Halloween Facts
More than 35 million pounds of this candy is produced each year according to the National Confectioner’s Association.
What is candy corn?
The commonly used name for a carved pumpkin with a candle inside
What is a Jack-O-Lantern?
This man created the spooky creature that will becoming to OPAS this spring.
Who is Frankenstein?
This word comes from the word “wica,” an Old Saxon word that means “wise one”
What is witch?
Before pumpkins, Jack-O-Lanterns were made from what purple root?
What is a turnip?
Traditional game played at Halloween parties (think of the Peanut's Great Pumpkin)
What is bobbing for apples?
This item, a popular Halloween fixture, symbolizes the ancient agricultural roots of Halloween.
What is a scarecrow?
This character from a season 45 performance will catch you, and your little dog too
Who is The Wicked Witch of the West?
These were first worn during Halloween celebrations to tell each other’s fortunes and for protection against evil spirits
What are costumes?
Danny Elfman orchestrated and was the singing voice to what character in this Tim Burton Movie
Who is Jack Skellington?
Halloween began as this type of festival for the early American settlers
What is an autumn harvest festival?
These were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693.
What are the Salem Witch Trials?
This spooky character is what our Chair dressed as for fall retreat season 45
Who is Hades?
In Medieval Europe, these birds were thought to be witches, and to hear this bird's call meant someone was about to die. This bird is a/an _______ .
What is an owl?
Samhainophobia is the fear of this
What is Halloween?
This country is typically believed to be the birthplace of Halloween.
What is Ireland?
This singing in the rain actress is also in the Disney channel original movie Halloweentown.
Who is Debbie Reynolds?
The next main stage performance of Season 46
What is the Sound of Music?
Victorians burred these items with their deceased so that if they were burred alive, they could alert those on the surface.
What are bells?
This organization started a program where children collect change instead of candy to send to other needy children overseas
What is UNICEF?
This American Halloween tradition probably dates back to the early All Souls’ Day parades in England. Poor citizens would beg for food and families would give them pastries called “soul cakes”.
What is "Trick-or-Treating"?
This 5 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom home was built in 1927 at 112 Ocean Ave in Long Island, New York. It said to be haunted after one night in 1974 when most of the family was found dead.
What is the Amityville house?
This MSC Committee puts on the SPO Halloween party
What is MSC Hospitality?
With their link to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (a precursor to Halloween) and later to witches, this animal has a permanent place in Halloween folklore. During the ancient celebration of Samhain, Druids were said to throw this animal into a fire, as part of divination proceedings. This animal is a/an _____.
What is a cat?
This Italian restaurant chain, formerly located in Downtown Houston, was said to be the most haunted building in Houston. Diners have seen objects floating and unexplained cool and clammy breezes. Restaurant employees are too afraid to venture upstairs.
What is the Spaghetti Warehouse?