According to CandyStore.com, which is the worst Halloween candy in America
tootsie rolls
black licorice
necco wafers
candy corn
According to CandyStore.com, which is the most popular candy in America for Halloween
Hershey's kisses
Reese's Cups
Skittles
Candy corn
Name 5 traditional Halloween activities
trick-or-treating, haunt houses, haunted hay rides, bobbing for apples, carving pumpkins, decorating the house, dressing up in costume, watching scary movies
According to legends, which creature can turn into a bat
demon
vampire
werewolf
ghost
What are the colors of candy corn from pointy top to wider bottom
white, orange, yellow
orange, white, yellow
white, yellow, orange
yellow, orange, white
True or False: Jack-o'-lanterns are named after a man who played a trick on the devil and was punished by him
True. In the folktale where Stingy Jack tricks the devil for money, after dying he is forced to roam the earth with only one coal in hollow vegetable for light
Halloween's origins can be traced back to an old tradition from which country?
Ireland
Germany
Norway
USA
Name 5 Halloween costumes
ghost, witch, wizard, tv or movie character, animal, devil, skeleton, zombie, evil clown, werewolf, warrior, etc
Which of the these is NOT a traditional Halloween/All Saints Day food?
Orange cake from Greece
Bonfire toffee from the UK
Huesos de santo from Spain
Candy apples from the USA
What is the most common fear in the US?
flying
heights
spiders
snakes
What can you sprinkle at windows and doorways to ward off evil spirits?
sage
salt
garlic
sugar
Which Halloween/All Saints Day bread is this?
Pan dei morti forom Italy
Pan de muerto from Mexico
Barmbrack from Ireland
Pão-por-Deus from Portugal
Name 3 spooky sounds or noises
scream, owl hooting, creaking floorboard or doorknob, creepy cackle/laugh, squeaky swingset, bird hitting a window, loud barking, howling animals, etc
Name 3 Halloween songs
Monster Mash, Thriller, I Put a Spell on You, Ghostbuster's theme song, etc.
Name 5 Halloween movies
Coco, Hocus Pocus, Halloweentown, Casper, The Addams Family, Frankenweenie, The Witches, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, Hotel Transylvania, etc.
Name three spooky elements of Minecraft
phantoms, nether, Elder Guardian, abandoned mine shafts, monsters, witches, Endermen, The Drowned, skeleton horses, etc.
Before jack-o’lanterns were carved as pumpkins, what other root vegetable was commonly used?
turnip
corn
potato
apple
Name 5 spooky decorations you could put up around your room or house for Halloween
cobwebs, spiders, ghosts, tombstones, bats, smoke machines, pumpkins, jack o laterns, black and orange signs, black cat, skulls, creepy music, etc.
True or False: Traditionally, dressing up for Halloween started as a way to protect yourself from ghosts and demons walking the earth
True. It was once believed that at the end of October, ghosts and demons could to walk the Earth again. To protect themselves, people would dress up as spirits
True or False: trick or treating with a teal pumpkin signifies that this person might have food allergies
True. Teal pumpkins indicate food allergies - so instead of sweets or food children are given glow sticks.
Pumpkins are native to which country
USA
Mexico
Ireland
England
True or False: trick or treating with a blue pumpkin signifies that this person might have specific needs like autism
True. a blue pumpkin bucket might mean that the trick-or-treater has autism or is trying to spread awareness of autism and other neurodivergences