Halloween Vocabulary
Halloween Traditions
Spooky Movies and Characters
Halloween Monsters
Halloween Fun Facts
100
What’s the thing people carve faces on for Halloween?
Pumpkin
100
What magic word do magicians often say when performing a trick?
Abracadabra
100
What kind of creature is Count Dracula?
Vampire
100
What do you call a woman who can do magic spells, often wears a pointy hat, and flies on a broomstick?
What is a witch?
100
Which holiday sells more candy — Halloween or Easter?
Halloween!
In the U.S., people buy about 600 million pounds of candy for Halloween every year!
200
What do children say when they go door to door on Halloween night?
"Trick or Treat"
200
List 2 things people often decorate their houses with on Halloween?
Spider webs, skeletons, bats, pumpkins, jack-o-lanterns...
200
What’s the name of the popular cartoon ghost who says “Boo!”?
Casper
200
This big, tall and green monster is a Halloween costume favorite.
Who is Frankenstein?
200
This number is how often does Halloween fall on a full moon (+/- 5 years)
What is every 19 years?
300
What do you call the bone structure inside your body that’s often used as a Halloween decoration?
Skeleton
300
What is a “Jack-o’-lantern”?
A carved pumpkin with a candle inside
300
He is the tall, bald, and slightly crazy uncle from the spooky Addams Family. What’s his name?
Uncle Fester
300
Which Halloween monster changes shape during a full moon?
Who is the Werewolf?
300
According to superstition, if you stare into a mirror at midnight on Halloween you are meant to see them.
Who are your future husband or wife.
400
What do people use to decorate doors or windows with scary faces and glowing lights?
Jack-o’-lanterns
400
What was originally carved to make lanterns before people started using pumpkins?
Turnips
400
This girl from a famous spooky family always wears black, never smiles, and became the main character of her own Netflix series. What’s her name?
Wednesday Addams
400
What creature comes back from the dead and walks around slowly with its arms out, often looking for brains to eat?
What is a zombie?
400
This European country is where Halloween originated.
What is Ireland?
500
What do you call a man who practices witchcraft?
Warlock (alt. Wizard)
500
What happens if children don’t get a treat when visiting a house on Halloween night?
They play a "trick"
500
In which famous movie series can you find magical jelly beans with disgusting flavours like earwax, grass, and rotten egg?
Harry Potter
500
Besides sucking human blood, what do bats and vampires have in common?
They only come out at night!
500
Who was the first “Jack” in “Jack-o’-lantern”?
A man named Stingy Jack who tricked the devil.