WorksheetsHaunted Halloween
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of these ingredients was used to make the first candy apple?
a)
Cherry Jell-O powder
b)
Red caramel
c)
Melted cherry lollipops
d)
Cinnamon candies
2.
Jack O'Lanterns were originally carved from:
a)
Carrots
b)
Acorn squash
c)
Turnips
d)
Apples
3.
Most of the candy purchased for Halloween is:
a)
Chocolate
b)
Gummy candies
c)
Bubble Gum
d)
Hard candy
4.
What is the correct color of a piece of candy corn from the wide end to the narrow end?
a)
white yellow orange
b)
yellow orange white
c)
white orange yellow
d)
orange yellow white
5.
When candy corn was first made in the late 1800s, the treat was commonly called:
a)
Chicken feed
b)
Candy kernels
c)
Sweetie corn
d)
Sweetie niblets
6.
How much does the average American spend on a Halloween costume?
a)
$15-$20
b)
$20-$25
c)
$30-$35
d)
$40-$50
7.
What is NOT an alternative name for Halloween?
a)
All Hallow's Eve
b)
Scaresday
c)
Samhain
d)
Hallowmas
8.
The Day of the Dead originated in this Spanish-speaking country:
a)
Bolivia
b)
Costa Rica
c)
Cuba
d)
Mexico
9.
In the TV movie It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, Charlie Brown gets this while trick-or-treating:
a)
A clump of dirt
b)
A rock
c)
A shoe
d)
An apple
10.
How did the tradition of bobbing for apples start?
a)
It was a matchmaking game for young people.
b)
Superstitious people thought it would ward off ghosts.
c)
It marked the end of apple harvest.
d)
It was used as an alternative to candy for trick-or-treaters.
11.
Pumpkins are actually berries.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
Trick-or-treat for UNICEF has been around since the late 1800s.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
People on the East coast give out more candy than any other region.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
Americans spend more money on candy for Halloween than any other holiday.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
The monster in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was a vegetarian.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
Trick-or-treating was popularized as a way to reduce pranking and vandalism.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
The most popular costume for pets is a pumpkin.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
Which candy was the first "fun sized" candy?
a)
Kit Kat
b)
Twix
c)
Hersey's
d)
Snickers
19.
The correct way to pronounce the candy is "REE-sees"
a)
True
b)
False
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