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69 free Disney Halloween trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
61 free Disney Halloween trivia questions with answers. Disney owns October. Between the Sanderson sisters, the Cromwell witches, Jack Skellington's Halloween Town, the Haunted Mansion's 999 happy haunts and a rogues' gallery of villains, the studio has spent almost a century making Halloween feel cosy rather than scary. This quiz covers all of it in fifty questions. Expect the big Halloween films (Hocus Pocus 1 and 2, the four Halloweentown movies, Twitches, Coco, Frankenweenie, The Haunted Mansion), the Disney Channel Original Movies that scared a generation (Under Wraps, Don't Look Under the Bed, Mr. Boogedy), the classic shorts (Lonesome Ghosts, Trick or Treat, The Skeleton Dance, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow), the villains, and the parks: Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party, Oogie Boogie Bash and the Haunted Mansion itself. It is family-friendly throughout, so it works for a Halloween party, a classroom or a movie-marathon night. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia and the films' own credits, and each question carries its source, so you can trust the answers when someone at the table argues.
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Q 01In which Massachusetts town do the Sanderson sisters return from the dead in Hocus Pocus?
Salem
Salem, Massachusetts: the Sanderson sisters were hanged there in 1693 and return exactly 300 years later, on Halloween 1993, when a teenager relights their candle.
Q 02What object does Max light to accidentally resurrect the witches in Hocus Pocus?
The Black-Flame Candle
The Black Flame Candle revives the witches when a virgin lights it on Halloween night under a full moon; skeptical newcomer Max lights it to impress Allison.
Q 03Thackery Binx, cursed by the Sandersons in 1693, spends three centuries in what form?
A black cat
Thackery Binx is turned into an immortal black cat in 1693 after failing to save his sister Emily, and guards the Sanderson cottage for 300 years.
Q 04In which month of 1993 was Halloween staple Hocus Pocus originally released to US cinemas?
July
Hocus Pocus opened in US cinemas on July 16, 1993; the summer release is one reason it flopped, reportedly losing Disney about $16.5 million before home video made it a perennial.
Q 05Which future Shape of Water star plays the zombie Billy Butcherson in Hocus Pocus?
Doug Jones
Doug Jones, later the Amphibian Man in The Shape of Water, plays Billy Butcherson, Winifred's lover, poisoned by her in 1693 and dug up with his mouth sewn shut.
Q 06Which High School Musical director made Hocus Pocus?
Kenny Ortega
Kenny Ortega directed Hocus Pocus (1993) years before High School Musical; the screenplay came from Mick Garris and Neil Cuthbert under the working title Disney's Halloween House.
Q 07Which song do the Sanderson sisters perform to enchant the adults at the town Halloween party?
I Put a Spell on You
Bette Midler's Winifred belts I Put a Spell on You, a 1956 Screamin' Jay Hawkins song, bewitching the adults into dancing all night until they drop.
Q 08Hocus Pocus 2 skipped cinemas and premiered where in 2022?
Disney+
Hocus Pocus 2 premiered on Disney+ on September 30, 2022; Disney called it the most-watched film premiere in the service's US history to that point.
Q 09In Hocus Pocus 2, Becca accidentally conjures the Sanderson sisters on which birthday?
Her 16th
Whitney Peak plays the aspiring witch; the sequel was directed by Anne Fletcher rather than the original's Kenny Ortega.
Q 10Which Hollywood legend plays Grandma Aggie Cromwell in Halloweentown?
Debbie Reynolds
Debbie Reynolds played Aggie in all four films; the first premiered on Disney Channel on October 17, 1998.
Q 11The town of Halloweentown was filmed in which US state?
Oregon
Oregon: the Columbia River town of St. Helens, northwest of Portland, stood in for Halloweentown during the 1998 shoot.
Q 12What civic office does Kalabar, the villain of the first Halloweentown, hold?
Mayor
Kalabar is the mayor of Halloweentown, played by Robin Thomas; his son Kal returns as the villain of the 2001 sequel, Kalabar's Revenge.
Q 13What job does Benny the skeleton hold in Halloweentown?
Taxi driver
Benny is Halloweentown's skeleton taxi driver, voiced by Rino Romano; his cab ferries the Cromwells around in several films of the series.
Q 21The Nightmare Before Christmas was the first animated film nominated for which Academy Award?
