Halloween History
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Halloween: By the Numbers
100

Halloween was originally connected to this season when farmers finished bringing in their crops.

What is harvest/fall?

100

This 1978 horror movie features the masked murderer Michael Myers

What is Halloween?

100

This legendary creature is said to drink human blood and sleep in a coffin.

What is a vampire?

100

This organ controls your body's response to fear and helps trigger the “fight or flight” reaction.

What is the brain?

100

A spider has this many legs.

What is 8?

200

This tradition involves dressing up and going from house to house asking for treats

What is trick or treating?

200

In this horror franchise, a murderer named Freddy Krueger attacks people in their dreams

What is Nightmare on Elm Street?

200

This creature is said to transform from a human into a wolf-like monster

What is a werewolf?

200

This hormone is released during frightening or stressful situations and increases heart rate.

What is adrenaline? 

200

A human skeleton typically has approximately this many bones

What is 206 bones?

300

This country is strongly associated with the early development of Halloween traditions such as carved turnips.

What is Ireland?

300

This 1996 movie introduced audiences to Ghostface and helped revive the slasher genre

What is scream?

300

This monster is said to live in the Arctic and is sometimes described as a giant, hairy creature.

What is a yeti?

300

This phenomenon causes you to feel like you've experienced something before.

What is de ja vu?

300

A traditional Jack-o’-lantern is commonly carved from this type of squash.

What is a pumpkin?

400

In the past, people carved faces into vegetables to make lanterns. This tradition was meant to help do this

What is scare away evil spirits?

400

In this 2017 movie, Pennywise the clown terrorizes a group of children in the town of Derry

What is It?

400

This legendary creature is said to rise from the dead and search for the living

What is a zombie?

400

This real animal is the only mammal capable of sustained powered flight

What is a bat?

400

About how many colours are traditionally found on a piece of candy corn?

What is 3?

500

The word “Halloween” comes from a shortened form of this phrase

What is All Hallows Eve?

500

In this 2023 movie, a young girl becomes involved with a creepy animatronic bear and other characters at a haunted pizza restaurant.

What is 5 Nights at Freddy's?

500

This famous monster from Greek mythology had snakes for hair and could turn people to stone with her eyes

Who is Medusa?

500

This condition causes some people to experience an intense fear of spiders.

What is arachnophobia? 

500

According to Stats Canada, about how much did Canadians spend on cookies, candy, and snack foods at large retailers during October in 2018?

What is $613 million?

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