Movies
Who is the villain in the Halloween movies?
Michael Myers
Which ancient tribe is Halloween connected with?
Celts
What do people carve during Halloween?
Pumpkins
What do Hungarians have instead of Halloween?
All Saints' Day
Name three movies that are typical Halloween movies! (except the Halloween franchise)
E.g. The Nightmare Before Christmas, Scream, Corpse Bride, The Conjuring movies, A Nightmare on Elm Street, etc.
What did the Colonial people celebrate during Halloween?
Harvest
What do people do when they are Trick-or-Treating?
They wear costumes and they go house to house and ask for food, sweets.
What kind of festival is in Austria during Halloween?
Pumpkin Festival
Who directed Corpse Bride?
Tim Burton
Who were the Celtic priests?
The Druids
Approximately, how many billion dollars do Americans spend on Halloween?
About 6 billion dollars
How do Mexican people celebrate Halloween?
They decorate the houses and the streets, paint themselves, they dance, they visit graveyards.
How many Halloween movies are there?
Thirteen
How do we call it when people dress up in costumes and go house to house asking for food or money?
Trick-or-Treating
Name three types of candies that people eat during Halloween.
E.g. candy corn, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, different kinds of chocolate, gummybears, Sour Patch Kids, M&M's, Skittles, Hershey's Kisses, Snickers, etc.
In England, how do people call Trick-or-Treating?
Mischief Night
What is the title of the most famous song from The Nightmare Before Christmas?
This is Halloween
What did the Celtic festival, Samhain mark?
The end of summer, the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter.
Tell two superstitions in connection with Halloween!
E.g. don't cross paths with a black cat, try not to walk under ladders, try to avoid breaking mirrors, try to avoid spilling salt, try to avoid stepping on cracks
Where did Halloween originate from?
Ireland