Halloween Horror Nights Trivia Quiz

Answer: 1991

After seeing Knott's Berry Farm in Southern California become the undisputed king of haunted attractions since 1972 with Knott's Scary Farm and "The Haunt", Universal jumped into the fray in 1991 to unleash their horror legacy on the public.

Answer: False

For the first year only, the event was called Universal's Fright Nights and was held for only three nights in October.

Answer: Universal's Fright Nights

For the first year, the event was called Universal's Fright Nights and featured one haunted house called Dungeon of Terror and four Halloween shows. Or course Howl O'Scream is Busch Garden Tampa's annual haunt.

Answer: Chainsaw cutting through a pumpkin

The design used in the first year the event was called Halloween Horror Nights, and its logo was a chainsaw hacking through a pumpkin. A favorite by many fans.

Answer: The Crypt Keeper

The Crypt Keeper from the popular TV show "Tales From the Crypt" was the mascot. One of few main stream, non-original mascots Universal has ever used.

Answer: The Chainsaw Drill Team

Many scareactors each year pray to be cast in this role and the old Chainsaw Drill Team did the job like no one could. They would gather in the streets of the New York section in their stylish flannel shirts and denim overalls and raise holy hell as guests screamed and ran in terror.

Answer: Bill and Ted

Bill and Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure has been a favorite of many fans for years. Each year, the writers of the show do a fantastic job spoofing and parodying that year's pop culture and world events. Party on dudes!

Answer: Festival of the Dead

The Festival of the Dead parade ran through sections of streets of the park and featured scary themed floats and many horrific scareactrors and dancers each year. Guests lined the streets each night to try to catch special beads and coins, while others skip the parade all together to take advantage of short lines at the haunted mazes.

Answer: Primal Scream

Primal Scream and its logo are a personal favorite of mine. The event that year featured five haunted mazes, a large scare zone called Midway to the Bizarre and five horror themed shows.

Answer: Rats

Affectionatly named "The Rat Lady", she has become a staple element of Halloween Horror Nights over the years.

Answer: The Lizard Man

With a snake-like forked tongue, implants in his forehead and tattoos from head to toe, Lizard Man shocks guests almost nightly as they wait in line for a haunted maze. Universal hires him as a diversion for guests who must suffer the long wait in line.

Some of his favorite tricks include putting a electric drill through his nose, spinning a chained chair from his pierced nose, nipples and back, swallowing swords and also swallowing snakes and letting them come back out through his nose. He has been on "Ripley's Believe It or Not" many times.

Answer: The Mummy

The mascot for 1999 was indeed The Mummy. To capitalize on Universal's summer blockbuster, "Last Gasp" featured a haunted maze based on a cursed Egyptian tomb guest would have to navigate. "The Blair Witch Project" is an Artisan films property, "Lake Placid" is from 20th Century Fox and "Bone Collector" is indeed from Universal.

Answer: "Not afraid of the dark? You don't know Jack!"

From Jack The Clown's twisted mind came such horrifying creations as "Anxiety", a 3D virtual reality-like maze where guests found themselves trapped inside a malfunctioning video game and the twisted acrobatic show, "Jacked Up" and the scare zone "Clown Attack". Hundreds of clowns filled the streets to menace the young, the old and everyone who got in their way. You were out of luck if you were afraid of clowns that year.

Answer: Eddie

Universal had to make some quick decisions and unfortunate revisions to the story line of 2001's I.C.U Horror Nights event. Eddie was supposed to be the younger brother of Jack the Clown and he held a major grudge against Jack. The story would have had the brothers using terrorist tactics against each other in an all out war of clown gangs in the streets of New York. Highly inappropriate to some, so Universal scrapped the idea with less than 3 weeks to go before the start of haunt season. All the blood was turned to ooze and Eddie never saw the light of day. Jack the Clown was once again the mascot that guests got to be scared by in 2001. Shame too, many fans consider I.C.U. a toned down event.

Answer: Albert Caine

Theming became an important element at "Islands of Fear" in 2002 with each separate Island becoming its own haunted world. Dr. Albert Caine
assured guests each night that "Your time has come..."

Answer: Fear Factor

"Fear Factor" tried to get to core of a haunt, FEAR. It used the common fears of insects, the dark, dogs, and gore to good effect. Many thought that it was the weakest of all 2002's mazes.

Answer: Infestation

Infestation was a show that guest's could either take part in or stand and watch. For a price of $5, anyone 18 years or older could let the director place a plexiglass case over their head, spin a wheel to choose which critter would be dumped on thier heads.

The wheel had roaches, rats, scorpions and mealworms on it. Often the director would purposly stop the wheel on the spot in which the "auditioning" guest had said they least wanted.

Answer: Hellraiser

Once you walked past the drive-in screen endlessly showing horror movie clips, you were in the director's domaine. Films came to life in front of your eyes. "Hellraiser" was not one of the director's featured horror films. The maze also contained scenes from "Friday the 13th". The sets were so convincing in this maze you felt like you walked on to a movie set.

Answer: true

The widow of Dr.Suess, Audrey Geisel will not allow Universal Studios to turn her husband's family friendly world into a place of scares and horror. Each year, Suess Landing remains devoid of any scareactors and only has a thick coating of fog, spooky lighting and some scary music to theme it.

Answer: Shadybrook Rest Home

The Shadybrook Rest Home served as the backdrop to one of the best haunted mazes I have ever been in. Amazing acting and detailed sets put you amongst the crazies of PsychoScarapy. To round out this maze, the creative team at Universal actually pumped in the smell of excrement for the bathroom scene. A smell that anyone who experienced this maze won't soon forget.