Trivia
When is Halloween thought to have originated?
4000 B.C. - tracked back to Ireland
A pumpkin is a vegetable
Trick - Pumpkins are considered fruit due to them having seeds and a flowering plant.
I am a body with a leg, an arm, and a head but I look like I am naked and bare. What am I?
A Skeleton
"It's not the house that's haunted... it's your son."
Insidious (2010)
A human with the ability to shapeshift, either purposely or after being placed under a curse or with the transformations occurring on the night of a full moon
Werewolf
What famous magician died on Halloween?
Harry Houdini - from a ruptured appendix on October 31, 1926, at the age of 52, in Detroit, Michigan.
The blockbuster movie Halloween was filmed in just 21 days
Treat - Halloween was filmed in 21 days in the spring of 1978 primarily in South Pasadena, California.
You can find me from head to toe, I am a liquid, I make some people faint and I am in every living being you know. What am I?
Blood
"Whatever you do, don't fall asleep."
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
In early Scandinavian folklore, giant, monstrous being, sometimes possessing magic powers. They generally live in caves or around other rocky formations, and can be either giant or quite small.
Trolls
What two countries popularized Halloween costumes for trick-or-treating?
Scotland and Ireland - the tradition of going house to house collecting food at Halloween goes back at least as far as the 16th century, as does the tradition of people wearing costumes at Halloween.
The average bag of candy that one child will collect on Halloween contains about 7,000 calories.
Trick - It is around 11,000 calories.
A zombie, a mummy, and a ghost bought a house. It has all of the usual rooms except for one. What room won’t you find?
A living room
"I think people should always try to take the bad things that happen to them in their lives, and turn them into something good. Don't you?"
Orphan (2009)
In 18th and 19th-century myths of Eastern Europe, it was believed that someone who was born with deformities or died an irregular death could, after burial, rise again to terrorize the living.
Vampires
Where is the world’s longest haunted house?
The Factory of Terror in Canton, Ohio has won the Guinness World Record 3 times as the Longest Indoor Haunted Attraction in the world. The Factory located inside an abandoned 160,000 sq. ft. aluminum foundry .
Samhainophobia is the fear of Halloween
Treat - The Samhain festival was celebrated by the Celts for marking the transition between summer and winter.
I have hundreds of ears, but I can’t hear a thing. What am I?
A cornfield
“I’m scared to close my eyes; I’m scared to open them!”
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Incorporated into Gothic stonework as early as the 13th-century to keep rain water off cathedral roofs, and were supposed to protect the congregation from the ever-present evil forces lurking outside
Gargoyles
What is the most popular Halloween candy in America?
Skittles
The Irish carved the first jack-o-lanterns out of pumpkins
Trick - Turnips. Children hollowed out the veggies, carved faces on them and placed candles inside to scare away evil spirits on Halloween night.
What do you get if you divide the circumference of a jack-o-lantern by its diameter?
Pumpkin pi
“It’s Halloween; I guess everyone’s entitled to one good scare.”
Halloween (1978)
A mischievous, vengeful, and greedy creature whose primary purpose is to cause trouble to humankind
A goblin