How To Host Halloween Trivia For Your Remote Or Hybrid Team
Halloween is an annual celebration observed on October 31, with various customs and traditions across the world. It’s a day where people dress up in costumes to scare or impress others, or just to have fun. Bringing Halloween to the office is a fantastic opportunity for your team to bond and have fun.
Whether you want to have a team building session with your team or infuse ice breakers into your virtual meetings, keep reading for tips, strategies, and trivia questions to make your Halloween exciting.
How do you play Halloween trivia with your team?
Plan your Halloween trivia with the entire team
Gather your Halloween trivia questions
Decide the rules of the game
Leave room for mistakes and technology problems
Send reminders about the trivia event
Get all your virtual trivia event materials ready
It’s the time of the year when ghouls, goblins, and ghosts come out to play! It’s also the time of the year when we need to get our team together for a spooky trivia night. What better way to get your team together than by hosting a Halloween trivia night? Here’s a step-by-step guide to hosting a Halloween trivia.
1. Plan your Halloween trivia with the entire team
When you’re planning a Halloween party, you don’t have to do it alone. Involve your entire team in the process and make sure everyone has a chance to contribute ideas. Planning would include, but is not limited to, brainstorming a list of questions, finding the answers for those questions, setting up tech logistics, and having a discussion about what the Halloween trivia should be like. It also includes deciding when you want to play, how long the event will be, how many people can play at once, and whether or not there will be prizes for winners.
2. Gather your Halloween trivia questions
It can be fun to involve your team when coming up with Halloween quiz questions. Together, brainstorm a list of all the things you can think of that are related to Halloween. This can include anything from what costumes are popular on Halloween, what people get when trick or treatings, and what foods people eat on Halloween. Decide which questions you want to ask about each topic. You should have a mix of easy and difficult questions so that everyone feels challenged but still has an opportunity to answer one or two questions correctly.
3. Decide the rules of the game
Your remote team members should agree on a set of rules before the start of the game. This will ensure that everyone is playing by the same rules and that there are no disagreements or arguments. The game should be played in rounds with a time limit for each round. It is important to agree on how many rounds will be played and what the time limit for each round will be.
4. Leave room for mistakes and technology problems
You can have all the questions and answers, but if the technology doesn’t work, then your team building session may have a roadblock. That said, there are many ways to make sure this doesn’t happen. One way is to have a backup plan in case something goes wrong. This might mean asking a co-worker or friend to host and take over if you cannot do so. Or, create an alternate version of your trivia game in case your first one doesn’t work out as planned. You can always turn to a trusted professional (like us here at Bar None Games!) to make sure that your event runs smoothly.
5. Send reminders about the trivia event
As a remote team, it can be hard to keep track of everything. That’s why calendars are important in reminding us of events and deadlines. The Halloween trivia event is a perfect example of this. You can use Google Calendar to set up reminders for the Halloween trivia event for everyone on the team. This way, everyone will be reminded about the event and make time to attend.
6. Get all your virtual trivia event materials ready
Whether you are hosting a virtual trivia event for your company or for a small team, there are some materials that you will need to get ready. Gather up all the materials - trivia questions, prizes, and players. Download the virtual meeting platform software from the internet if needed. You will also need to find an appropriate venue to host your event, such as a group conference room, if you are in-person. You can also make use of different technology in order to make things more interesting for your guests, such as using a projector or screens with videos and animations on them. There are many other virtual trivia event supplies you can use as well, so be creative!
Preparing for your Halloween trivia event
It's always hard to come up with the best practices for your event. Here are some best practices when preparing for your Halloween trivia event..
1. Create categories and themes
Categories and themes are the backbone of a trivia game. The questions should be built around them to make it more interesting for the players. Some categories that you can use are: types of candy, famous horror movies, famous horror TV series, ghosts and ghouls, and scary quotes, just to mention a few.
