Halloween Origins
This Mexican celebration has it's origins in Aztec traditions and is an event that honors the dead.
Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
A juicy fruit / The color that symbolizes crops in pagan harvest celebrations
Orange
This Disney film featuring three witches, called the Sanderson sisters, was initially called Halloween House—and was originally meant to be more horror than comedy.
Hocus Pocus
What is the title of this song?
Monster Mash
What is the most popular Halloween candy?
Reese’s peanut butter cup
Halloween makes the most money out of any holiday, True or False?
False! Christmas makes the most..But Halloween makes the second most!
The Puritans associated this animal with witchcraft, which is why it is associated with Halloween.
The Black Cat
The actor who is known for his role as Austin Powers and for voicing Shrek / The character who terrorized the residents of Haddonfield in pursuit of his little sister on Halloween.
Mike / Michael Myers
This horror movie about a clown that terrorizes the town of Derry every 27 years is the most commercially successful horror movie of all time.
It
What movie series is this song from?
Harry Potter
What do the two M's stand for in M&Ms?
MARS & MURRIE Those are the surnames of the two businessmen—Forrest Mars and Bruce Murrie—who developed and financed the candy-coated chocolates.
Americans buy enough candy to fill 6 titanics... True... OR False?
TRUEE!!
This activty performed each year on All Souls Day, began in Medieval England when the poor would go “souling,” knocking on doors offering prayers for residents’ deceased loved ones in exchange for food. Nowadays they hope to get candy for a lot less effort.
Trick or Treating
The mad scientist who created him / The name his monster is known by
Frankenstein
Psycho was the first American film ever to show this on screen.
Toilet
This singer was the king of pop
Michael Jackson
Turnips!
What was the original pumpkin made out of?
NO!! This year is the first one since 2001!
The origin of this Halloween decoration is an Irish folktale about a cheap man named “Stingy Jack” who made a deal with the devil.
Jack O' Lantern
You use this to play baseball / It is nocturnal and may or may not turn into a Vampire
Bat
The mask used in the Halloween movies was created using a mask with the likeness of this famous TV and Film actor.
William Shatner
What movie is this from?
Hocus Pocus
Candy corn is usually what 3 colors
Orange, yellow and white
Bram Stoker
Who wrote the novel Dracula?
The Catholic church renamed November 1 All Hallows Day to celebrate saints rather than the dead. Thus October 31 was refered to as this, now known as Halloween.
All Hallows Eve
The verb that might lead to a scraped knee / Another name for Autumn
Fall
The real Icabod Crane did not live in Sleepy Hollow, New York but in this town, also in New York.
Staten Island
Name of this TV snow
The Munsters
A house that is said to have ghosts living in it would be......?
Haunted
Samhainophobia
Which phobia means you have an intense fear of Halloween?
Many believe this Halloween activity stemmed from the Roman tradition honoring Pomona, the goddess of fruit and trees.
Bobbing for apples
When a stranger calls you will hear this sound / If you like it then you better put this on it
Ring
The only film in the Halloween movie frachise that does NOT feature Micheal Myers as the villain.
Halloween III (The Season of the Witch)
What family is this famous song talking about?
The Addams Family
What was the primary profession of the inventor of cotton Candy?
A DENTIST!!! William James Morrison (1860-1926), from Nashville, Tennessee was a noted dentist.
What country did Halloween originate in
Ireland