Activities
What do we say when we ask for candy on Halloween?
Trick or treat!
What film introduced vampires to cinema?
Dracula
Halloween has its roots in a festival from about how many years ago?
2000
Carved root vegetables were put in windows and used to keep away what in Ireland?
Evil spirits
_______ apples are a common treat during Halloween.
Candied (toffee) or caramel
What are our carved pumpkins called?
Jack-o'-Lanterns
In the movie Frankenstein, the mad scientist uses this to make his monster.
Dead people / human body parts
The movie Frankenstein came out on this year.
1931
Halloween's name came from which Christian day of celebration (on October 31st)?
All Hallows' Eve
What are the small sized candies called in America?
Fun-sized
What did people in Ireland used to carve instead of pumpkins?
Turnips
What is the name of the of the monster that uses a bladed glove to attack his victims in their dreams?
Nightmare on Elm Street came out on this year.
1986
Biting for apples in a water filled bucket used to be a method of what?
Fortune telling
This is considered one of the worst candies by Americans.
Candy Corn
What is the name of the activity where we try to bite for apples in a water filled bucket?
Bobbing for apples
What is the name of the original movie that stars Jason Voorhees, a Hockey masked, undead, machete wielding madman?
Friday the 13th
In which century was Halloween brought over to North America?
The 19th century
Around the time of Halloween, Celtic people believed that the doorways to [this place] opened.
The Otherworlds
Caramel Apples were first sold at this store in Newark, New Jersey.
Hunter's Candy
Before trick-or-treating existed, people in Ireland would go door to door in 'costumes' asking for treats. This was called what?
Guising
Who wrote the book Frankenstein?
Mary Shelley
Trick or treating was thought to have started in which century?
What is the name of the Celtic festival that Halloween has its roots in?
Samhain
Red candied apples were invented by this American.
William W. Kolb.