FOOD
True or False: Pumpkins grow underground.
False. They grow on vines.
What is the original purpose of a Jack 'o' Lantern?
To illuminate the house at night
To scare the neighbours
To keep evil spirits away
To keep away evil spirits.
What is a male witch called?
Warlock/Wizard
If you want to keep spirits out of your home on Halloween, what should you sprinkle on your doorstep?
Holy Water Sage Garlic Salt
Salt
What is the heaviest pumpkin on record?
1, 226 kg 1, 336 kg 1, 446 kg
1, 226 kg
At Halloween parties, kids might bob for in a bucket of water?
Apples
20th Century
What is a ghoul?
an evil demon or ghost
According to superstition, if you look in a mirror at midnight on Halloween, you will see...?
You future wife/husband Bloody Mary You death
Your future wife/husband
What famous magician and escape artist died on Halloween, 1926?
Harry Houdini
In 1962, a society was established for what well known vampire?
Count Dracula
What is the record for fastest pumpkin carver?
17 seconds 27 seconds 37 seconds
37 seconds.
What is the most commercially successful Halloween movie of all time?
It
Before pumpkins became popular, what vegetable was originally used as jack-o-lanterns?
Coconut Aubergine Turnip Butternut Squash
Turnip
The Romans called 1st November Pomona Day. Pomona is the goddess of _____?
Fruit and trees
This beast is sometimes called a lycanthrope.
Werewolf
What does the word Halloween mean?
Dark Night Holy Night
Day of the Dead Night of Hope
Holy Night
Which of the following is NOT a term for a scarecrow?
GallyBagger Doodle Sack Mawkin Bwbach