Spooky Origins
What country did Halloween Origin in?
1. Japan
2. Ireland
3.USA
Ireland- This was a Celtic Holiday, Samhain. The Celts celebrated Samhain by lighting bonfires on hilltops to frighten away evil spirits, wearing masks and disguises, and divination.
Who you gonna call?
Ghostbusters
Halloween is the second largest commercial holiday in the U.S. after Christmas. How much do Americans spend on Halloween each year?
a) $211 million b) $1 billion c) $11 billion
11.6 BILLION FATTIES
To summon him you must say his name three times
Who are we summoning?
Beetlejuice
What is the Number One most passed out candy on Halloween
1. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
2. Milkyways
3. Skittles
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
What country can you find vampires in?
Hint: Animated kids Movie
Transylvania, Romania
In Monster Mash, Dracula's was troubled by just one thing He opened the lid and shook his fist and said this...
Whatever happened to my Transylvania twist?
According to the American Chemical Society, eating BLANK fun-sized Halloween candy bars would poison a 180-pound person
1. 469
2. 262
3. 137
262
Hocus Pocus!
In this 1993 film, where are the three witches from?
Bonus: what are the three witches relationship?
Salem, MA
Sisters
Name 5 types of M and M's
Peanut, mini, regular, peanut butter, birthday cake, almond, pretzel, fudge, white chocolate, dark chocolate, caramel, crispy, coffee, mint, hazelnut
Before there were the traditional Jack-o-lanterns, people in Ireland used to carve what?
1. Trick question: they carved pumpkins
2. Turnips
3. Beets
Turnips!
In Micheal Jackson's Thriller no mere mortal can resist what
the evil of the thriller
What is the most expected Halloween costume this year for children?
HINT Think Superheros
Spiderman
Name three horror characters that you need to run from or else they will get you?
Chucky, Freddy Krueger, Jason, Michael Myers, Ghostface
Dating back to the 1880s, it was originally called "Chicken Feed" what is the modern name of this candy?
Candy Corn
BONUS: name the color order of it from the top of it the bottom
white orange yellow
In original Celtic bonfires (common on Halloween then), these were thrown into the fire to ward off evil spirits
1. Bones
2. Black cats
3. Potato soup made with the leg of a lamb
BONES
Bonfires were more aptly named ‘bone fires’ as the Celts threw animal bones into the flames to ward off evil spirits
Name five Halloween songs
monster mash, thriller, ghostbusters, somebody is watching me, I put a spell on you, purple people eater
True or false?
Halloween in the third most commercial holiday in the US
False it is second
Right behind Christmas, Halloween is the second most commercial holiday in the US: Americans spend about $6.9 billion on Halloween – most of it for candy, costumes and parties. A surprisingly big chunk is also invested in Halloween costumes for pets.
This American writer and poet wrote "The Raven" and "The Tell-Tale Hearts."
Edgar Allen Poe
These were used in wartime field ration kits during World War II
1) Hershey Chocolate Bars
2) DumDum Lollipops
3) Sterling Mints
4) Tootsie Rolls
Tootsie Rolls
How can you see witch on Halloween?
1. Preform a blood ritual slicing each members index finger to get 5 drops of blood from
2. Wear your clothes inside out and walk backward
3. You'd have to gather the ingredients to a traditional witches soup/cauldron soup (ex: frog legs, rats foot, rabbits ear, tongue of a cow, spleen of a deer)
2. Wear your clothes inside out and walk backward
Who wouldn't eat me cause I'm so tough?
Hint: He loves short shorts
Purple People Eater
How many pounds of pumpkin are bought in America each year around Halloween?
1. 134 million
2. 5.2 million
3. 1.3 billion
1.3 billion pounds of pumpkins each year for Halloween.
Who wrote Frankenstein?
Bonus 100: Can you name 2 or more character from this short story?
Mary Shelley
Victor Frankenstein, Monster, Elizabeth Lavenza, Captain Robert Walton, Doctor Henry Clerval
What are my favorite candys?
I will let you name at least one of my top 5
Hint: think chocolate
Kit-kat, Crunch, Kinder Bueno, Hazelnut with chocolate, ferrero rocher, moms chocolate