Halloween
This orange vegetable is traditionally carved into a jack-o’-lantern.
What is a pumpkin?
Samhain originated with this ancient European people
Who are the Celts?
According to legend, this creature transforms during a full moon.
What is a werewolf?
This common Halloween animal is the only mammal capable of true flight.
What is a bat?
This friendly ghost starred in a 1995 movie starring Christina Ricci.
Who is Casper?
This triangular candy has yellow, orange, and white layers.
What is candy corn?
Halloween is celebrated each year on this date.
What is October 31?
Samhain marked the end of this season and beginning of winter.
What is the harvest season/summer?
In Greek mythology, Medusa had these creatures instead of hair.
What are snakes?
The fear of spiders is known by this name.
What is arachnophobia?
Alfred Hitchcock directed this 1960 thriller featuring the infamous Bates Motel.
What is Psycho?
These chocolate candies famously “melt in your mouth, not in your hand.”
What are M&M’s?
Before pumpkins became popular, people in Ireland commonly carved these root vegetables into lanterns.
What are turnips?
During Samhain, people lit large ceremonial fires known by this name.
What are bonfires?
This creature is said to be hurt by silver.
What is a vampire?
What two colors are associated with Halloween?
What is orange and black? Orange is a symbol of strength and endurance and, along with brown and gold, stands for the harvest and autumn. Black is typically a symbol of death and darkness and acts as a reminder that Halloween once was a festival that marked the boundaries between life and death.
Michael Myers is the masked villain of this horror film franchise.
What is Halloween?
This candy bar combines chocolate, caramel, and peanuts.
What is Snickers?
The name “Halloween” comes from a shortened form of this phrase
What is All Hallows’ Eve?
The word “Samhain” is generally pronounced something like this.
What is “SOW-in”?
This legendary rider appears in Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
Who is the Headless Horseman?
This bird's nighttime call have long connected it with Halloween.
What is an owl?
In The Shining, Jack Nicholson's character famously breaks through a door and shouts these two words.
What is “Here’s Johnny!”?
This candy is advertised as “two great tastes that taste great together.”
What are Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups?
The famous magician Harry Houdini died on Halloween in this year.
What is 1926?
During Samhain, the Celts believed the boundary between our world and this world became thinner.
What is the spirit world/the world of the dead?
In Irish folklore, this wailing supernatural woman was believed to foretell a death.
What is a banshee?
A group of ravens is traditionally called this ominous-sounding word.
What is an unkindness?
This character famously threatens, “I’ll get you, my pretty!”
Who is the Wicked Witch of the West?
This candy bar was named after the Mars family's horse—not the planet.
What is Snickers?
The Halloween tradition of going door-to-door for treats developed partly from old customs called what?
What is souling or guising?
In what decade did Irish immigrants bring the traditions of Samhain to the United States?
What is the 1800s?
This creature from Jewish folklore is a humanlike being magically brought to life from clay.
What is a golem?
According to folklore, sprinkling this around a doorway can help ward off evil spirits.
What is salt?
This 1973 horror classic tells the story of a young girl named Regan who becomes possessed.
What is The Exorcist?
Originally called “Chicken Feed,” this Halloween staple debuted in the late 1800s
What is candy corn?