Origins
Halloween started in which country?
Ireland
What do children say when they go door to door?
Trick-or-Treat
What do you call a dead person who walks again?
Zombie
What is the American word for sweets?
Candy
What’s the name of the friendly ghost in cartoons?
Casper the Ghost
What was the old Celtic festival called?
Samhain
What do people carve to make Jack O’ Lanterns?
Pumpkins
What flying creature sleeps upside down?
A bat
What fruit do people try to catch in ‘Bobbing for…’
Apples
In The Addams Family, what’s the daughters name?
Wednesday
Why did people wear costumes on Samhain night?
To scare away ghosts and evil spirits.
What colour is usually connected with Halloween, along with black?
Orange
What’s the name for a person who changes during a full moon?
A werewolf
The word “treat” in “Trick or Treat” means a reward — what’s the opposite of a “treat”?
A trick. ( a prank/joke)
What’s the name of the masked killer in the Halloween movies?
Mike Myers
What did people light to protect themselves from spirits?
Bonfires
What animal is a symbol of bad luck and witches?
Black Cat
What does spooky mean?
Scary or creepy.
What vegetable was used before pumpkins to make Jack O’ Lanterns?
Turnips
Which 2017 Pixar movie is about Mexico’s Day of the Dead and family memories?
Coco
What tradition came from the Irish tradition of ‘mumming’?
Trick-or-Treating
What is the name of the cake eaten in Ireland that contains charms?
Barnbrack
What is the meaning of haunted?
A place that is regularly visited by a ghost.
What mashed potato dish do Irish people eat at Halloween?
Colcannon
Which movie connects Halloween with Christmas and features a skeleton who tries to “steal” Christmas?
The Nightmare Before Christmas