Origins 1
Origins 2
Halloween Characters
Spooky trivia
Miscellaneous
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- How many years ago did the origins of Halloween start?
- It started around 2000 years ago.
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Where did the name “Halloween” come from?
November 1st: Samhain -> All Saints day –> All Hallows day.
They day before: All Hallows’ eve –> Halloween
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How many witches appear in Shakespeare's Macbeth?
Three
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What is the day after Halloween called?
All Saints' Day
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Which country has produced the largest pumpkin ever?
Switzerland. They were able to produce a pumpkin that weighed 856 kilograms in 2015.
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- What’s the name of the Celtic Festival that celebrated the end of summer?
- The festival is called Samhain (pronunciation: sow-in).
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What is “souling”?
Souling: The needy begged for pastries called ‘soul cakes’ and in return they would pray for people’s dead relatives.
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Which character portrayed by Johnny Depp is a barber who kills all his clients?
Sweeney Todd
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Vampires are a well-known Halloween creature, but what are they believed to be doing to gain power and survive?
Sucking blood
200
What Halloween colors, black and orange, represent on this holiday?
It’s thought that orange is for pumpkins, harvest, or fire and black represents night, death or darkness
300
What date is Halloween celebrated? What did people believe that happened this day?
It’s celebrated on October 31st. People believed the dead returned as ghosts.
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What is “guising”?
Guising: Young people would dress up in costumes and accept food, wine, money and other offerings in exchange for singing, reciting poetry or telling jokes.
300
This is the name of the father in "The Addams Family."
Gomez Addams
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What is the name of the Gothic novel about a scientist who creates a monster?
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
300
What do you call a group of witches?
A coven
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Why did people leave food and wine on their doorsteps?
To keep roaming spirits at bay (at bay: to control something and prevent it from causing problems).
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How did the Halloween culture become popular in the 19th Century America?
The Irish and Scottish immigrants brought it to America.
400
Who plays Hannibal Lecter in its first and most horrifying film depiction?
Anthony Hopkins
400
What type of creature is Shrek?
An Ogre
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What does the girl from 'The Ring' whisper on the phone?
Seven days
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Why did people wear masks?
They wore masks to get mistaken for fellow ghosts.
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When did Halloween become a family-friendly activity like we know today?
In the 1950s
500
What was Dracula's real name?
Vlad the Impaler
(Vlad III)
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What can harm a vampire?
silver bullets / sunlight
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In the Harry Potter books, which candy comes alive and hops around the train cars?
Chocolate Frogs