Halloween Science

Some of the beginnings of Halloween are ... except which one?

• Wanting to scare the children of a culture.

• A Celtic celebration based around the crops or livestock.

• A people's need to reflect on the dead.

• People wearing costumes to scare away unwanted spirits.

The Celts spread around Europe with earliest beginnings ...

• a million years ago

• just 20 years ago

• a decade ago

• over 2000 years ago

Samhain (pronounced Sawhen) is the end of the harvest season

• False

• True

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The Celts believed that around October 31st ...

• their crops would die

• the ghosts of the dead walked the Earth

• the boogie man would get them

• their children would be reborn

During Samhain the Celts built big bonfires because ...

• they wanted to drive the dead back to the spirit world

• they wanted to roast marshmallows

• they were cold

• they would burn their crops

According to ancient European Catholics they saw the Sawhain's practice

• was based on a Pagan culture and wasn't to be reckoned with

• was so strong the Vatican decided to merge it with their own religious holiday

• was ridiculous

• was too horrific and the Vatican cast an evil spell to be rid of it

All Saints Day is ...

• on November 1

• on October 31

• a made up holiday that doesn't exist

• on November 31

Hallowmas is

• another word for Halloween

• a broken down tree

• the ancient name for All Saints Day

• is a growth on the side of a church

Who brought Halloween to America?

• the Celts

• the Vatican

• the Irish immigrants

• the Pope

Young Irish pranksters wore masks because ...

• they were embarrassed

• they didn't want to be recognized as they tricked their neighbors

• they wanted to scare each other

• they had measles and needed to hide their faces