Body & Brain
Health: Fact or Fiction?
Halloween Movies
Candy & Treats
Halloween History & Weird Facts
100

This organ pumps blood throughout your body.

The Heart

200 bonus points if you can name the 4 chambers of the heart

100

Your brain continues working while you sleep.

Fact

100

In Hocus Pocus, these three sisters return to Salem on Halloween night.

the Sanderson Sisters

100

his candy bar famously tells you to "Have a break."

Kit Kat

100

Halloween takes place on this date every year

October 31

200

This part of the brain helps with balance and coordination.

Cerrebellum

200

You only need to drink water when you feel thirsty.

Fiction. Your body needs regular hydration, and thirst is only one signal.

200

This friendly ghost starred in a 1995 movie with Christina Ricci.

Casper

200

These small candies have an "S" printed on each piece.

Skittles

200

Halloween traditions are partly connected to this ancient Celtic festival.

Samhain

300

Your body releases this hormone during stressful or frightening situations, increasing your heart rate and alertness.

Adrenaline, also Norepinephrine and cortisol

300

Stress can cause physical symptoms like headaches, stomachaches, muscle tension, and a faster heartbeat.

Fact

300

 In The Nightmare Before Christmas, this character is known as the Pumpkin King.

Jack Skellington

300

This Halloween candy is traditionally made with three sections colored yellow, orange, and white.

candy corn

300

Before pumpkins became popular for jack-o'-lanterns, people in Ireland and Scotland commonly carved vegetables such as these.

Turnips

400

These blood cells help your body fight infections.

white blood cells 

100 Bonus Points if you name a famous white blood cell from our recent movie

400

Antibiotics can treat illnesses caused by viruses, including the common cold.

Fiction. Antibiotics treat bacterial infections, not viruses.

400

 In Halloweentown, Marnie discovers that she comes from a family of these magical people.

Witches

400

What is the motto of Sour Patch Kids (or Catch phrase)

Sour then sweet then gone

400

The name "Halloween" developed from "All Hallows' Eve," the evening before this Christian observance.

All Saints' Day

500

This branch of the nervous system activates the body's "fight or flight" response.

The sympathetic nervous system

500

Teenagers generally need more sleep each night than most adults.

Fact. Teens ages 13–18 are generally recommended to get about 8–10 hours of sleep.

500

In Beetlejuice, saying this character's name this many times summons him.

3 times

500

Before individually wrapped candy became the Halloween norm, homemade treats and items like fruit were more commonly handed out. True or false?

True

500

According to folklore, seeing this animal, especially a black one, became associated with witches and Halloween superstition.

A Cat