History of Halloween
Number of years ago Halloween was first celebrated.
What is 2000 years ago?
This was the original vegetable people carved before pumpkins
What is a turnip?
This Halloween classic stars an evil spirit and a teenage girl who just moved into a haunted house. The only way to free the spirit is by saying its name 3 times, unbroken. It’s also a musical.
What is Beetlejuice
The modern vampire was based off of this species of bat. It feasts on the blood of pigs and livestock and luckily is the only species that does drink blood.
What is the Vampire Bat?
The song “This is Halloween” from the Nightmare Before Christmas is written in this key
C-minor
The country(ies) Halloween originated from, originally named Samhain by the Celts. (There are multiple answers but only give one)
What is Britain or Ireland
The word Halloween is derived from the word hallowed, which was usually associated with saints. What is a word synonymous with “hallowed”?
What is holy?
The 1978 horror film which features serial killer Micheal Meyers and has over 10 sequels and spinoffs.
What is Halloween?
The only mammal besides the platypus that lays eggs
What is an echidna
The most purchased album worldwide which features Micheal Jackson’s biggest hit
What is Thriller
Pope Boniface established this holiday in 7 century CE which originally fell on May 13, but was changed a century later to fall on Nov 1
What is All Saints’ Day
This group of people introduced the tradition of apple bobbing
Who are the Romans?
This Halloween figure was first mentioned in by Mary Shelly’s sci-fi book, which was also titled “The Early Prometheus”
Who is Frankenstein’s Monster
(Because I am nice, I will also accept Frankenstein, as he is known in the media today)
The ocean invertebrate named after a Disney character after its comical ear-like appendages.
What is the Dumbo Octopus?
March 4th, 1801 (hint, it’s something related to US history, and no, you did not learn this in social studies)
What is the date of Jefferson’s inauguration?
The civilization who conquered the Celts and added in their own traditions of Feralia, connecting Halloween to the dead and the harvest
Who are the Romans?
(The Roman Empire is also acceptable)
The fear of Halloween (hint it derives from the original name for Halloween)
What is Samhainophobia
In this series of tall tales, the main character is a headless horseman decapitated by a cannon, who goes out every night by horse in search of his head.
What is The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
To hunt this animal, hunters wear bright orange since it has dichromatic vision. This animal is also sensitive towards blue wavelengths and is also the reason why tigers are orange
What are deer?
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold
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But only for an hour
What is “her first leaf’s a flower”
The comic strip which popularized Trick or Treating in the US
what is “Peanuts”?
This is a traditional Halloween bread in Ireland, which contains dark and light raisins and a hidden toy or ring.
What is brambrack or brack
This 1920s horror film was based off a book by Robert Louis Stevenson about a man who experiments on himself research split personalities, who in turn becomes a murderous criminal.
What is Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is also accepted)
Birds are immune to this irritant commonly measured in Scoville, and is also found in peppers
What is capsaicin
She was featured in all 3 Google Halloween games and had a cameo in Google Doodle Championship Island
Who is Momo