Halloween Fun!
What is it called when people get dressed up and go door-to-door asking for candy?
Trick-or-treating
What place that a spider sleeps is also a popular Halloween decoration?
Spiderwebs/cobwebs
What colors is candy corn?
White, orange, yellow.
True or false: Breaking a mirror is said to bring 7 years of good luck.
False!
Fun fact: It is believed that breaking a mirror brings 7 years of bad luck, although this has never been proven.
What is another name for Fall?
Autumn
What mythical creature has the upper body of a human but lives in the water?
A mermaid
What flying animal is usually associated with vampires?
A bat
What food is most comonly harvested around Halloweentime?
Pumpkin
Does crossing paths with a black cat symbolize good luck or bad luck?
Bad luck
"Truck or treat" events take place where?
In parking lots/out of people's cars.
What is a pumpkin that has a face carved into it called?
Jack-O-Lantern
What animal is usually associated with a witch?
What is a common autumn beverage flavored with cinnamon and other spices?
Apple cider
True or false: Halloween costumes were originally intended to be used to ward off evil spirits.
True!
Fun fact: Early Halloween costumes served as disguises from evil spirits, so humans would be left alone.
What fall-time item is used to appear like a person in a field, which keeps birds away from crops?
A scarecrow
Some Halloween colors are green, purple, and orange. What other common color is ALSO normally associated with Halloween?
Black
Fun fact: Black is meant to represent the "night" while orange represents the fall harvest.
Purple traces back to witches and warlocks, who were believed to have painted their doors purple to identify each other.
Green represents either "slime ooze" or spirituality (magic).
What Halloween creature has sharp fangs and looks like a human?
Vampire
What vegetables were originally used to carve Jack-o-Lanterns?
Potatoes or turnips!
Fun fact: these were largely used until the Irish immigrated to the United States, where they saw an abundance of pumpkins!
What arachnid is associated with witches and haunted houses?
Spider
Only one holiday surpasses Halloween in consumer sales; what holiday is it?
Christmas!
Finish the lyric to "Monster Mash"
"I was working in the lab, late one night, when my eyes beheld __ _____ _____."
An eerie sight
What nocturnal bird is often associated with Halloween due to its sometimes haunting call?
An owl.
Cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, and allspice make which commonly used fall-time spice?
Pumpkin pie spice
What is it called when you cover someone's house in toilet paper?
T.P.-ing!
What is it called when certain animals go to sleep for winter?
Hibernation.