Halloween quiz

Halloween

Audio Response

How do you like trick-or-treating? All answers are right. 1 Point

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Multiple Choice

Which of these ingredients was used to make the first candy apple? 13 points

• Melted cherry lollipops

• Red caramel

• Cinnamon candies

• Cherry Jell-O powder

Multiple Choice

Most of the candy purchased for Halloween is:

5 Points

• Bubble gum

• Gummy candy

• Hard candy

• Chocolate

Multiple Choice

where was halloween created? 3 Points

• Mexico
• Ireland
• United States
• Canada

Multiple Choice

How much does the average American plan to spend on a Halloween costume? 6 Points

• $15-$20

• $25-$30

• $30-$35

• $40-$45

Multiple Choice

Which of these is not an alternative name for Halloween? 4 Points

• Scaresday

• Hallowmas

• Samhain

• All Hallows' Eve

Multiple Choice

What traditions are there on halloween?

• Watching fireworks on New Year's Eve
• Eating turkey and mashed potatoes
• Dressing up in costumes, carving pumpkins, going trick-or-treating, attending costume parties, telling scary stories
• Decorating the house with Christmas lights

Seriously, if anyone got that question wrong, I'm gonna scream!

Multiple Choice

How did the tradition of bobbing for apples get started? 8 Points

• It was a matchmaking game for young singles

• Superstitious people thought it would ward off ghosts

• It marked the end of the apple harvest

• A health organization started it as an alternative to trick-or-treating

Multiple Choice

True or False: Trick-or-treating was popularized as a way to reduce town-wide pranking and vandalism 5 Points

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

True or False: Americans spend more money on candy for Halloween than for any other holiday. 7 Points

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

If you have a fear of Halloween, you suffer from:

Who should know that, 17 points

• Wiccaphobia

• Samhainophobia

• Nyctophobia

• Phasmophobia

Multiple Choice

When did Starbucks first introduce the pumpkin spice latte? 20 POINTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• 2001

• 2003

• 2005

• 2007

Multiple Choice

When was the Ouija Board first patented? 15 Points

• 1775

• 1890

• 1920

• 1995

Multiple Choice

What is the most sour halloween candy? 9 Points

• Jolly Rancher
• Lemonheads
• Warheads
• Sour Patch Kids

Reorder

Rearrange the following: (why did this slide make it? It's basically thrown out 3 Points!)

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Multiple Choice

Which of the following animals is a common symbol of Halloween? 13 Points

• birds

• bats

• black dogs

• rats

Multiple Select

Which are the most worn halloween costumes? 15 Points

• Elsa from frozen

• Spiderman

• Winnie the Pooh

• Darth Vader

Multiple Choice

Which roman goddess is thought to be honoured on halloween? 20 POINTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Minerva

• Pomona

• Diana

• Juno

Multiple Choice

Who invented Halloween ? 7 Points

• The Americans  
• The Victorians
• The Celts
• The Romans

Multiple Choice

What did the Celts make on Halloween? 3 Points

• Bread
• Fires
• Graves
• Weapons

Multiple Choice

What day is the Celtic new year? 2 Points

• 1st January
• 31st Oct
• 1st Nov
• 25th Dec

Multiple Choice

Why do we carve faces into pumpkins? 9 Points

• to please the evil fairies 
• to ward off evil spirits
• to light the darkness
• so that the ghosts come to our house

Multiple Choice

Who did Jack O Lantern trick? 7 Points

• The Banshees
• The Formorians
• The Leprechauns
• The Devil

Multiple Choice

Who is supposed to come out on Halloween ? 5 Points

• Evil Faeries
• Old souls  
• Good Faeries
• Toads

Multiple Choice

What time does Halloween officially start ? 7 Points

• At 6pm on 31st October
• At sunset on 31st October
• at Sunrise on 31st October
• at midnight on 31st October

Multiple Choice

What did the Celts do with their Cattle ? 20 POINTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Sacrifice them to their pagan gods
• sort them for slaughter or breeding
• take them to market
• bury them

Multiple Choice

What is the Celtic name 31st October? 18 Points

• Trick or Treat Night
• Samhain Festival of the Dead
• Old Souls Night
• Halloween

Multiple Choice

An animal that symbolizes evil and bad luck and is witch’s pet. 3 Points

• bat

• owl

• black cat

Multiple Choice

A monster that goes out of control and is dangerous. 10 Points

• Frankenstein

• Spiderman

• Harry Potter

Multiple Choice

A large round metal container used for cooking over fire. 16 Points

• pan

• pot

• cauldron

Multiple Choice

Sweet food made of sugar. 1 Point

• cake

• candies

• biscuits

Multiple Choice

A spirit of a dead person represented as a pale, transparent image. 8 Points

• skeleton

• mummy

• ghost

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