Halloween History & Traditions
The halloween colors are orange and black, with orange representing the harvest and black representing _______.
Death
In Greek mythology, this monster is half human and half bull and lives in a labyrinth?
The Minotaur
In "The Nightmare Before Christmas", Jack Skellington's ghost dog has this name?
Zero
This word desribes an animal that is most active at night.
Nocturnal
This author created "Frankenstein", first published in 1818
Mary Shelley
Traditionally placed on Day of the Dead altars, these orange flowers are also known as cempasuchil?
Marigolds
This three-headed dog guards the entrance to the underworld in Greek mythology.
Cerberus
In "The Addams Family", this disembodied hand helps the family.
Thing
A full moon occurs when Earth is positioned approximately between the Sun and this celestial object?
The Moon
This author wrote "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", featuring Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman?
Washington Irvin
In Scottish and Irish folklore, the name for a carved Halloween lantern comes from a character known as "stingy" this person?
Jack
This legendary creature rises from its own ashes after death.
The Phoenix
In "Coraline", Coraline discovers a passage to another world behind this feature of her new home.
A small door
This is the only group of mammals capable of laying eggs?
Duck-billed platypus
In Edgar Allan Poe's poem, "The Raven", this is the word the raven repeatedly says?
Nevermore
This Scottish word describes the Halloween tradition of dressing in costume and going door to door for treats.
Guising
This creature from Greek mythology has the body of a lion, and the wings, head, and talons of an eagle?
Griffin
In "Ghostbusters", the team's headquarters is located in a former building used by this emergency service?
This biological process causes some living organisms, including certain fungi and deep-sea animals, to produce their own light.
Bioluminescence
This word describes a person who claims to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
A Medium
During the Middle Ages, people practicing "souling" went door to door offering prayers for the dead in exchange for these small baked treats?
Soul Cakes
In Greek mythology, this many-headed serpent grows two new heads whenever one is cut off.
Hydra
In "Hocus Pocus", the Sanderson sister's talking black cat was originally a boy with this first name?
Thackery
In folklore, silver is said to harm werewolves. On the periodic table, silver has this two-letter chemical symbol?
Ag
The 1897 novel, "Dracula", inspired this 1922 silent film, where the character, Count Orlok, is secretly a vampire.
"Noseferatu"