Halloween History
This country has the first written account of people saying "Trick-or-Treat."
Canada
This US state produces the most pumpkins each year.
Illinois
This 1975 movie featured someone being eaten by a large shark.
Jaws
A group of witches is known as a ____.
Coven
It is illegal to dress up as a nun or priest in this US state.
Alabama
Jack-o-lanterns originally made out of this vegetable.
Turnips
This item is banned from 12am on Oct. 31st to 12pm on Nov 1st in Hollywood, California.
Silly String
This horror film was the first-ever of its genre to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.
The Exorcist
According to superstition, a person born on Halloween has this ability.
The ability to see and talk to spirits
This country holds the title for world's heaviest pumpkin (weighing in at 2624.6 pounds).
Germany (Ludwigsburg)
This famous magician died on October 31st, 1926.
Harry Houdini
People in New England celebrate this tradition on the night before Halloween.
Cabbage Night
This film is the most commercially successful horror movie of all time.
It
This many people were hanged during the Salem Witch Trials.
19
Halloween ranks third out of USA holidays for most parties held. These two holidays have more parties than Halloween.
New Year's Eve & the Super Bowl
Before it was called Candy Corn, the famous Fall treat had this name.
Chicken Feed
On average, kids consume this much sugar in Halloween candy each year.
3 cups
In the 1984 movie "Ghostbusters," the villain, Gozer, appears in this form.
This ghostly vessel is said to appear around the Cape of Good Hope during storms.
The Flying Dutchman
This first First Lady was the first to decorate the White House for Halloween.
Maime Eisenhower in 1958
Halloween can be traced back to this Celtic holiday.
Samhain
During Halloween week, this many pounds of chocolate are sold in the USA.
90 mil pounds
Ed Gein
The broom, a common symbol for witchcraft, has this common usage for Wicca (followers of the pagan witchcraft tradition).
Hint: It is not flying.
Sweeping away negative spirits
The next full moon on Halloween will occur during this year.
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