Boo! Spooky season is upon us once again and, in celebration of All Hallows’ Eve, we’ve got something even more fiendish than a bunch of persistent trick-or-treaters at your front door: that’s right, it’s a special Halloween edition of the weekly Tes quiz. These 10 ghoulish general knowledge questions will test you on everything from irrational fears to legendary horror movies. So, do you know your phobias from your pumpkin spice lattes? Light up your jack-o’-lanterns and let’s get quizzing…
The questions
Which of these horrors would you describe as “haematophagous”: werewolves, vampires or mummies?
Which actress was famously terrorised by a flock of avian aggressors in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 thriller, The Birds?
In what year did Starbucks introduce its iconic seasonal drink, the Pumpkin Spice Latte: 2003, 2007 or 2011?
Which Shakespeare play famously features a trio of witches?
‘Mischief’ is a collective noun used for a group of what creatures?
Bobby Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers had a novelty hit in 1962 with which song?
Which author wrote the classic gothic horror novella The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde?
Cucurbitophobia is the fear of what?
Tobe Hooper, director of 1982‘s Poltergeist, was also famous for directing which other classic horror movie?
The town of Salem, which played host to the infamous witch trials of the late 17th century, is located in which US state?
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