Halloween History
People long ago celebrated a festival called Samhain on this date that later influenced Halloween.
What is October 31?
This flying animal is often linked to spooky Halloween stories and vampires.
What is a bat?
This is the name of a friendly ghost.
Who is Casper?
This is a small triangular candy with yellow, orange, and white layers that many people give out at Halloween.
What is candy corn?
Wearing a disguise or costume on Halloween is meant to do this to wandering spirits.
What is scare them away (or hide from them)?
This name means "the evening before All Saints’ Day" and is where the word "Halloween" comes from.
What is All Hallows' Eve?
People sometimes think these animals are bad luck on Halloween night — they're often black and walk near houses.
What is a black cat?
He’s a pumpkin-headed character who appears in "The Nightmare Before Christmas."
Who is Jack Skellington?
These peanut-filled cups are often the most-popular Halloween candy in the U.S. in recent years.
What are Reese's Peanut Butter Cups?
This phrase doled out by kids at the door means “give me a treat, or I’ll do a prank.”
What is trick or treat?
In parts of Europe people used to carve faces into these vegetables before pumpkins were popular.
What are turnips or beets?
This animal is known for turning its head almost all the way around and hooting in the night.
What is an owl?
This wizard goes to Hogwarts in a book series that is named after him.
Who is Harry Potter?
This chewy, fruit-flavored candy often comes in long red ropes or twists.
What are Twizzlers (or licorice)?
Many people decorate pumpkins by cutting faces into them; carved pumpkins are called this.
What is a jack-o-lantern?
This activity—when children go house to house for treats—grew from old traditions like “guising” and “souling.”
What is trick or treating?
This eight-legged creature spins webs and is a favorite Halloween decoration — but most kinds are actually harmless.
What is a spider?
This spooky family includes parents Gomez and Morticia, their kids Wednesday and Pugsley, and a hand named Thing.
Who is the Addams Family?
This chocolate candy has a crispy wafer inside and often comes in small bars for trick-or-treaters.
What is a Kit Kat?
In some towns, children and parents walk together around the neighborhood carrying small lanterns — the custom of walking with light links back to bonfires from this ancient festival.
What is Samhain?
This is the date that All Saints' Day takes place on every year.
What is November 1?
This spooky-sounding animal is actually a type of rodent that nibbles on pumpkins on farms.
What is a mouse?
This famous author wrote “Dracula,” the novel that made vampires famous.
Who is Bram Stoker?
This crunchy candy bar is known for its honeycomb center covered in chocolate — its slogan once said “That’s just Crunchety!”
What is a Butterfinger?
This indoor game often played at parties involves trying to bite a floating, hanging treat without using hands.
What is bobbing for apples?