Halloween History
This ancient Celtic festival is commonly linked to the origins of Halloween.
What is Samhain?
This cartoon ghost character is known to be particularly friendly.
Who is Casper?
This creature is traditionally said to transform into a wolf during a full moon.
What is a werewolf?
This country is especially associated with the modern tradition of carving jack-o'-lanterns from pumpkins, perhaps being the first to use the fruit instead of the root.
What is the United States of America?
These two colours are most often associated with Halloween.
What are black and orange?
Before pumpkins became popular, this vegetable was traditionally carved into lanterns in Ireland.
What are turnips?
In The Nightmare Before Christmas, this is the name of the Pumpkin King.
Who is Jack Skellington?
According to traditional folklore, this ingredient is often said to repel vampires.
What is garlic?
This is the name of Mexico's celebration that honours deceased loved ones.
What is Día de los Muertos?
This long word describes the fear of spiders.
What is Arachnophobia?
Halloween is celebrated on this date every year.
What is October 31st?
This giant marshmallow character is from the Ghostbusters movies.
Who is the Stay Pufft Marshmallow Man?
Historical examples of this classic Halloween costume were first found in Ancient Egypt.
What are mummies?
The Scottish tradition of going door-to-door in disguise and performing for treats was originally called this.
What is mumming?
What is Ontario, Canada?
The word Halloween comes from this word, meaning the evening before All Hallows' Day.
What is All Hallows' Eve?
In Coraline, the Other Mother and other versions of her family have this unusual feature instead of regular eyes.
What are button eyes?
In Greek mythology, Medusa had these instead of hair.
What are snakes?
This country is strongly associated with the origins of the ancient Celtic festival Samhain, and is said to have brought Halloween celebrations over in the 1840s and 60s.
What is Ireland?
This famous magician died on Halloween in 1926.
Who is Harry Houdini?
This Christian observance is celebrated on November 1.
What is All Saints' Day?
This infamous hotel is from the movie The Shining.
Famous author Mary Shelley wrote her book that shot this monster to fame in 1818.
Who is Frankenstein's Monster?
Historically, Halloween was a smaller affair in England compared to Guy Fawkes Night (Bonfire Night), which is celebrated on this day.
What is the 5th of November?
The infamous witchy line "Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble," is originally from this William Shakespeare play.
What is Macbeth?