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The Boo Quiz

Fifteen groan-worthy Halloween jokes, puns and silly facts in two light rounds. Easy to follow, fun for mixed ages, and played on everyone's phones.

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The rounds

Round 1

Silly spooks

Eight groan-worthy questions to warm the room up.

8 questions

  • Pick answer
  • True or false
  • Fill in the blank
Round 2

More boos

Seven more spooky giggles to finish on a high.

7 questions

  • Pick answer
  • Fill in the blank
  • True or false

All questions and answers

Every question, grouped by round. Answers stay hidden until you tap.

Round 1: Silly spooks8 questions
Question 1 路 Pick answer

What's a ghost's favourite dessert?

  1. Boo-berry pie
  2. Broccoli cake
  3. Kale salad
  4. Plain toast
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Answer:

Boo-berry pie

Fun fact: Boo Berry is a real blueberry flavoured cereal from General Mills, and its mascot is a blue cartoon ghost. It arrived in 1973.

Question 2 路 True or false

Zombies are famously big fans of brains.

  1. True
  2. False
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Answer:

True

Fun fact: In film, zombies only became famous brain fans in The Return of the Living Dead (1985). Before that, Romero's zombies just wanted flesh in general.

Question 3 路 Fill in the blank

Knock knock, it's Halloween: trick or ___!

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Answer:

treat

Also accepted: treats

Fun fact: Going door to door in disguise for treats goes back to Scottish and Irish guising, at least as far as the 16th century. The phrase 'trick or treat' in print dates to Canada in 1917.

Question 4 路 Pick answer

What's a skeleton's favourite instrument?

  1. Drums
  2. Kazoo
  3. The trom-BONE
  4. Triangle
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Answer:

The trom-BONE

Fun fact: The trombone is a large brass instrument that changes pitch with a slide. Rather fitting for a skeleton, as the pun is all about the bone.

Question 5 路 True or false

Vampires order extra garlic bread at every party.

  1. True
  2. False
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Answer:

False

Fun fact: In folklore, garlic is a charm to keep vampires away, not a party snack. So no garlic bread for them.

Question 6 路 Pick answer

What do you call a witch at the beach?

  1. A beach broom
  2. A lifeguard
  3. A sand-witch
  4. A surfer
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Answer:

A sand-witch

Fun fact: The sandwich is named after John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich. The pun just adds a witch.

Question 7 路 Fill in the blank

Vampires spend all day napping in a ___.

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Answer:

coffin

Fun fact: In Dracula, Van Helsing calls the vampire's resting place his earth-home and coffin-home. His power fades with the coming of day.

Question 8 路 True or false

Ghosts make terrible liars because you can see right through them.

  1. True
  2. False
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Answer:

True

Fun fact: Ghosts in cartoons are see-through, so a fib would be easy to spot.

Round 2: More boos7 questions
Question 9 路 Pick answer

Why can't vampires take selfies?

  1. Bad Wi-Fi
  2. No reflection
  3. Phone's in the coffin
  4. Too many likes
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Answer:

No reflection

Fun fact: In folklore and fiction, vampires show no reflection, a sign they have no soul. The mirror idea is fairly recent, with its first known appearance in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897).

Question 10 路 Fill in the blank

A ghost's favourite fruit is the boo-___.

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Answer:

berry

Also accepted: berries

Fun fact: Boo Berry is a blueberry cereal whose mascot is a blue ghost. Berry good indeed.

Question 11 路 True or false

Spiders only need one pair of socks.

  1. True
  2. False
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Answer:

False

Fun fact: Spiders have four pairs of legs, so eight in total. All arachnids share that, so they would need four pairs of socks.

Question 12 路 Pick answer

Where do ghosts go shopping?

  1. Boo-tiques
  2. Car boot sales
  3. The dentist
  4. The gym
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Answer:

Boo-tiques

Fun fact: A boutique is a small, often trendy shop, and the word came into English from French in the 1760s to 1770s.

Question 13 路 True or false

Skeletons go trick-or-treating alone because they have no-body to go with.

  1. True
  2. False
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Answer:

True

Fun fact: A skeleton has no body to go with, which makes for a very lonely trick-or-treat.

Question 14 路 Fill in the blank

Witches skip the bus and fly on a ___.

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Answer:

broom

Also accepted: broomstick

Fun fact: In folklore, witches rode brooms and staffs to their gatherings. A 1324 trial reported a staff greased with ointment, and a 15th century theologian wrote of witches riding anointed staffs.

Question 15 路 Pick answer

What's a mummy's favourite kind of music?

  1. Country
  2. Lullabies
  3. Opera
  4. Wrap
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Answer:

Wrap

Fun fact: Egyptian mummies were wrapped in linen. Penn Museum holds a fragment of mummy wrapping made of linen.

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