Halloween Decor
This is the most popular Halloween costume of all time
What is a witch?
Typically 5 million people per year plan to be a witch for Halloween!
2. Vampire
3. Superhero
4. Pirate
5. Zombie
In It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, Linus mistakes this character for the Great Pumpkin
Who is Snoopy?
More than 93% of children under the age of 12 do this on Halloween
What is trick-or-treat?
There are this many colors of M&M's in a normal bag
What is 6?
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and brown!
Halloween is outspent each year by only this holiday
What is Christmas?
Americans spent $2.6 billion on Halloween 2019 and $1 trillion on Christmas 2019
These are the four colors that pumpkins can be
What are orange, white, green, and blue?
This product is banned in Hollywood on Halloween
What is Silly String?
A ban on silly string went into effect in 2004. Expect to shell out $1,000 if caught with a can in your hand on October 31st.
According to tradition, this spice can be sprinkled on your doorstep to keep evil spirits out of your house on Halloween night
What is salt?
This is the number of calories in the average trick-or-treater's Halloween stash
What is 11,000?
This country celebrates the Day of the Dead starting at midnight on October 31st
What is Mexico?
This vegetable was originally used as the first Jack-o'-Latern
What is a turnip?
Originating in Ireland, people would hollow out turnips and place a lump of coal in it as a type of lantern and set it at their door as a guide.
This is the most commercially successful horror movie of all time
What is "It"?
This was the first American individually wrapped candy
What is a tootsie roll?
The tootsie roll was created by Leo Hirschfield in 1907.
This is the average number of pieces that houses give to each trick-or-treater
What is two?
Halloween is linked to this Catholic Church holiday
What is All Saints (Hallows) Day? (November 1st)
Halloween was initially called "All Hallow's Eve"
This is the only term below that is NOT another name for a scarecrow.
Hodmedod, Murmet, Doodle Sack, Hay-man, Gallybagger, Tattie Bogal, Mommet, Mawkin, Bwbach
What is a Doodle Sack?
(This is an English word for a bagpipe.)
This was the original "Halloween" movie's working title
What is "The Babysitter Murders?"
This year will be the next Halloween with a full moon
What is 2020?
A full moon on Halloween occurs every 19 years!
This was the total budget for the first "Halloween" movie
What is $300,000?
"Halloween" was made in 1978 and only took 21 days to film.
Halloween is the day with the third highest amount of parties held in the USA. These two other days hold the top two spots
What is New Year's Eve and The Super Bowl?
The percentage of Americans that decorate their house for Halloween (+/- 5%)
What is 86%?
Over 50% of adults dress up, 67% of adults participate in Halloween activities, and 10% of pet owners dress up their pets in costumes.
This was the first American film to ever show a toilet on screen
What is "Psycho"?
The percentage of parents that will admit to sneaking goodies from their kids' Halloween trick-or-treat bags
What is 90%?
This is how many licks, on average, it takes to reach the center of a Tootsie Pop
What is 252?
The Day of the Dead is celebrated to remember friends and family who have passed. In comparison, Halloween is an appreciation of this.
What is the afterlife and survival of death?
The literal meaning of Halloween is "the night before All Hallow's Day", or All Saints Day.