Candy
What date is the MOST candy sold all year round. Must have a month and day
What is October 28?
What state grown more pumpkins than any other?
What is Illinois?
What do you call a fear of Halloween?
a) Samhainophobia
b) Spooky-itis
c) Deadly pumpkin disease
a) Samhainophobia
What do the the traditional colors of orange and black stand for?
What is fall harvest and darkness or death?
What country did Halloween originate?
*Hint* The answer is a European country
Ireland
What is the most popular candy in the United States?
What is M & Ms?
(Mars & Murrie)
In the US, black cats were once believed to bring bad luck. In what country were white cats thought to bring bad luck?
What is England?
According to legend, what would be the most useful if a werewolf attacked you?
a) A headstart
b) Garlic
c) Silver bullets
c) Silver bullets
Halloween is the second most commercially successful holiday. What is the first?
What is Christmas?
What is the number one costume for pets?
What is a pumpkin?
How many pounds of candy does the average adult eat in October?
3.5 pounds
The creature believed to inhabit forests, mainly in the Pacific Northwest region.
Who is Bigfoot or Sasquatch?
What does Dracula turn himself into?
a) Wolf
b) Bat
c) Bear
b) Bat
Apart from eating, how else are apples used on Halloween?
What is caramel OR bobbing?
Which outfit has been consistently the most popular for girls in the past 50 years?
What is a princess?
Who invented Cotton Candy?
a) A chemist
b) A dentist
c) A teacher
b) A dentist!
In 1897, dentist William Morrison partnered with confectioner John C. Wharton to devise a machine that used centrifugal force to turn sugar into cotton-like strands. The result was cotton candy, but that name didn’t come until the 1920s. Morrison and Wharton called their treat “Fairy Floss.”
What is a carved pumpkin called?
What is a Jack-o-lantern?
What brought Frankenstein's monster to life?
a) Lightning
b) An alarm clock
c) Thunder
c) Lightning
How long does it take a pumpkin to grow?
What is 90-120 days?
Why did people originally start wearing masks on Halloween?
To keep the dead from recognizing you
Which United States President was known for his love of jelly beans?
Who is Ronald Reagan?
He loved eating them so much that Air Force One was outfitted with special jelly bean holders, in case turbulence cause his beloved beans to spill!
What vegetable was traditionally carved before a pumpkin?
What is a turnip?
Which famous Prince was Dracula based on?
a) Prince Charming
b) Vlad the Impaler
c) Prince Charles
b) Vlad the Impaler
Victorians were big fans of spooky things, but why did they put bells in their coffins?
In case they were buried alive by accident and had to ring for help
Originally, what was the "trick" in trick or treat?
What is sing a song?