Creepy Crawlies
What do witches ride to fly through the night sky?
A) Vacuum
B) Pole
C) Bike
D) Broomstick
D) Broomstick
Witches are famously shown as riding broomsticks to fly through the night sky.
What day do we celebrate Halloween?
A) October 28th
B) October 31st
C) November 1st
D) November 3rd
B) October 31st
What do people traditionally "bob" for at parties?
A) Apples
B) Bananas
C) Oranges
D) Plums
A) Apples
What do people carve on Halloween?
A) Squash
B) Pumpkins
C) Yams
D) Potatoes
B) Pumpkins
People carve pumpkins for Halloween to make jack-o'-lanterns.
What do people who go house to house collect on Halloween?
A) Crafts
B) Pumpkins
C) Stickers
D) Candy
D) Candy
People going from house to house on Halloween primarily collect candy and chocolate, which is the "treat" in the phrase "trick or treat".
What are the three colors in candy corn?
A) White, blue and yellow
B) Yellow, orange and white
C) Red, yellow and orange
D) Black, pink and purple
B) Yellow, orange and white
The traditional colors of candy corn are white, orange, and yellow, arranged from the tip to the wide base. These colors represent the fall harvest and are a staple of the autumn season and Halloween in North America.
Where is Count Dracula from?
A) Transylvania
B) Canada
C) Germany
D) Russia
A) Transylvania
Count Dracula is from Transylvania, a historical region in Central Europe that is now part of modern-day Romania.
Name this theme song?
The Addams Family
Name this song?
Monster Mash
What are the two Halloween colors?
A) Pink and green
B) Black and white
C) Black and orange
D) Yellow and white
C) Black and orange
The two traditional colors of Halloween are black and orange. Black represents death, darkness, and the "darker half" of the year, while orange symbolizes the fall harvest and the life of the season.
What do bats and vampires have in common?
A) They love garlic
B) They come out in the day
C) They come out at night
D) They love sugar
C) They come out at night.
Bats come out at night because they are nocturnal, meaning they are active during the night to hunt insects, find food, and avoid predators, especially birds that are active during the day. Vampires come out at night because they are mythical creatures of folklore and literature that are associated with the night and the darkness.
What do pumpkins grow on?
A) Trees
B) Bushes
C) In water
D) Vines
D) Vines
Pumpkins grow in warm, sunny climates on vines that spread out, often in fields, large gardens, or pumpkin patches
Are pumpkins technically a fruit or vegetable?
A) Fruit
B) Vegetable
A) Fruit
Technically, a pumpkin is a fruit because it develops from the flower of the plant and contains seeds. However, it is often treated as a vegetable in a culinary sense because it is typically used in savory dishes rather than sweet ones, like a fruit would be.
Why did people originally wear costumes on Halloween?
A) To scare their families
B) To scare people
C) To scare off roaming ghosts and evil spirits
D) To scare the animals
C) To scare off roaming ghosts and evil spirits.
Halloween originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, where people would light bonfires and dress up in costumes to scare off roaming ghosts and spirits. They believed that on Halloween, ghosts came back to Earth and would haunt anyone who left their homes.
What was candy corn originally called?
A) Fish feed
B) Chicken feed
C) Corn feed
D) Animal feed
B) Chicken feed
It was first called chicken feed and it wasn't for halloween, it was for Christmas. Candy corn was invented in 1888 by George Renninger and since corn was mostly used to feed livestock back then, he called it chicken feed.
What country did Halloween come from?
A) Canada
B) England
C) Ireland
D) Scotland
C) Ireland
Halloween originated in Ireland as the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, which marked the end of summer and the start of winter, and the belief that the boundary between the living and dead blurred.
What are the only mammals that can truly fly?
A) Bats
B) Crows
C) Flying squirrels
D) Pigeons
A) Bats
Bats are the only mammals capable of true, sustained flight. While other mammals like flying squirrels and flying lemurs can glide, bats are the only ones with the ability to actively flap their wings for powered flight.
What vegetable was used to make Jack-o'-lanterns before pumpkins became popular?
A) Carrots
B) Parsnips
C) Cauliflower
D) Turnips
D) Turnips
Originally, jack-o'-lanterns were carved from turnips, potatoes, or beets in Ireland and Scotland to ward off evil spirits. When Irish immigrants came to North America, they began using pumpkins, as they were more readily available and easier to carve, and the tradition evolved into the pumpkin version we know today.
Which character in “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” believes in the Great Pumpkin.
A) Linus
B) Charlie Brown
C) Sally
D) Lucy
A) Linus
Only Linus van Pelt genuinely believes in the Great Pumpkin in "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown".
Day of the Dead, or Dia de los Muertos, is a holiday celebrated in what country?
A) Venezuela
B) Brazil
C) Spain
D) Mexico
D) Mexico
Day of the Dead is primarily celebrated in Mexico, but also in other Latin American countries like Guatemala, Ecuador, El Salvador, and Nicaragua, as well as by Mexican-American communities in the United States
What is the name of a group of witches?
A) Pod
B) Herd
C) Cluster
D) Coven
D) Coven
A group of witches is called a coven. The word "coven" is an old term for a gathering or assembly of witches.
What was Halloween originally called?
A) Hallow Hallow
B) Day of the dead
C) Samhein
D) All ghost day
C) Samhein
Halloween was originally known as the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, which marked the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter. As it evolved with the adoption of Christian traditions, the night of Samhain became known as All Hallows' Eve, or Hallowe'en, which was then shortened to the name we use today.
What is the name for the fear of ghosts?
A) Kinemortophobia
B) Wiccaphobia
C) Phasmophobia
D) Coulrophobia
C) Phasmophobia
The name for the fear of ghosts is Phasmophobia. It is an intense and irrational fear of ghosts and other supernatural entities that can cause significant anxiety and distress.
How many bones does the human skeleton contain?
A) 54
B) 206
C) 150
D) 175
B) 206
An adult human body has 206 bones, though this can vary slightly between individuals. Babies are born with more bones, around 300, which fuse and grow together as they develop into a single adult skeleton.
What year did It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown first air?
A) 1966
B) 1952
C) 1975
D) 1981
A) 1966
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown is a 1966 American animated Halloween television special based on the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz.