Origins of Halloween
Halloween started a long time ago in this country, known for shamrocks and leprechauns.
What is Ireland?
This chocolate bar, filled with nougat, caramel, and peanuts, shares its name with a planet.
What is a Mars Bar?
This 1993 Disney movie follows three witch sisters who return to Salem on Halloween night.
What is Hocus Pocus?
This 1962 hit by Bobby “Boris” Pickett tells the story of a dance done by monsters in a lab.
What is “Monster Mash”?
Halloween always happens on this date every year.
What is October 31st?
Long ago, people celebrated Halloween at the end of this season when farmers finished picking their crops.
What is fall?
This colorful candy’s slogan says you can “Taste the Rainbow.”
What is Skittles?
In this stop-motion movie, Jack Skellington discovers Christmas Town and wants to bring Christmas to Halloween Town.
What is The Nightmare Before Christmas?
This Michael Jackson song features dancing zombies and the famous line, “It’s close to midnight.”
What is “Thriller”?
This Halloween color is often paired with orange because it represents darkness and mystery.
What is black?
People originally wore costumes on Samhain to disguise themselves from these wandering spirits.
What are ghosts?
This crunchy chocolate-and-peanut-butter candy bar tells you to “Give me a break.”
What is Kit-Kat?
In this family-friendly movie, a friendly ghost tries to make friends with a girl named Kat.
What is Casper?
In The Nightmare Before Christmas, Jack Skellington sings this song after scaring people in Halloween Town.
What is “This Is Halloween”?
This animal, often shown with witches, is considered a symbol of bad luck in many Halloween stories.
What is a black cat?
The word “Halloween” comes from the phrase “All Hallows’ Eve,” which refers to the night before this Christian holiday.
What is All Saints’ Day?
This chocolate candy comes in shiny foil and is shaped like a little bell or drop.
What is a Hershey's Kisses?
This animated movie follows a boy who befriends monsters like Dracula, Frankenstein, and the Mummy at a spooky resort.
What is Hotel Transylvania?
This catchy song by Ray Parker Jr. asks, “Who you gonna call?”
What is “Ghostbusters”?
The word “jack-o’-lantern” comes from an old Irish story about a man named this.
Who is Stingy Jack?
This autumn vegetable, common in Ireland and Scotland, was originally carved before pumpkins became popular in America.
What is a turnip?
This peanut butter candy, wrapped in orange and black paper, has been a Halloween classic for decades.
What is a Peanut Butter Kisses?
This animated Tim Burton film tells the story of a man who accidentally proposes to a skeleton bride from the afterlife.
What is Corpse Bride?
This creepy tune by Rockwell says, “I always feel like somebody’s watching me.”
What is “Somebody’s Watching Me”?
Halloween started from an old festival in Ireland that celebrated the end of the harvest and the start of winter.
What is Samhain?