Halloween Trivia

Which of the following is a synonym "hallow"?

• evil

• scary

• ghost

• holy

The Irish started carving vegetable lanterns to...

• keep evil spirits away

• sell them

• eat them

• give them to trick-or-treaters

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

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Name the country where the concept of Halloween began?

• Spain

• Ireland

• Russia

• Romania

Who wrote the original book Frankenstein?

• Bram Stoker
• Mary Shelley
• Elizabeth Browning
• Oscar Wilde

Fear of the number 13 is known as...

• Glossophobia

• Trypanophobia

• Aviophobia

• Triskaidekaphobia

Gwisin is the word for ghost in which language?

• Arabic

• Korean

• Mandarin

• Gaelic

An animated corpse raised by magical means such as witchcraft is better known as a zombie, from which country did they originate?

• Ireland

• Mongolia

• Haiti

• Spain

Mummies are associated with a well known country in north Africa, what is the name of it's capital.

• Algiers

• Addis Ababa

• Jerusalem

• Cairo

The story/myth of Dracula is based on an evil ruler in Transylvania, what is the name of the country where this historic region is found today.

• Romania

• Bulgaria

• Serbia

• Belarus

A full moon is said to bring out a werewolf; how does the moon affect the geography of the earth?

• Climates

• Day light

• Tides

• Seasons