Hallowe'en Facts
What are the traditional Halloween colours?
Orange and black
What's the English for "мумия"?
Mummy
What is the name of the activity when children dress in costumes and go asking for sweets?
Trick or treat
Is pumpkin a fruit or a vegetable?
Fruit
What can children do as a "trick"?
Students' answers
What is the date of Halloween?
October 31st
Cauldron
What animal can fly and is a symbol of Halloween?
Bat
What is the name of the pumpkin lantern made on Halloween?
What's Devil's favourite fruit which is one of the Hallowe'en symbols?
Red apple
What are the other names of Halloween?
All Hallows' Eve, All Saints' Day
What's the English for "сладость или гадость"?
Trick or treat
What can you get instead of sweets in some cultures when you go trick or treating?
Money
Pumpkins can be orange, white, green and what other colour?
Blue
What did the Celts originally celebrate on the 1st of November?
Celtic New Year
What countries did Halloween come from?
Ireland, Scotland and England
What's "оборотень" in English?
Werewolf
What games are usually played at Halloween celebrations?
Bobbing the apple, apples on the string
Which vegetable were jack-o-lanterns originally made of?
Turnip
How did the Christianic Church ask to change the name "All Hallows Eve"?
All Saints Day
Where was Jack from the jack-o-lantern legend from?
Ireland
What's "дом с привидениями" in English?
What do people usually do on Halloween, according to the old tradition?
Fortune telling
Why do people put jack-o-lanterns on the windows?
To scare away the evil spirits
The Mexicans celebrate Hallowe'en, too, but it's called differently. How is their festival called?
The Festival of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos)