Halloween 101
When is Halloween?
Tuesday, October 31st, 2023
What are some common Halloween traditions?
trick-or-treating, telling spooky stories, visiting haunted houses, making jack-o’-lanterns, wearing Halloween costumes, and so on.
What type of black-colored animals is associated with bad luck?
Cat
It's Now or Never was the first 60s number one for which musical icon?
Elvis Presley
Which country holds the record for the largest pumpkin ever?
Italy!
BONUS: Can anyone guess how much it weighed?
Pumpkin, Jack-O'-Lantern
*BONUS: Is it a fruit or vegetable?*
What were originally used as the first Jack-o'-Lanterns?
Turnips! Originated in Ireland
According to a legend, tattoos, a unibrow, and a long middle finger are signs of what Halloween creature
A werewolf
The film Rocketman charts the rise of which 70s superstar?
Elton John
Ray Charles was famous for playing which instrument?
Piano!
What do you call a group of Witches?
A coven
During the Middle Ages, the practice of witchcraft was perceived as what
Heresy, an opinion or belief that is the opposite of or against what is the official or popular opinion
This humanoid figures dressed like people and propped up in fields to scare away birds that would peck at the harvest.
Scarecrows
Which 1981 Journey song failed to crack the UK Top 40 on release, then reached number 6 in 2009?
Don't Stop Believin'
What is your body's largest organ?
Skin!
What word begins with the letter C, looks like a pot and is usually used by witches to brew potions and cast their evil spells?
A cauldron
According to superstition, if you stare into a mirror at midnight on Halloween, what are you meant to see?
Your future husband or wife.
A Swiss student of natural science who creates an artificial man from pieces of corpses and brings his creature to life, what was the creature's name?
Who was the lead singer of NSYNC?
Justin Timberlake
Bonus: Can anyone name a NSYNC song?
How many Tim Hortons restaurants are there in Canada?
3,580 locations in Canada
What was the original name for candy corn?
Chicken Feed
What's the origin of Halloween? How did it all start?
Halloween holiday has its roots in the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain. A religious celebration to welcome the harvest at the end of summer, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts.
This character orignates from Robert Louis Stevenson’s gothic 1886 novel about a man who develops a serum that turns him into an uncaring, unsympathetic beast of a human.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Toronto Maple Leafs, our home team. How many Stanley Cup Championship do we have?
13, when was the last time they won?