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Common Halloween Questions
100

This monster is affected by moonlight and howls

Werewolf

100

On Halloween kids dress up and go house to house collecting candy

Trick or treating

100

What was the original purpose of dressing up in costumes on Halloween?

To scare away ghosts.

100

This is a popular song by Michael Jackson

Thriller

100

What is the traditional name for a pumpkin with a face carved into it, after it is illuminated from within by a candle?

A Jack-O-Lantern

200

This monster is originally from Egypt and looks like it is covered in white cloth?

A Mummy

200

Something you might carve on Halloween is a...

Pumpkin

200

What country or region started Halloween?

Irish / Celtic

200

What movie is made out of clay (uses clay-mation) and is a Halloween and a Christmas movie?

The Nightmare Before Christmas

200

What do witches ride on?

broomsticks

300

This monster can't be in sunlight and has fangs and says I want to suck your blood

Vampire

300

People often wear these on Halloween

Costumes

300

DAILY DOUBLE

In which years (century) did Halloween start to become popular in the United States?

1800`s (the 19th Century)

300

This popular Halloween movie is about 3 witches also known as The Sanderson Sister

Hocus Pocus

300

Which black coloured animal was first associated with bad luck by the Puritans?

A black cat

400

A spirit of a dead person represented as a pale, transparent image.

A Ghost

400

DAILY DOUBLE

What vegetable was originally used to make Jack-o'-lanterns before pumpkins became popular?

turnips

400

What Spanish region is famous for its unique Halloween celebrations, including “Castanyada”?

Catalonia

400

What horror film features a clown with a red balloon

IT

400

A skeleton is a bunch of these

bones

500

This monster was created by a mad scientist and is green

Frankenstein

500

Some people go to these to have a scare

Haunted house

500

What is the name of the Day Christians celebrate the pagan term "Halloween" (It comes the day after Halloween)

All Saints Day (el Día de Todos los Santos)

500

What kind of mask does Jason wear on Friday the 13th?

Hockey mask

500

Where does a vampire sleep

coffin