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100

Where are the origins of the word Halloween?

Samhain then changed to All Hallows Eve and eventually Halloween

100

What do you call the tradition where kids ask for candy?

Trick or Treating

100

The event where you go through mazes in a home

Haunted Houses

100

Name five scary characters

Dracula, witches, vampire, ghost, mummy, zombie, wolf, etc.

200

Halloween originates back to...

8th Century Celts 

200

What is one way to show people you celebrate Halloween

Costumes

House Decorations


200

What do you watch during the month of October?

Scary movies

200

What country celebrates Day of the Dead

Mexico

300

What countries belonged to the Celts

Ireland, the United Kingdom and northern France

300

What happens when you dont get a treat

Your house gets tpeed or egged

300

Name one of the movies mentioned in the slides

Scream, Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Hocus Pocus, and Beetlejuice

300

What are the colors associated with Halloween

orange, black, purple, green

400

What did the Celtics believe would happen on November 1st

The ghost of the dead would come to Earth

400

What is the event where families go to a field or rurual area?

Pumpkin Patch Festival

400

Where would you show off your costumes

Halloween parties and festivals

400

Where did trick ot treating originate

People would go door to door asking for money or food

500

Describe the Samhain festival

Celtics would build bondfires, and dress up as saints, angels and devil.

500

When did trick or treating become a tradition in the United States

1950

500

Whats the name of the event where you can go to different haunted houses

Halloween Horror Nights

500

What cities have Halloween Horror Nights

Los Angeles, Florida, Singapore and Japan