Best Visual Effects
Best Visual Effects: the 1993 stop-motion feature was the first animated film nominated in that category, losing to Jurassic Park at the 1994 ceremony.
Q 22Which Pee-wee's Playhouse cast member voices Lock, one of Oogie Boogie's trick-or-treaters?
Paul Reubens
Paul Reubens, Pee-wee Herman himself, voices Lock; with Shock and Barrel he kidnaps Santa Claus for Jack and delivers him to Oogie Boogie instead.
Q 23Which pair of twin sisters star as the reunited witches in Twitches?
Tia and Tamera Mowry
Q 14In Halloweentown II, what is the name of the curse Kal casts on Halloweentown?
The Grey Spell
Kal's Grey Spell drains Halloweentown of its colour and magic, leaving the residents dull and lifeless; Daniel Kountz plays Kal in the 2001 sequel.
Q 15In Halloweentown High, what was the fanatical order that once wanted to destroy all things magical called?
The Knights of the Iron Dagger
The Knights of the Iron Dagger were the mortal order sworn to wipe out magic; in Halloweentown High, Marnie bets the Cromwell family's magic that her exchange programme will succeed.
Q 16Who replaced Kimberly J. Brown as Marnie in Return to Halloweentown?
Sara Paxton
Sara Paxton took over as Marnie for Return to Halloweentown (2006), which sends her to Witch University; Kimberly J. Brown had played the role in the first three films.
Q 17Who directed The Nightmare Before Christmas?
Henry Selick
Burton wrote the original poem in 1982 and produced, but he was busy with Batman Returns, so Selick spent three years directing the stop-motion shoot.
Q 18Who provides Jack Skellington's singing voice in The Nightmare Before Christmas?
Danny Elfman
Danny Elfman, the film's composer, sang all of Jack Skellington's numbers himself, while Chris Sarandon provided Jack's speaking voice.
Q 19Disney released The Nightmare Before Christmas under which label, thinking it too dark for kids?
Touchstone Pictures
Touchstone Pictures, Disney's label for more adult fare, released the film in 1993; Disney reissued it under the Walt Disney Pictures banner for the 2006 3-D rerelease.
Q 20Roughly how many different heads were made for the Jack Skellington puppet?
Around 400
Around 400 interchangeable heads were made for Jack Skellington, one per expression, among the 227 puppets built for the three-year stop-motion shoot.
Tia and Tamera Mowry, the Sister, Sister twins, play Alex and Camryn in the 2005 Disney Channel movie, adapted from H. B. Gilmour and Randi Reisfeld's Scholastic books.
Q 24In Twitches, the twins are born on Halloween night in which magical dimension?
Coventry
Coventry is the magical dimension where the twins were born as Artemis and Apolla, named for the moon and sun deities; the sequel Twitches Too followed in 2007.
Q 25Miguel's dog Dante in Coco is which hairless Mexican breed?
Xoloitzcuintle
Dante is a Xoloitzcuintle, the hairless Mexican dog tied to the underworld since Aztec times; in the Land of the Dead he proves to be an alebrije and sprouts wings.
Q 26Which song from Coco won the Academy Award for Best Original Song?
Remember Me
Remember Me, written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, won Best Original Song at the 2018 Oscars, where Coco also took Best Animated Feature.
Q 27After banning music, Miguel's great-great-grandmother Imelda starts what family trade in Coco?
Shoemaking
That is why the Riveras expect 12-year-old Miguel to make shoes instead of playing guitar like his idol Ernesto de la Cruz.
Q 28Tim Burton's 2012 Frankenweenie is a feature-length remake of a short he made in which year?
1984
Burton made the original live-action Frankenweenie short in 1984 while at Disney; the 2012 stop-motion remake keeps the black-and-white look and Victor reviving his dog Sparky.
Q 29In the 2003 film The Haunted Mansion, Eddie Murphy's Jim Evers has what job?
Real estate agent
Jim Evers is a real estate agent whose firm, Evers & Evers, is invited to sell Gracey Manor; Rob Minkoff, co-director of The Lion King, directed the 2003 film.
Q 30Which actress voices the crystal-ball head Madame Leota in the 2003 Haunted Mansion film?
Jennifer Tilly
Jennifer Tilly voices Madame Leota, the spirit in the crystal ball; Terence Stamp plays Ramsley, the butler who turns out to be behind the mansion's tragedy.