Movies
What was the original title for Hocus Pocus?
A. All Hallows Eve
B. Pocus
C. Halloween House
C. Halloween House- the movie was going to be more horror than comedy
How many pounds of candy corn are produced each year?
A. 35 million pounds amounting to 9 billion pieces
B. 15 million pounds amounting to 1 billion pieces
A. 35 million pounds amounting to 9 billion pieces!!
What one holiday surpasses Halloween in annual consumer sales?
A. Valentine's Day
B. Christmas
C. Easter
B. CHRISTMAS!!
What is the most popular Halloween candy in America?
A. Skittles
B. KitKat
C. Reese
A. Skittles
When is it believed that Halloween first originated?
A. 4000 B.C
B. 2000 B.C
C. 3000 B.C
A. 4000 B.C
What horror movie was the first American film ever to show a toilet on screen?
A. Halloween
B. Psycho
B. Psycho
What vegetable is part of a tradition on the night before Halloween?
A. Cabbage
B. Spinach
A. Cabbage is often used in pranks referred to as Cabbage Night. People would leave stinky, rotten cabbage near a neighbors door
Where was the first city-wide Halloween celebration in the United States?
A. Minnesota
B. Ohio
C. Illinois
A. Anoka, Minnesota
What was Halloween originally called?
All Hallows Eve
Why did some women throw apple peels behind them on Halloween?
Hint Hint... think of why girls twist the apple stem until it comes off while saying the alphabet
Because they believed it would land in the shape of the first letter of their future husband's name
What was count Dracula's original name in the Bram Stoker Classic?
A. Count Bloody
B. Count Bat
C. Count Wampyr
C. COUNT WAMPYR
What was candy corn originally called?
A. Chicken Feed
B. Corn Tusks
C. Orange Treats
A. CHICKEN FEED
What were the first ever fun size candy bars?
A. Hershey bar and Butterfinger
B. 3 Musketeers and Twix
C. Snickers and Milky Way
C. SNICKERS AND MILKY WAY
Why did women look in mirrors while walking downstairs at midnight on Halloween?
A. To fix their costume makeup
B. To hid from ghosts
C. To see their boyfriends
C. To see their boyfriends
Why do some people wear clothes inside out on Halloween?
A. Some say that if you wear your clothes inside out and walk backward, you'll see a witch at midnight.
B. Some say that you'll be able to contact the dead
C. Some say it's good luck
A. Some say that if you wear your clothes inside out and walk backward, you'll see a witch at midnight.
What is the most commercially successful horror franchise off all time?
Hint Hint- think of a syfy creature
Godzilla
What candy was given to soldiers in battle in the Korean War?
A. Skittles
B. Tootsie Rolls
C. Kitkat
B. Tootsie Rolls
What state is it illegal to be a priest or nun for Halloween?
A. Alabama
B. North Dakota
C. Indiana
A. ALABAMA
What was used before pumpkins to make jack O'lanterns?
A. Potatoes and Turnips
B. Beets
A. Potatoes and Turnips
Then they realized pumpkins were much easier to carve.
What did Scottish women hang to see their future husbands on Halloween?
A. A mirror
B. Wet sheets in front of a fire
C. Masks
B. WET SHEETS IN FRONT OF A FIRE. haha
What is the most commercially successful horror movie of all time?
A. Halloween
B. The Conjuring
C. IT
C. IT
How many calories are in the average trick-or-treater's Halloween stash?
A. 5,000
B. 1,000
C. 11,000
C. 11,000
What item is banned in California on Halloween?
A. Silly String
B. Fire crackers
C. Gum
A. SILLY STRING
What is the history of the Jack O' Lantern?
People have been making jack-o’-lanterns at Halloween for centuries. The practice originated from an Irish myth about a man nicknamed “Stingy Jack.” According to the story, Stingy Jack invited the Devil to have a drink with him. True to his name, Stingy Jack didn’t want to pay for his drink, so he convinced the Devil to turn himself into a coin that Jack could use to buy their drinks. Once the Devil did so, Jack decided to keep the money and put it into his pocket next to a silver cross, which prevented the Devil from changing back into his original form.
Jack eventually freed the Devil, under the condition that he would not bother Jack for one year and that, should Jack die, he would not claim his soul. The next year, Jack again tricked the Devil into climbing into a tree to pick a piece of fruit. While he was up in the tree, Jack carved a sign of the cross into the tree’s bark so that the Devil could not come down until the Devil promised Jack not to bother him for ten more years.
Soon after, Jack died. As the legend goes, God would not allow such an unsavory figure into heaven. The Devil, upset by the trick Jack had played on him and keeping his word not to claim his soul, would not allow Jack into hell. He sent Jack off into the dark night with only a burning coal to light his way. Jack put the coal into a carved-out turnip and has been roaming the Earth with ever since. The Irish began to refer to this ghostly figure as “Jack of the Lantern,” and then, simply “Jack O’Lantern.”
Why did people start dressing up in Halloween costumes?
Many Europeans, the Celtics, dressed in costumes (they painted their face with fire ash and then masks) to repel spirits that they believed came back to Earth on what we now call Halloween. They wanted to hid from evil spirits or people that they harmed in their life on earth. People could come back to earth on this night 1 year after they died.