Halloween Party Game

Costumes

1. 100 A pointed hat and broom are often part of this costume Response: A witch More than one answer can be right: accept any answer the player can explain.
2. 200 A white sheet is a simple version of this costume Response: A ghost More than one answer can be right: accept any answer the player can explain.
3. 300 A cape, fangs, and a high collar suggest this character Response: A vampire More than one answer can be right: accept any answer the player can explain.
4. 400 Bandages wrapped from head to toe suggest this ancient figure Response: A mummy More than one answer can be right: accept any answer the player can explain.
5. 500 An eye patch and a treasure map fit this costume Response: A pirate More than one answer can be right: accept any answer the player can explain.

Creatures

1. 100 The animal that spins a web Response: A spider Spiders use numerous strategies to capture prey: trapping it in sticky webs, lassoing it with sticky bolas, mimicking the prey to avoid detection, or running it down. Source: Wikipedia, “Spider”
2. 200 The night-flying mammal associated with caves Response: A bat Bats (order Chiroptera) are winged mammals, the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Source: Wikipedia, “Bat”
3. 300 The bird often shown with a witch Response: An owl More than one answer can be right: accept any answer the player can explain.
4. 400 The imaginary creature said to change during a full moon Response: A werewolf In Italy, France and Germany, it was said that a man or woman could turn into a werewolf if he or she, on a certain Wednesday or Friday, slept outside on a summer night with the full moon shining directly on his or her face. Source: Wikipedia, “Werewolf”
5. 500 The creature assembled by Victor Frankenstein in Mary Shelley's novel Response: Frankenstein's creature Frankenstein's monster, commonly referred to as Frankenstein, is a fictional character that first appeared in Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus as its main antagonist. Source: Wikipedia, “Frankenstein's monster”

Autumn

1. 100 The pigment that makes many leaves look green Response: Chlorophyll Chlorophyll is any of several related photochemical catalysts and green pigments found in cyanobacteria and in the chloroplasts of algae and plants. Source: Wikipedia, “Chlorophyll”
2. 200 The season between summer and winter Response: Autumn or fall Outside the tropics, autumn marks the transition from summer to winter, beginning in September (Northern Hemisphere) or March (Southern Hemisphere). Source: Wikipedia, “Autumn”
3. 300 The month immediately after September Response: October October followed September (from septem, "seven") and preceded November (novem, "nine"). Source: Wikipedia, “October (Roman month)”
4. 400 The hard fruit of an oak tree Response: An acorn The acorn is the nut of the oaks and their close relatives (genera Quercus, Notholithocarpus and Lithocarpus, in the family Fagaceae); alternatively known as glans. Source: Wikipedia, “Acorn”
5. 500 The autumn event when ripe crops are gathered Response: The harvest The completion of harvesting marks the end of the growing season, or the growing cycle for a particular crop, and the social importance of this event makes it the focus of seasonal celebrations such as harvest festivals, found in many cultures and religions. Source: Wikipedia, “Harvest”

Quick Riddles

1. 100 I have a face and two hands but no arms or legs Response: A clock Worked out from the words in the clue.
2. 200 I get wetter as I dry Response: A towel Worked out from the words in the clue.
3. 300 I have keys but open no locks Response: A piano Worked out from the words in the clue.
4. 400 I have one eye but cannot see Response: A needle Worked out from the words in the clue.
5. 500 I have many teeth but cannot bite Response: A comb Worked out from the words in the clue.

Treats

1. 100 A sweet food made mainly from sugar or chocolate Response: Candy Candy, also known as sweets, is a confection that features sugar as a principal ingredient. Source: Wikipedia, “Candy”
2. 200 The flavoring made from the cured pods of an orchid Response: Vanilla Vanilla is a spice derived from orchids of the genus Vanilla, primarily obtained from the seed pods of the flat-leaved Mexican and Central American vanilla (V. planifolia). Source: Wikipedia, “Vanilla”
3. 300 The ingredient that makes bread dough rise Response: Yeast Baker's yeast is the common name for the strains of yeast commonly used in baking bread and other bakery products, serving as a leavening agent which causes the bread to rise (expand and become lighter and softer) by converting the fermentable sugars present in the dough into carbon dioxide and ethanol. Source: Wikipedia, “Baker's yeast”
4. 400 The crop whose kernels can be heated until they pop Response: Corn Popcorn (also called popped corn, popcorns, or pop-corn) is a variety of corn kernel which expands and puffs up when heated. Source: Wikipedia, “Popcorn”
5. 500 The substance bees make from flower nectar Response: Honey Honey is a sweet and viscous substance made by several species of bees, the best-known of which are honey bees. Source: Wikipedia, “Honey”

Final round: Classic Fiction

This author wrote the 1818 novel Frankenstein. Response: Mary Shelley Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 Gothic novel written by English author Mary Shelley. Source: Wikipedia, “Frankenstein”