankenstein
- $800 — In Irish folklore, this headless supernatural rider is often considered an ancestor of the Headless Horseman legend.
- The Dullahan
- $1000 — This female spirit from Irish folklore is said to wail as a warning of an approaching death.
- The banshee
- $1200 — The word 'lycanthropy' refers to the legendary transformation of a person into this creature.
- A wolf or werewolf
Spooky Pop Culture
- $200 — This friendly ghost first appeared in cartoons in the 1940s.
- Casper
- $400 — The Addams Family daughter known for her deadpan personality has this first name.
- Wednesday
- $600 — In Ghostbusters, this giant marshmallow mascot stomps through New York City.
- The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man
- $800 — This author created Pennywise the Dancing Clown in the novel It.
- Stephen King
- $1000 — The phrase 'I see dead people' comes from this 1999 supernatural thriller.
- The Sixth Sense
- $1200 — In Beetlejuice, saying the title character's name this many times summons him.
- Three
Halloween Grab Bag
- $200 — This orange squash became the classic American jack-o'-lantern.
- Pumpkin
- $400 — A group of witches is traditionally called this.
- A coven
- $600 — Candy corn was originally marketed in the late 1800s under this farm-themed name.
- Chicken Feed
- $800 — In Mexico, Día de los Muertos is traditionally observed around November 1 and 2 and honors these people.
- Deceased family members and loved ones
- $1000 — The fear of Halloween is sometimes called this unusually long phobia name.
- Samhainophobia
- $1200 — In Washington Irving's 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,' the schoolmaster pursued by the Headless Horseman is this character.
- Ichabod Crane
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