Halloween History
Halloween is celebrated on this date every year.
October 31
This is the only mammal that can truly fly.
A bat
This ancient Egyptian monster is wrapped head to toe in cloth.
A mummy
This triangle-shaped candy is striped yellow, orange, and white.
Candy corn
A pumpkin carved with a face and lit up inside.
A jack-o'-lantern
Kids say this phrase when they knock on doors for candy.
Trick or treat!
Spiders have this many legs.
8
Count Dracula is this kind of monster.
A vampire
This fall fruit is often dipped in caramel and served on a stick.
An apple
Pumpkins grow on these long, twisty plant stems that spread across the ground.
Vines
Halloween grew out of Samhain, an ancient festival of these people from Ireland and Scotland.
The Celts
This night-hunting bird can turn its head much farther around than people can.
An owl
This monster turns into a wolf during a full moon.
A werewolf
This brand is famous for its chocolate peanut butter cups.
Reese's
Because it has seeds inside, scientists call a pumpkin this: a fruit or a vegetable?
A fruit
Before pumpkins, people in Ireland carved jack-o'-lanterns out of this vegetable.
Turnips
Animals that sleep during the day and are active at night are called this.
Nocturnal
In Mary Shelley's famous book, this is the last name of the scientist who builds a monster.
Frankenstein
These small, drop-shaped Hershey's chocolates come wrapped in foil.
Hershey's Kisses
These come from inside a pumpkin and can be roasted for a crunchy snack.
Pumpkin seeds
The word Halloween is short for All Hallows' ___.
Eve
A full moon comes around about once every this many days.
About 29 or 30 days (once a month)
In the Legend of Sleepy Hollow, this spooky rider chases Ichabod Crane.
The Headless Horseman
When it was first sold, candy corn was nicknamed this farm-animal food.
Chicken Feed
This Midwest state grows more pumpkins than any other U.S. state.
Illinois