Halloween Trivia

When Goelitz Confectionery Company began making candy corn in the late 1800s, the treat was commonly called:

• sweet niblets
• candy kernels
• sweetie corn
• chicken feed

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

• cinnamon candies
• cherry jell-o powder
• melted cherry lollipops
• red caramel

Jack-o-lanterns were originally carved from: 

• turnips
• carrots
• apples
• acorn squash

Which is the correct order of colors for a piece of candy corn?

• A
• B
• C
• D

Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) originated in this Spanish-speaking country:

• Bolivia
• Mexico
• Cuba
• Costa Rica

Which character below is in the movie this soundtrack is from?

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In the 1966 TV special, 'It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,' Charlie Brown gets these while trick-or-treating:

• apples
• clumps of dirt
• rocks
• shoes

How did the tradition of bobbing for apples get started?

• It was a matchmaking game for young singles.
• A health organization started it as an alternative to trick-or-treating.
• Superstitious people thought it would ward off ghosts.
• It marked the end of the apple harvest.

True or False?
Trick-or-treating was popularized as a way to reduce town-wide pranking and vandalism.

• True
• False

True or False: The monster is Mary Shelley's book 'Frankenstein' is a vegetarian.

• True

• False