VOCABULARY
The words children say at Halloween to get sweets.
Trick or treat!
When is Halloween?
On 31st October
Instead of pumpkins, what vegetable did many Irish people carve for early Halloweens?
a. potatoes
b. turnips
c. sweet potatoes
A scary thing that rhymes with toast
Ghost
A flying mammal that comes out at night.
A bat
Is Halloween a public holiday in the UK and the USA?
No, it isn't.
Is a pumpkin a fruit or a vegetable?
A fruit
A bony monster that rhymes with sun
Skeleton
What witches use to fly.
Broom / Broomstick
Which of these is NOT a Halloween tradition?
a. putting carved pumpkins outside your front door.
b. hanging mistletoe over doors.
c. apple bobbing
b. hanging mistletoe over doors
Which of these is NOT another name for Halloween?
a. All Hallows Eve
b. Eve of All Saint's Day
c. Hallowmas
c. Hallowmas (this is another name for All Saints' Day (1st November)
A monster that rhymes with wire
Vampire
A pumpkin with a carved face.
The Halloween colours are...?
Orange (harvest) and black (death)
What was the most popular Halloween costume in 2021?
a. skeleton
b. witch
c. zombie
b. witch
A monster that rhymes with tummy
Mummy
A house that is inhabited by ghosts.
A haunted house
The origins of Halloween are...
a. in the pagan Celtic festival of Samhain
b. in the Roman festival of Halovinum
c. in the Catholic church festival of Michaelmas
a. in the pagan Celtic festival of Samhain
The fear of Halloween is called...
a. hallowphobia
b. samhainophobia
c. halloweenophobia
b. samhainophobia
A monster with stitches that rhymes with mine
Frankenstein