Halloween History
This ancient Celtic festival is considered one of the earliest influences on Halloween.
What is Samhain?
Children traditionally say this phrase when asking for Halloween candy.
What is "Trick or Treat"?
This object is traditionally associated with a witch’s flying transportation.
What is a broomstick?
This classic 1931 film featured Boris Karloff as the monster.
What is Frankenstein?
This candy is traditionally made by pulling and stretching sugar into long ropes.
What is Taffy?
Halloween was traditionally known as “All Hallows’ Eve.” The word "hallow" means this:
What is to make holy or sacred?
In the United States, this vegetable eventually replaced the turnip as the most popular Halloween carving vegetable.
What is the pumpkin?
In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, these three supernatural characters are famous for making predictions.
What are the Three Witches?
This 1960 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock featured a famous shower scene and became a Halloween favorite.
What is Psycho?
This candy, originally marketed as “Chicken Feed,” is a classic Halloween treat.
What is candy corn?
Halloween developed in part from Christian traditions associated with this November 1 holiday.
What is All Saints’ Day?
This Halloween tradition involves telling frightening stories around a fire.
What is storytelling/ghost-story telling?
This mythical creature is traditionally said to transform from human to animal during a full moon.
What is a werewolf?
This 1966 television special introduced audiences to the Great Pumpkin.
What is It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown?
This popular Halloween costume disguises a person's identity by covering the face.
What is a mask?
This country is often credited with popularizing the modern tradition of carving pumpkins (originally using turnips and other vegetables) into jack-o’-lanterns.
What is Ireland?
According to folklore, seeing a spider on Halloween sometimes symbolizes this.
What is the presence or protection of a loved one’s spirit?
This name is commonly given to the magical practice of turning someone into another creature.
What is shapeshifting?
This actor famously portrayed Count Dracula in the 1931 film Dracula.
Who is Bela Lugosi?
This type of candy is traditionally made with chocolate, caramel and nougat.
What is a candy bar?
This medieval Christian observance on October 31 is sometimes called All Hallows’ Eve.
What is the evening before All Saints Day?
In traditional Halloween folklore, a “jack-o’-lantern” is meant to do this.
What is ward off evil spirits?
This legendary creature is said to be half-human and half-horse.
What is a centaur?
This 1978 horror film featured the masked killer Michael Myers.
What is Halloween?
This famous Halloween candy was originally introduced as a “chocolate-covered wafer”.
What is a Kit-Kat?