Haunted History
In 1518 residents of this French city reportedly began dancing uncontrollably in the streets. Some continued for days and historians still debate what caused the episode.
What is Strasbourg?
In parts of 19th century British children went door to door performing songs, jokes, or tricks in exchange for treats in Scotland this Halloween custom is known by this name.
What is Guising.
In Japanese folklore, this mysterious creature resembles a human but has a neck that can stretch to extraordinary lengths.
What is a rokurokubi?
You have six candles burning. You blow out two. Assuming the others burn all the way down, how many candles will you have left?
What are 2 Candles?
Solve for x: 3(2x−5)=4x+7.
X=11
In Victorian England families sometimes photographed deceased family carefully posing them for one final portrait. This practice is known by this term.
Answer: What is post-mortem photography?
This orange and white Halloween candy was originally called 'Chicken Feed' when it was introduced commercially in the late 19th century.
What is Candy Corn?
In Slavic folklore this supernatural figure lives in a hut standing on chicken legs and is often portrayed as an unpredictable old woman.
Who is Baba Yaga?
A clock takes five seconds to strike six o’clock. Assuming equal intervals between strikes how long does it take to strike twelve o’clock?
What is eleven seconds? Six strikes have five intervals twelve strikes have eleven.
Solve 8n + 7 = 31
3
In 1892 this American woman was accused of murdering her father and stepmother with an axe. Despite many accusations and a famous nursery rhyme no charges were pressed and she didnt go to jail.
Who is Lizzie Borden?
Before pumpkins became the standard American jack o lantern people in Ireland commonly carved this vegetable which was smaller and harder to hollow out.
What is a turnip?
According to Scottish folklore this shape shifting water creature often appears as a horse to lure unsuspecting riders into the water.
What is a Kelpie?
A person says "Everything I say is a lie." Is that statement true or false?
What is a paradox?
Solve 15 + 21 x 3 - 35 + (29 + 31)
103
In 1872 a ship was found adrift in the Atlantic with its crew missing. The vessel was seaworthy and its cargo was pretty intact. Its mysterious disappearance helped inspire decades of theories.
What is the Mary Celeste?
This Scottish winter tradition features a decorated horse's skull carried from house to house with participants exchanging rhyming challenges and songs. Despite its spooky appearance it is associated with Christmas and New Year rather than Halloween.
What is the Mari Lwyd?
This creature from Australian folklore is said to lurk in waterholes and its appearance varies between Aboriginal traditions.
What is a Bunyip?
You enter a dark room with a candle, a fireplace, and an oil lamp. What do you light first?
What is a Match?
Solve 144 = -12 (x +5 )
-17
In 1900 three lighthouse keepers disappeared from this remote group of Scottish islands. When investigators arrived they found the lighthouse abandoned with some equipment left behind creating a mystery that has inspired many theories.
What are the Flannan Isles?
In 1950 children in Philadelphia helped launch a campaign that eventually became a nationwide Halloween tradition collecting donations in small cardboard boxes for this international organization.
What is UNICEF?
In Filipino folklore this horrifying creature can separate its upper body from its lower half and fly through the night.
What is a manananggal?
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A drawer contains ten black socks and ten white socks, all mixed together in complete darkness. What is the minimum number of socks you must take out to guarantee a matching pair?
What are 3 socks?
Combine these like terms ( 4x3 +x2 + 3) - (5x2 + x + 4)
4x3 - 4x2 + x - 1