Origins
How old is Halloween?
a. over 10,000 years old
b. over 5,000 years old
c. over 2,000 years old
c. over 2,000 years old
Today people use ____ to make jack-o-lanterns:
a. bananas
b. watermelons
c. pumpkins
c. pumpkins
When is Halloween celebrated?
a. October 31st
b. October 1st
c. January 14th
October 31st
Halloween comes from which group of people?
a. the Celts
b. the Nigerians
c. the Peruvians
a. the Celts
the term for when people dress up on Halloween today and ask for candy
a. trick or treat
b. treat or trick
c. candy asking
a. trick or treat
How much money to Americans spend on candy for Halloween?
a. 3 billion dollars
b. 80 million dollars
c. 6 billion dollars
a. 3 billion dollars
After which World War did Halloween become more popular in the USA?
a. World War 1
b. World War 2
b. World War 2
During the 1800s, Americans also carved ____ for Halloween:
a. turnips and apples
b. apples and cucumbers
c. cucumbers and turnips
How many people participate in trick-or-treating in the USA?
a. 371.7 million
b. 126.8 million
c. 57 million
b. 126.8 million
Immigrants from which country made Halloween popular in the USA?
Ireland
What year did "trick or treating" first appear in a newspaper?
a. 1888
b. 1995
c. 1927
1927
What is the most popular costume in the USA?
witch
What is the name of the Celtic holiday celebrated on November 1st?
Samhain
Trick or treating may have come from people dressing up in costumes, offering to do tricks for food and drink. This practice is called ___
Belsnicking
what are the most popular Halloween candies in the US?
a. Reeses and skittles
b. Reeses and M&Qs
c. None of the above
c. None of the above-- Reeses and M&Ms