Halloween Fun Facts

How many pounds of candy corn are produced each year?

• 35 million pounds

• 15 million pounds

• 1 million pounds

• 257,000 pounds

Jack-o'-lanterns were originally carved out of what food?

• Apples

• Watermelons

• Turnips

• Cucumbers

The fear of Halloween is called...

• Acrophobia

• Samhainophobia

• Octobophobia

• Hallophobia

The world's heaviest pumpkin weighed how many pounds?

• 2,624 pounds

• 79 pounds

• 833 pounds

• 8,005 pounds

In what country did Halloween begin?

• China

• Germany

• Mexico

• Ireland

Kids used to play tricks on Halloween by flinging socks filled with _______ at people wearing black coats.

• flour

• raw eggs

• slime

• paint

The record number of Jack-o'-lanterns lit at once is....

• 100,000

• 4,799

• 30,128

• 172

In Scotland and Ireland, trick-or-treating use to be called ________.

• "spooking" because kids would try to scare each other

• "guising" short for disguising

• "sweets-or-scares"

• "masquerading" because they wore masks

This year, 2020, there will be a full moon on Halloween. This will not happen again until the year...

• 2024

• 2039

• 2050

• 2072

True or False: A pumpkin is a fruit

• True

• False

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