Halloween History 1
The Day of the Dead is celebrated on November 1st and 2nd in this country.
What is Mexico?
A popular Halloween costume that is associated with ancient Egypt.
What is a mummy?
This Halloween character resides in Transylvania.
Dracula
The colors associated with Halloween are ________ and __________.
What are black and orange?
Halloween falls on this day.
What is October 31?
Fear of vampires led to The Vampire Panic of the 1800s in this location.
A) England C) France
B) New England D) Texas
What is New England?
19 people were hanged and one person was pressed to death during this event in 1692 in New England.
What are the Salem Witch Trials?
If you say this character's name 3 times, you will summon him.
Who is Beetlejuice (Betelgeuse)?
What is the Addams Family?
What is the Monster Mash?
Malleus Maleficarum, written in 1486 by Heinrich Kramer, contributed to this event.
A) Witch Hunts C) Salem Witch Trials
B) Vampire Panic of 1502 D) Dancing Plague of 1518
What are witch hunts?
Many people feared being buried alive in the 18th-19th centuries. To combat this, safety coffins were invented. These contained __________ to alert people on the surface if someone was buried alive.
What is a bell?
The villain from Nightmare Before Christmas
Who is Oogie Boogie?
This 1993 Disney movie introduced us to the Sanderson sisters, three witches who are resurrected from the dead on Halloween.
What is Hocus Pocus?
Often associated with Halloween, this is the only mammal that can fly.
What is a bat?
Jack o' Lanterns originated in Ireland where people placed candles in hollowed-out ________ to keep away spirits and ghosts on the Samhain holiday.
What are turnips?
Bram Stoker may have based this famous character on real-life people, such as the Wallachian prince Vlad the Impaler and Hungarian Countess Elizabeth Bathory.
Who is Dracula?
This Addams family member has long hair and doesn't speak.
Who is Cousin It?
Halloween is the second largest commercial holiday in the U.S. after Christmas. How much do Americans spend on Halloween each year?
a) $200 million c) $12 billion
b) $1 billion d) $500 million
What is C) $12 billion?
A group of witches is called________.
What is a coven?
Halloween originally began as Samhain (pronounced Sow-in) with this group of people. It began as a day to mark the end of summer and beginning of winter. They believed the veil between worlds was thin on this day and ghosts could come back to Earth.
Who were the Celts?
Mary Shelley wrote this famous gothic horror book in the early 1800s. This book tells the story of a reanimated monster cobbled together from body parts.
What is Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus?
This movie character has long sharp metal claws, wears a red and black striped sweater, and visits people in their dreams.
Who is Freddy Krueger?
Typically a toad or cat, this is a demon that helps a witch complete spells, potions, etc.
What is a familiar?
Until 2024, this was the most popular Halloween candy in the USA.
What are Reese's Peanut Butter Cups?