Halloween Quiz: Television

Posted on October 25, 2012 at 8:00 am

How many of these spooky classics do you know?

1.  This animated comedy goes all-out on Halloween every year with its popular “Treehouse of Horror” series.

2.  It makes sense that this series about a witch would have memorable Halloween episodes.  Probably the best-remembered featured an adventure filmed on location in Salem, Massachusetts, home of the witch trials.

3.  A brave and curious little animated girl has to help a little monster find his way home before midnight.

4.  This Emmy-winner for best comedy series has a Halloween-loving couple who turn their home into a haunted mansion, but at first everything goes wrong when their family members get caught up in their own drama.

5.  The Halloween episodes of this long-running series were a highlight, especially one called “Boo!” where they turned their home into the “Castle of Terror.”

6.  Zoinks!  This funny-spooky animated series had a number of Halloween episodes, including one featuring KISS.

7.  The Halloween episode of this musical series featured songs from “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”

8. Sisters Laura and Mary try to play some Halloween pranks but instead get spooked themselves in this series based on popular children’s books about 19th century settlers.

9. Liza Minnelli guest stars as the mother of a murdered child in a Halloween episode of this crime drama.

10. The teen star of this series and his cousin want to go to a Halloween party and try to top each other to win dates.

 

 

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Halloween Quiz: Answers!

Halloween Quiz: Answers!

Posted on October 31, 2011 at 3:42 pm

Congrats to Toby for the most right answers!

1. High school witches get revenge on a mean girl by making her hair fall out but then their spells become more deadly.

“The Craft”

2. When attendees at a witch convention discover that a boy knows who they are, they turn him into a mouse.

“The Witches”

3.  A brother and sister move into a haunted house and unravel a mystery about what happened to the mother of their beautiful but troubled neighbor.

“The Uninvited”

4.  A suburban mother thinks the ghosts in her home are kind of fun until they kidnap her daughter.

“Poltergeist”

5.  A young widow is befriended by the ghost of a sea captain.

“The Ghost and Mrs. Muir”

6.  300 years after they were hung, three witches return to Salem, Massachusetts to suck the life from children.

“Hocus Pocus”

7.  A witch needs the heart of a star to keep her looking forever young.

“Stardust”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6_gBg4XjWk

8.  A witch kidnaps a princess to keep her looking forever young.

“Tangled”

9.  A beautiful witch casts a spell on a publisher to make him fall in love with her with the help of her cat, Pyewacket.

“Bell, Book, and Candle”

10.  One of America’s most acclaimed novelists wrote a book that became a movie about three witches in New England who summon a newcomer who just might be the devil.

11. The ghosts are the good guys in this story about a loving couple who retain the services of a people exterminator when a wealthy but crass couple move into their home.

“Beetlejuice”

12.  The ghost of a departed spouse creates complications (at least three possible answers!).

“Blithe Spirit,” “Hello Again,” and “Kiss Me Goodbye”

 

Bonus question: What actress played witches in two of the movies listed above?

Michelle Pfeiffer!

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