Halloween History
Costume Chaos
Candy Craze
Creepy Crawly
Halloween Traditions
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This Halloween icon/symbol is based on the Irish myth of a man named Stingy Jack who was condemned to wander the earth with only a carved-out vegetable for light.

Jack-o'-lantern?

100

A pointed black hat and broomstick are the classic props for this spell-casting costume.

Witch

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This Halloween classic is made of sugar, corn syrup, and honey, and was originally called “chicken feed.”

Candy Corn

100

Often linked with Dracula, these winged mammals navigate the night using echolocation.

Bats

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This common Halloween activity involves children dressing up in costumes and going door-to-door for candy.

Trick or Treating


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This city is known for the infamous witch trials of 1692.

Salem

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No yellow brick road needed: Judy Garland’s blue gingham dress and ruby slippers created this instantly recognizable costume.

Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz

200

These colorful button-shaped chocolates were created in 1941 for soldiers because they “melt in your mouth, not in your hand.”

M & Ms

200

This black bird is famous for croaking “Nevermore” in an Edgar Allan Poe poem.

Raven

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In the U.S., Halloween takes place on this date every year.

October 31st

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Celts believed that during Samhain, the veil between the living and the dead did this, allowing spirits to cross over.

Thinned or lifted

300

The mask worn by Michael Myers in Halloween was based on what famous actor?

William Shatner

300

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups were invented in 1928 in this U.S. state, also home to Hershey’s chocolate.

Pennsylvania

300

This is the insect guilty of taking any man that love an Owens woman. 

Deathwatch Beetle

300

Traditionally, people bob for this type of fruit at Halloween parties.

Apples

400

Before pumpkins, people used this to carve the Jack o’ lanterns out of...

Turnip

400

In 2023, sales of pink dresses, roller skates, and cowboy hats skyrocketed thanks to this blockbuster summer film.

Barbie

400

These two “twin” candy bars were identical until the 1970s, when one switched to peanuts and caramel.

Twix bars

400

These parasitic insects once spread the bubonic plague by carrying infected fleas.

Rats

400

This Halloween tradition involves a person dressed up to scare guests in a dark, themed attraction.

Haunted House

500

The country Halloween originated?

Ireland

500

Green tracksuits with numbers became a wildly popular group costume after this 2021 Netflix survival drama.

Squid Game

500

In Japan, you can find hundreds of wild flavors of this crunchy candy bar, including wasabi, sake, and sweet potato.

Kit Kat

500

Glowing under UV light, this desert stinger has haunted human myths for centuries.

Scorpion

500

"Who you gonna call?" is the common catchphrase calling who? (Popularized by a movie)

Ghostbusters