Elements of Halloween
Halloween Characters
Halloween Trivia
Halloween Random
Halloween Candy
100
What is the date of halloween?
October 31st
100
This is an apparition of a dead person which is believed to appear or become manifest to the living, typically as a nebulous image.
Ghost
100
What country did Halloween originate in?
Ireland
100
Chocolate candy bars top the list as the most popular candy. What is the #1 candy bar trick-or-treaters receive?
a. Twix
b. Snickers
c. Kit Kat
d. Reese's
b. Snickers
100
This candy is orange, white and yellow.
Candy Corn
200
What are the two main colors associated with Halloween?
Black & orange
In ancient times, orange represented life (and harvests) while black symbolized death and darkness. Combined, these colors reflect nature during the time of year when Halloween is celebrated.
200
This creature survives from drinking blood.
Vampire
200
What country celebrates "Day of the Dead" at the same time as Halloween?
Pixar made a cartoon about it lately...
Mexico
200
Are pumpkins a vegetable or fruit?
Fruit
200
I'm soft, sweet, pink or white and Americans like eating me roasted on a camp fire.
What am I?
A marshmallow
300
After knocking at the door on Halloween night, what do you say?
Trick or treat
300
This is a dead human or an animal whose body does not decay further if kept in cool and dry conditions. Usually shown in Egypt.
Can you spell my name?
Mummy
300
What is the most commercially successful horror movie of all time?
IT
300
What is the oldest/most classic Halloween costume?
a ghost!
300
I'm a chocolate candy with peanut butter in the middle.
Reese's Cup
400
We are one of the most famous families talked about during Halloween!
What's our name?
The Addams Family
400
They are usually portrayed as strong but robotic beings with rotting flesh.
Zombies
400
In Celtic culture they used costumes to celebrate the new year. Why did they do this?
a) For fun! b) To honor the dead
c) To drive away and confuse the spirits
To drive away and confuse the spirits
400
Halloween is the second largest commercial holiday in the USA after Christmas. How much do Americans spend on Halloween each year?
a) $200 million b) $5 billion c) $11 billion
c) $11 billion
400
I'm round and I come in many flavors such as chocolate, peanut butter, and am plenty of colors too.
M & M's
500
Children fear me but challenge themselves to visit me on Halloween!
Who I am?
Haunted house
500
In European folklore, this is a man who turns into a wolf at night and devours animals, people, or corpses but returns to human form by day.
Werewolf
500
Jack o' Lanterns originated in Ireland where people placed candles in hollowed-out ________ to keep away spirits and ghosts on the Samhain holiday.
a. Pumpkins
b. Turnips
c. Potatoes
b) Turnips
500
What are black cats associated with during Halloween?
The Puritans associated black cats with witchcraft and bad luck. In many other cultures, black cats are actually signs of good luck and are revered!
500
I'm a little candy in the shape of a vegetable.
I was made famous by the Harry Potter films.
I sometimes have surprising flavors like “vomit”, or “booger”.
Jelly Beans
600
In the United States, the first citywide celebration of Halloween was in _______ in 1921.
a. Minnesota
b. Arizona
c. New York
d.Wisconsin
a. Minnesota
The first citywide Halloween celebration in the U.S. was held in Anoka, Minnesota, in 1920.
600
What was Dr. Frankenstein’s first name?
a) Igor b) Boris c) Victor
Victor
600
When was Halloween first celebrated in the United States?
a-1740s
b-1840s
c-1940s
Around the 1840s when there was a flood of Irish immigrants fleeing from the potato famine.
600
What U.S. city has the biggest Halloween parade each year?
a. Chicago
b. New York City
c. New Orleans
New York City
600
I'm flat or round. I'm hard, stand at the top of a stick, and can be licked.
I can be fruit or soda flavored.
I'm a LOLLIPOP.
In 1908, a confectioner named George Smith created the first modern lollipop. According to his memoirs, he named the candy after his favorite horse, Lolly Pop.