Origins
Who brought Halloween to America?
a. The Pope
b. European immigrants
c. Charlie Brown
b. European immigrants
What fruit gets covered in caramel or candy and is often sold at carnivals in the fall?
a. orange
b. banana
c. apple
c. apple
Is the Pumpkin a fruit or a vegetable?
Fruit
When do vampires sleep?
a. night
b. day
b. day
Complete this lyric from the hit Halloween song The Monster Mash: “I was working in the lab, late one night…”
“When my eyes beheld, an eerie sight.”
In which country did Halloween originate?
a. The United States
b. Ireland
c. Germany
B. Ireland
How is the “mystery flavor” of Dum Dums lollipops made?
a. from the end of one batch & beginning of another
b. magic
c. they are accidents that they don't want to waste
a. from the end of one batch & beginning of another
How do pumpkins grow?
a. in trees
b. on vines
c. underground
b. on vines
Who wrote the novel Frankenstein?
a. Bob Barker
b. Francis Scott Key
c. Mary Shelly
c. Mary Shelly
Out of which vegetable were Jack O’ Lanterns originally made?
a. Pumpkin
b. turnip
c. Beets
B. Turnip
Halloween was first celebrated by which ancient priests?
a. Monks
b. Druids
C. Nuns
b. Druids
Many people in Mexico celebrate Halloween by eating what ghoulish candy treat?
a. Sweet/Sugar Skulls
b. Peeps Ghosts
c. Candy Apples
a. Sweet/Sugar Skulls
Every Halloween, Charlie Brown helps his friend Linus wait for what character to appear?
a. The Easter Bunn
b. Santa
c. The Great Pumpkin
C. The Great Pumpkin
Which actor first played the Wolf Man?
A. Lon Chaney
B. Don Knotts
C. Brad Pitt
A. Lon Chaney
Where do Herman, Lily, Grandpa, and the rest of the Munsters live?
a. 676 Ghost Road
b. 1313 Mockingbird Lane
c. 111 Spook Street
b. 1313 Mockingbird lane
Halloween has its origins in which ancient Celtic festival?
a. Samhain
b. Fairy Festival
c. Woodstock
a. Samhain
What’s the color order of a piece of candy corn, from the base to the point?
Yellow (base), orange (middle), and white (top)
True or false: The largest pumpkin pie the world has ever seen was more than 6m in diameter and weighed more than 350 pounds.
True: It weighs 1,678 kg and was made at in New Bremen, Ohio, USA, in 2010. The diameter of the pie was over 5 feet.
What color cat is a symbol of Halloween?
black cat
What two countries are widely credited with originating the idea of wearing costumes on Halloween?
a. England and Italy
b. France and Canada
c. Scotland and Ireland
c. Scotland and Ireland
Which Catholic holiday is associated with Halloween?
a. Easter
b. Christmas
c. All Saints Day
C. All Saints Day
What is the original name for what we now call Candy Corn?
a. Witch Corns
b. Chicken Feed
c. Wax Corn
b. chicken feed
A stingy man named Jack was denied entrance in to heaven and hell because he had tricked the devil several times. What lighted Halloween symbol carries his name?
Jack-0-Lantern
What actor can be credited with giving us the classic image of Dracula that we all know now?
a. Boris Karloff
b. Tom Hanks
c. Bela Lugosi
c. Bela Lugosi
Transylvania is a region in which country?
a. Canada
b. Australia
c. Romania
c. Romania