Halloween History
Halloween Traditions
Halloween Characters
80's/90's Horror
General Halloween
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Halloween is celebrated on this day every year?
October 31st
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This is traditionally handed out to children on Halloween night?
Candy
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This character wears a cape, has sharp teeth and a thirst for blood.
Vampire/Dracula
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This small, overall wearing doll comes alive and goes on a killing spree
Chucky
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This is the phrase kids say when they knock on doors on Halloween night
Trick or Treat
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This country started "Halloween".
Ireland
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The traditional name for a carved pumpkin is called?
Jack-O-Lantern
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Jack Skellington embodies this classic Halloween character in the Nightmare Before Christmas?
Skeleton
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"What's your favourite scary movie", is a classic line from this famous 90's slasher film?
Scream
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Is a pumpkin a fruit or a vegetable?
Fruit
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The Celtics believed that on the night of October 31st, was the night that these spooky creatures would return to earth?
Ghosts
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What kids/adults wear to disguise themselves on Halloween?
Costumes
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This character is Gomez's beloved wife in the Addams Family?
Morticia Addams
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He appears in the dreams of his prey to torture and kill them
Freddy Krueger
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This was the original name for the holiday we know as "Halloween"
All Hallows Eve
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This is the name of the Celtic festival, which inspired Halloween?
Samhain (pronounced Sow-In)
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These Halloween colours trace back to the Celtic festival of Samhain.
Black representing "death" and orange representing "autumn harvest"
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Aggie Cromwell who is played by Debbie Reynolds in the Disney franchise Halloweentown, is this classic Halloween character?
A Witch
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This town is home to Michael Myers in Halloween?
Haddonfield
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Which famous magician actually died on Halloween day?
Harry Houdini
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November 2nd, is the date of this religious holiday starting in the year 1000:
a) All Saints Day
b) Samhain
c) All Soul's Day
c) All Soul's Day
Much like Halloween, it was celebrated wth big bonfires, costumes etc.
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This Halloween candy was originally called "chicken feed" in the late 1800's?
Candy Corn
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This is the main character from Washington Irving's 1820 story "The Legend of Sleepy Hallow"?
The Headless Horseman
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This actor won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs?
Anthony Hopkins
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Who first sang the song "The Monster Mash" in 1962?
Bobby Prickett