Halloween Trivia
What is Trick or Treating?
When you and your friends go around your neighborhood to get candy
What is a Haunted House?
Where people go to be scared by actors and decorations!
What is a bonfire?
A REALLY big fire!
What did Jack-O-Lanterns originate from?
They were originally thought to ward off evil spirits!
What is a corn maze?
A corn maze is something that people do to find either a prize in the middle or get chased by actors in scary costumes
What is a Jack-o-Lantern?
A carved pumpkin with scary faces or Halloween scenes?
What did Trick or Treating originate from?
It originated in old Britain when people would dance around bonfires and leave treats out to keep away evil spirits.
What is a Fall Festival?
Fall festivals are parties held on Halloween for people who do not want to participate in the scary parts of Halloween. They can include apple bobbing and other fun games with prizes!
What is a scary place that you go to with actors in costumes?
A Haunted House
What was the name of Halloween in Old British times?
All Hallow's Eve!
What are two examples of decorations that people put on their houses for Halloween?
They put blowup figures, spiders, skeletons, zombies, spiderwebs, etc.
Describe a hayride.
When people get pulled by a tractor on a cart full of hay around a farm or some other large location.
When did Trick or Treating start in the United States?
In the 1920s
What is an event that happens before carving Jack-o-Lanterns?
A family trip to the pumpkin patch
What is the name of the religion that started the tradition of Halloween in old Britain?
Paganism.