2. Get prizes ready
Include prizes for winners when hosting a virtual Halloween trivia game for your team. It is important to give the participants something to look forward to. Prizes can be anything from a gift card, an opportunity to pick the next topic, or a chance to get out of work early. For example, for an office full of people who love coffee, a gift card to their favorite coffee shop would be perfect. You can also offer cash prizes, company swag, and more.
3. Be creative with decorations
One of the things that you can do to make your virtual halloween trivia more exciting is to have decorations. You can use props, decorations, and spooky scenes. You could use different colors in the background with a dark blue or black color scheme. You could also play some spooky music in the background like a horror movie soundtrack. You can also add in sound effects such as crows cawing or wolves howling in the background.
What are some good Halloween trivia questions?
There are many questions that can be asked for the Halloween season. Some of these questions are about costumes and what people are dressing up this year. Other questions might be about the origins of Halloween or how it came to be.
Below are some trivia questions for Halloween that you can use for spooky season.
Halloween Facts
What house has been recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s longest haunted house?
What is Halloween less commonly referred to as?
What item is banned only during Halloween in Hollywood?
What place holds the Guinness World title for the most jack-o’-lanterns lit in one place?
What are some common Halloween traditions?
Some end up wearing their clothing inside out on Halloween - why is this?
Which phobia denotes an intense fear of Halloween?
A person born on Halloween has what particular ability (based on what some superstitions suggest)?
Who is said to haunt the White House Rose Garden?
What do the Halloween colors black and orange symbolize?
Trick-or-treating Halloween trivia questions
What is the most popular Halloween candy choice in the United States?
How many calories are to be found in an average trick-or-treater’s Halloween stash?
How many pieces of candy does the average house give to every trick-or-treater that comes?
Is the pumpkin a fruit or a vegetable?
Which character in It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown got a bag of rocks when they went trick-or-treating?
How many pieces of candy does a plastic jack-o'-lantern approximately carry?
When did the modern version of trick-or-treating for Halloween candy become popular?
What’s the most searched for Halloween candy on Google?
What’s the mega-popular Halloween candy that was named after a horse?
When was the blue M&M added to the M&M lineup?
Trivia questions about Halloween costumes
How did Halloween costumes come to be?
What two countries popularized Halloween costumes for trick-or-treating?
In what American state is it illegal to be a priest or nun for Halloween?
In the popular movie Mean Girls, Lindsay Lohan’s character wears what type of costume to the Halloween party?
According to the National Retail Federation, which children’s costume continues to hold the number one spot year after year?
What were the early Celtic Halloween costumes made of?
Jason wore what type of mask in the Friday the 13th film series?
Try to guess the following trick-or-treater: a boy dressed in a space suit with a "Space Ranger" badge and a green belt. Who is this mysterious spaceman?
Try to guess the following trick-or-treater in a classic character's costume: she's wearing a blue outfit with red on top and yellow on the bottom, with a red ribbon in her black hair. Who is she?
Try to guess the following trick-or-treater: he’s wearing a brown dog costume and also has a yellow and blue collar tag with initials on it. Who’s this doggy?
Halloween movie trivia questions
Which Disney movie got banned in Denmark?
What year was the movie Young Frankenstein released?
What’s the name of the young witch in Halloweentown?
Which of the following events in the Harry Potter world takes place on Halloween – the Yule Ball, the Quidditch World Cup, or the Goblet of Fire selection?
What’s the screaming masked person in Scream called?
How much did the 1978 Halloween movie cost to make?
How much time did it take John Carpenter and Debra Hill to write the screenplay for the original Halloween movie?
Michael Myers plays the antagonist in all of the Halloween movies, except which one?
Where do the Ghostbusters set up their headquarters?
Who voices Count Dracula in Hotel Transylvania?
Host Halloween trivia for your remote team
Halloween is a time for fun and mischief. There are so many ways to celebrate the holiday, including games, trivia sessions, and virtual parties. We can help you with that! We offer entertaining live-hosted events to commemorate the holiday. We can set up a game for your remote, hybrid, or in-person team and guarantee that everyone has a blast.