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100

The origin of the word Halloween

The Christian origin is “hallowed evening” and hallowed means “made holy” and in the Celtic origin it is "All-Hallows Eve"

100

What do you sprinkle on your doorstep if you want to keep evil spirits out of your house on Halloween night

Salt. According to tradition, sprinkling salt in a room or around an area can ward off evil spirits that may try to harm you

100

How many colors of M&Ms are there in a normal bag


Six. The colors are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and brown

100

Who is villain in the movie “Halloween”


Michael Myers

100

What common Halloween creature is real, small, has wings, and only comes out during the night


A Bat

200

The country that Halloween originated from


Ireland? 

200

What should you wear to repel vampires?


What do you wear to repel vampires?

Garlic. Probably the most popular theory is the disease porphyria, a term for several diseases which are all caused by irregularities in the production of heme, causing erosion of lips and gums, disfigurement of the skin, aka) looking like vampires, and people with porphyria have a strong intolerance against garlic and foods that have a high sulphur content.

200

What was candy corn originally called


Chicken feed, because it looks like corn.

200

Which movie kills off their high-profile main character at the very beginning with a gruesome stabbing scene


The movie "Scream"

200

What creatures are commonly placed on the front doorstep of people’s houses


Gargoyles

300

Why were turnips originally used as jack-o-lanterns instead of pumpkins

Pumpkins weren’t as popularly produced in Ireland at the time, it was only when Halloween caught on in America that pumpkins began to be used.

300

During old Halloween (Samhain), who were food offerings left for?

Food was left for spirits such as nature spirits, and also the dead, in hopes that they would work their magic to keep the cattle safe over the winter and ensure next year’s harvest would not fail.

300

What is the most loved Halloween candy in 2021.


Reese’s peanut butter cups were 2021’s most popular Halloween candy.

300

In the Nightmare Before Christmas, what sort of creature is Jack?


The Pumpkin King of Halloween Town! The towns protagonist.

300

Which creatures were hunted in large groups in medieval times and cast spells on their victims?


Witches

400

The festival that modern day Halloween originated from, and how is it pronounced?


"Samhain", it’s pronounced like "So-when" or "So-ween" or "Saw-wen"

400

What is the meaning of spiders in Halloween folklore


They were known as evil companions of witches in medieval times. One superstition held that is a spider falls into a candle-lit lamp, and is consumed by the flame, witches are near by.  

400

Is white chocolate considered real chocolate?


No, actually it is not because it doesn’t contain real cocoa solids.

400

Which  film in the Paranormal Activity franchise was the most commercially successful?


Paranormal Activity 3

400

What creatures were commonly hunted by people in medieval times and blamed for community murders that couldn’t be explained otherwise


Werewolves

500

Is there Christian roots of Halloween


Yes there is considerable debate about the origins being partly Christian. All Saint’s Day is the feast day that honors all the saints or hallows of the church, and All Hallows Eve is the night before All Saint's Day 

500

What was the medieval belief about cauldrons 



The pagan Celts believed that after death, all souls went into the crone’s cauldron, which symbolized the earth mother’s womb. There, the souls awaited reincarnation.

500

Ironically, which type of health professional invented cotton candy?


A dentist 

500

Which Tim Burton movie features the headless horseman

The sleepy Hollow 

500

Which creatures are hideously ugly, small, and known to be very menacing

Goblins