Scary animals
Halloween traditions
Halloween food
Monsters
The origins and history of Halloween
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This animal has eight legs and spins webs to trap its food. What is it?

Spider

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People go around houses asking for candy and threatening to prank the home-owners who refuse to fork it out. What is it?

Trick or treating

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The most basic food you would expect to get in this celebration. Answer this correctly, and you will get one. What is it?

Candy

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This creature is a dead person's corpse, reanimated through black magic. They have become really popular in movies. What is it?

Zombie

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What happened to intellectual women in the Middle Ages?

They were exiled    They were admired    They were killed

They were killed by burning them alive

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This blind mammal usually lives in caves and dark places. It uses sound waves to move around. What is it?

Bat

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This is something that people do all year. However, it's very common to see groups of friends doing this at one of their houses, after making some popcorn. What is it?

Watching horror movies

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This fruit, covered in a sticky and sweet crust, has a stick stuck into it so that people can eat it comfortably.

Caramel apple

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Women who were smart were often accused of being this. Cauldrons with bubbling green potions and flying brooms are typically associated to them. What is it?

Witch

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What celebration is held in many countries two days after Halloween?

Day of the Dead        Thanksgiving        Hanukkah

The Day of the Dead (or Día de los Muertos) is celebrated in most Spanish-speaking countries on November 2nd
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This animal is usually seen as a pet. However, when it is a certain colour, some believe it brings bad luck. What is it?

Black cat

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This is a common activity to do when you go camping. At night, inside the tent, people take turns to try to scare each other doing this. They usually use a torch or flashlight and make strange voices to make it even spookier. What is it?

Telling scary stories

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This dessert is usually made with lemons or apples. However, in Halloween, it is common to make it using a big, sweet and orange fruit (yes, it is a fruit, even though people think it is a vegetable), which is part of the typical decoration for Halloween. What is it?

Pumpkin pie

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This creature, neither dead nor alive, feeds on blood. Its bite can turn you into one. What is it?

Vampire

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Why did people first start wearing disguises on Halloween?

To scare others        To hide from monsters        For fun

To hide from the monsters that would supposedly walk the Earth on these particular days.

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This flying predator only flies at night. It has the unique ability to spin its head over 180°. What is it?

Owl

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This is one of the most common traditions of Halloween. Everywhere you go, you can see people doing this in the middle of the street. You can't ask for candy without one of these.

Wearing spooky costumes

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This particular kind of three-coloured sweet is typically associated with Halloween. Its name is given because of its shape, but it doesn't really contain much of that vegetable. What is it?

Candy corn

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This monster, originally coming from a country in northeastern Africa, is often associated with curses for disturbing the remains of ancient kings. Bandages cover its entire body. What is it?

Mummy

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Where was Halloween first celebrated?

Ireland and Scotland    England        The United States

Ireland and Scotland

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Farmers are this black creature's natural enemy. It has inspired a famous writer to write one of its most well-known stories. What is it?

Raven

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Halloween wouldn't be complete without this scary decoration. People cut pieces off a big pumpkin, carving an evil face into it, and placing lit candles inside of it. What is it?

Making a Jack-o-lantern

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Out of all the different kinds of food people eat for Halloween, this one has the oldest tradition of all. Poor people used to go around on this date asking for these small treats. This was called "souling" because of the name of this dish, and is the origin of the current tradition of asking for sweets.

Soul cakes

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This savage creature is half-human, half-animal. It terrorises people on full-moon nights. What is it?

Werewolf

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What is the name of the ancient Gaelic festival that, centuries later, became Halloween?

Lughnasadh    Samhain        Imbolc


Samhain