Halloween Special #1, Escape the Haunted Mansion: answers and sources
Spoilers ahead! Play the video first. Here is every answer, the fun fact and the source we checked it against.
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Room 1: The Front Door
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What do people carve into jack-o'-lanterns in the US?
Pumpkins In Ireland and Britain, people carved turnips.
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What do kids say at the door on Halloween?
Trick or treat! The phrase first showed up in print in Canada.
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Which creature turns into a bat in many stories?
A vampire Real vampire bats live in the Americas.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_bat
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Under which moon does a werewolf change?
A full moon A full moon comes about every 29.5 days.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_moon
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Which Halloween candy looks like corn kernels?
Candy corn It was invented in the 1880s.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_corn
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Which cartoon dog solves spooky mysteries?
Scooby-Doo His first show started in 1969.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Scooby-Doo
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Which famous monster has bolts in his neck?
Frankenstein's monster The bolts came from the 1931 film, not the book.
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Which monster is famous for wanting brains?
A zombie The brain craving began in a 1985 movie.
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What do you call a group of bats?
A colony Bracken Cave in Texas holds over 15 million bats.
Source: batcon.org/about-bats/bracken-cave-preserve/ · wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracken_Cave
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What do people grab with their teeth when bobbing?
Apples It's also called ducking for apples.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_bobbing
Room 2: The Spider Cellar
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How many eyes do most spiders have?
8 Still, many spiders see quite poorly.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider
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What do vampire bats drink?
Blood They lap it up with their tongues.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_bat
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Which spider has a red hourglass mark?
Black widow The hourglass is on its belly.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Latrodectus
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What is a baby spider called?
A spiderling Wolf spider moms carry them on their backs.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_spider
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Which animal can drop its tail to escape?
A lizard The tail keeps wiggling to distract the attacker.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Autotomy
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What is the heaviest spider in the world?
Goliath birdeater Its legs can span up to 30 cm (12 in).
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What does a snake use its forked tongue for?
Smelling It carries scents to a special organ in its mouth.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake
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Which creepy creature is famous for glowing under UV light?
A scorpion Scientists still aren't sure why.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpion
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How do most bats find insects in the dark?
Echolocation Most of their calls are too high for us to hear.
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How long can a cockroach live without its head?
Several weeks It breathes through tiny holes in its body.
Source: scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-cockroach-...
Room 3: The Dark Corridor
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Room 4: The Monster Lab
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Which deep-sea fish dangles a glowing lure?
Anglerfish The glow comes from bacteria living in the lure.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglerfish
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What is it called when living things make their own light?
Bioluminescence Fireflies, fungi and many sea animals glow.
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What is dry ice made of?
Frozen carbon dioxide Its spooky fog is tiny drops of water.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_ice
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About how much blood is in an adult's body?
About 5 liters That's about 1.3 gallons.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood
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What do we call animals that are active at night?
Nocturnal Many have big eyes to catch more light.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocturnality
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Which frog has see-through skin on its belly?
Glass frog Some kinds even show their beating heart!
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_frog
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Which mineral makes your bones hard?
Calcium Almost all your body's calcium is in bones and teeth.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium
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How many bones are in one human hand?
27 Hands and feet hold over half your bones.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand
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Do your nails keep growing after you die?
No, the skin shrinks back That only makes the nails look longer.
Room 5: The Attic
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Who wrote Frankenstein?
Mary Shelley She began it at 18, in 1816.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Shelley
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In the novel, who is Frankenstein?
The scientist The creature never gets a name.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein
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Which of these bats has the widest wings?
Giant golden-crowned flying fox Its wings can span about 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in).
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How long can a female tarantula live?
30 years or more Males usually live much shorter lives.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarantula
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Which famous escape artist died on Halloween?
Harry Houdini He died of a burst appendix in 1926.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini
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Which US state grows the most pumpkins?
Illinois Most canned pumpkin comes from there.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpkin
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About how heavy is the world-record pumpkin?
About 1,300 kg As heavy as a small car!
Source: guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/heaviest-pumpkin
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Who wrote the Headless Horseman tale of Sleepy Hollow?
Washington Irving The Legend of Sleepy Hollow came out in 1820.
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Which of these is found in vampire bat saliva?
Draculin Yes: it's named after Dracula!
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Draculin
Bonus question
Which famous horror writer was born in Maine? We reveal the answer in the pinned comment under the video.