Trivia 1
What is apple bobbing?
a game
What animal was believed to protect witches' powers from negative forces?
Black cats
Is a pumpkin a fruit or a vegetable?
A fruit.
Scientifically speaking, a pumpkin is a fruit simply because anything that starts from a flower is botanically a fruit.
Where is Transylvania, otherwise known as home to Count Dracula, located?
Romania
Where does Halloween come from?
Ireland
Jack-O’-Lanterns used to be made from cabbage: true or false?
False
They used to be made from turnips or potatoes. The tradition of making jack-o’-lanterns at Halloween comes from an Irish legend about a man named Stingy Jack. People in Ireland and Scotland began carving scary faces into turnips or potatoes to ward off Stingy Jack and other evil spirits.
Which animal is the only flying mammal?
The bat.
It's a confectionary made from sugar, water and gelatin whipped to a solid but soft consistency.
marshmallow
What is the name of the Gothic novel about a scientist who creates a monster?
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. While the name "Frankenstein" is often associated with the name of the famous monster, it is actually last name of the scientist who creates the monster.
In which century was Halloween first celebrated in the United States?
19th.
Around the 1840s when there was a flood of Irish immigrants fleeing from the potato famine.
What was Dracula’s real first name?
Vlad
On which continent are vampire bats found?
South America
In which traditional Halloween desert do we need the following ingredients: cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves
pumpkin pie
The fear of Halloween is known as samhainophobia: true or false?
True
Halloween originated from an ancient ___ festival.
Celtic
In 2023, Travis Gienger nabbed the Guinness World record for heaviest pumpkin. How much did it weigh?
2,749lbs (1246.925 kg)
What do ghouls rob?
graves
Which fruit's juice does Bloody Mary contain?
tomato
The word "Halloween" means Saints' evening. True or false?
True
The evening before November was called All Hallows Eve, which eventually became Halloween.
This Christian holiday also called Hallowmas was created as the day after Halloween to convert people.
All Saints Day
Trick-or-treating has existed ever since the medieval times: true or false?
True
Around 1000 A.D. in England, a practice called "souling" emerged. Poor families traveled door to door to wealthier families' homes to receive "soul cakes," pastries offered in exchange for prayers for the souls of the homeowners’ departed relatives. Eventually, souling became an activity for children.
What is a male witch called?
Warlock
According to an old Roman tradition what happens to someone who wins a game of bobbing for apples?
The person will get married.
Where is the biggest Halloween parade in the US thrown?
New York
What is the significance of wearing masks and costumes during Halloween?
It was believed that disguises would protect people from evil spirits wandering the Earth.