HALLOWEEN HISTORY
Halloween began over 2,000 years ago with the ancient Celtic Festival of THIS in Ireland, the UK and Northern Europe.
What is SAMHAIN
This superstition, starting in the middle ages, states that THESE animals brought bad luck, where people wrongly believed witches used them as magical helpers.
What are BLACK CATS.
The heaviest pumpkin weighed THIS much:
What is 2,749 pounds.
A new record was set for the heaviest pumpkin in October 2023, when Travis Gienger presented a pumpkin weighing 2,749 pounds. As it was the year 2023, Gienger named the pumpkin “Michael Jordan” in reference to the player’s iconic jersey number (#23). He also said that the pumpkin "started out basketball round, and I said this is going to be a perfectly round basketball-shaped pumpkin.” Though it didn’t stay perfectly round, it’s still a pretty impressive pumpkin!
Invented in the late 1880s by George Renninger of the Wunderle Candy Company (and later produced by Jelly Belly), it was originally marketed as "Chicken Feed" for agrarian families.
What is CANDY CORN.
I am the lovable, nose-twitching witch from the classic 1960s sitcom Bewitched.
Who is SAMANTHA STEPHENS.
This name comes from Christian traditions as the night before All Saint's Day, a day to honor church Saints.
What is ALL HALLOW'S EVE
If you see THIS winged creature circling a house three times, it is said this predicts death.
What are BATS.
Where does 85% of the world’s canned pumpkin come from?
What is ILLONOIS.
Most pumpkin recipes — like pumpkin soup, pumpkin pie, and pumpkin muffins, to name a few — are made using canned pumpkin. And almost all of that canned pumpkin comes from the Libby’s Pumpkin canning plant in Morton, Illinois.
Available in eight classic colors & created in 1882 by Rowntree's in York, England, as "Chocolate Beans" before being renamed this SMART name.
What are SMARTIES.
I am the benevolent counterpart to the Wicked Witch in Oz and the musical Wicked.
Who is GLINDA THE GOOD WITCH.
The original Jack O Lantern was carved from THESE, not pumpkins.
What are TURNIPS
What are OWLS.
Pumpkins grow on every continent except this one.
What is ANTARCTICA.
Named after a young man named Henry who flirted with female workers at the Williamson factory, prompting them to say the classic chocolate bar’s name.
What is OH HENRY.
The iconic green-skinned villain from L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its classic 1939 film adaptation.
Who is THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST.
This classic party game originally started as a British courting and fortune-telling ritual where apples represented potential romantic suitors.
What is BOBBING FOR APPLES.
These creepy crawlers are believed to act as whisperers of advice from witches' cloaks, or vessels for ancestor spirits during the thin veil of Samhain.
What are SPIDERS.
Pumpkins are technically a fruit: True or False?
True! They develop from a flowering plant and contain seeds.
Renamed THIS in 1937, it was named after an 18th-century London political and literary Kit-Cat Club.
What are KIT KATs.
The comedic and wicked trio from the Halloween cult classic Hocus Pocus.
Who are THE SANDERSON SISTERS.
This Halloween tradition evolved from medieval european "Souling", where poor people begged for food or soul cakes in exchange for prayer.
What is TRICK OR TREATING.
These creatures are connected to witchcraft, familiar companionships and magical toadstones due to their bumpy skin and nocturnal, metamorphic life styles.
What are FROGS or TOADS
Each pumpkin has this many seeds.
What is 500.
They take between 90 and 120 days to grow, which is why it's recommended to plant them between May and July.
This is an iconic Canadian chocolate bar featuring alternating layers of vanilla wafer and coffee-flavored soft crème, enrobed in milk chocolate.
What is COFFEE CRISP.
A powerhouse chaos-magic wielder from Marvel Comics and the MCU.
Who is THE SCARLETT WITCH.