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AV TaaS Halloween 2020

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many pounds of candy corn are produced each year?

a)

35 million pounds

b)

10 million pounds

c)

1 million pounds

d)

80 million pounds

e)

1 billion pounds

2.

What was candy corn originally called?

a)

Chicken Feed

b)

Maize

c)

Popcorn

d)

Confectionary Cornmeal

e)

Kandy Kernel

3.

In the correct spelling of the Halloween, where is the apostrophe placed?

a)

Hallowe'en

b)

Hallo'ween

c)

Ha'lloween

d)

Hallowee'n

e)

Hal'loween

4.

What is the most commercially successful (highest-grossing) horror movie of all time?

a)

A Nightmare on Elm Street

b)

Halloween

c)

Get Out

d)

It

e)

Scary Movie

5.

In which country did Halloween originate?

a)

Germany

b)

Ireland

c)

France

d)

England

e)

Norway

6.

Which author wrote the novel Dracula?

a)

Virginia Woolf

b)

Bram Stoker

c)

Edgar Allan Poe

d)

H. P. Lovecraft

e)

Mary Shelley

7.

The term "Pandemonium" now means a great frenzy of activity. Originally, it referred to a gathering of what?

a)

Minor league ball players

b)

Bats

c)

Demons

d)

Witches

e)

Werewolves

8.

What sort of mask does Michael Myers wear in the original Halloween?

a)

Captain Kirk mask painted white

b)

Faded clown mask

c)

Goalie mask

d)

Skull mask

e)

Richard Nixon mask

9.

Why did people start dressing up in Halloween costumes?

a)

To prank annoying neighbors

b)

To ward off ghosts

c)

To sneak into enemy villages

d)

To get more candy between houses

e)

To entertain children

10.

Which author wrote the novel Frankenstein?

a)

Daphne du Maurier

b)

H. P. Lovecraft

c)

Mary Shelley

d)

Edgar Allen Poe

e)

Arthur Conan Doyle

11.

Which of the following are other names for Halloween? (Multiple Answers)

a)

Samhain

b)

All Hallows Eve

c)

The Feast of the Dead

d)

Fat Tuesday

e)

Mardi Gras

12.
a)

Beetlejuice

b)

Casper

c)

Ghostbusters

d)

Hocus Pocus

e)

Gremlins

13.
a)

Hocus Pocus

b)

Halloweentown

c)

Nightmare Before Christmas

d)

The Addams Family

e)

Little Shop of Horrors

14.

a)

Corpse Bride

b)

Edward Scissorhands

c)

Coraline

d)

Nightmare Before Christmas

e)

James and the Giant Peach

15.

a)

Halloween

b)

Beetlejuice

c)

Sweeney Todd

d)

Goosebumps

e)

Scary Movie

16.
a)

James and the Giant Peach

b)

Coraline

c)

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

d)

The Nightmare Before Christmas

e)

Edward Scissorhands

17.

a)

Halloween

b)

Nightmare on Elm Street

c)

Friday the 13th

d)

The Shining

e)

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

18.

a)

The Addams Family

b)

Frankenstein

c)

Dracula

d)

The Mummy

e)

The Invisible Man

19.

a)

Casper

b)

Beetlejuice

c)

The Addams Family

d)

Halloween

e)

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

20.

a)

The Corpse Bride

b)

The Nightmare Before Christmas

c)

The Addams Family

d)

The Bride of Frankenstein

e)

Dracula

21.

a)

The Addams Family

b)

Coraline

c)

The Corpse Bride

d)

Nightmare Before Christmas

e)

James and the Giant Peach

22.

a)

Nightmare on Elm Street

b)

Nightmare Before Christmas

c)

Halloween

d)

Poltergeist

e)

It

23.
a)

Halloween

b)

Friday the 13th

c)

Nightmare on Elm Street

d)

Edward Scissorhands

e)

Casper

24.

a)

The Fly

b)

Pet

c)

Pet Sematary

d)

The Shining

e)

It

25.

a)

Christine

b)

Halloween

c)

Herbie: The Love Bug

d)

The Shining

e)

Hocus Pocus

26.

a)

The Shining

b)

It

c)

Carrie

d)

Nightmare on Elm Street

e)

Doctor Sleep

27.
a)

Scream

b)

Scary Movie

c)

Halloween

d)

Goosebumps

e)

Casper

28.

a)

It

b)

The Shining

c)

Halloween

d)

Pet Sematary

e)

Poltergeist

29.

a)

Night of the Living Dead

b)

Darby O'Gill and the Little People

c)

World War Z

d)

Train to Busan

e)

House on Haunted Hill

30.

a)

Darby O'Gill and the Little People

b)

Night of the Living Dead

c)

House on Haunted Hill

d)

Goonies

e)

Casper

31.

In the Northern Hemisphere, autumn begins in September. When does it begin in the Southern Hemisphere?

a)

February

b)

March

c)

April

d)

January

e)

May

32.

In the Northern Hemisphere, what do we call the full moon closest to the autumn equinox?

a)

Harvest Moon

b)

Buck Moon

c)

Hunter's Moon

d)

Snow Moon

e)

Corn Moon

33.

Why do leaves change color in the fall?

a)

The leaves gain chlorophyll and this changes them into different colors

b)

As the leaves loose chlorophyll, their other pigments are exposed

c)

Because the leaves are sad

d)

Summer heat bakes each leaf and when they fall to the ground they are ready to eat

e)

Trees activate their defense mechanism to ward off insects

34.

What date was the first day of autumn this year?

a)

Tuesday, September 22

b)

Sunday, September 6

c)

Monday, September 7

d)

Tuesday, September 29

e)

Friday, August 28

35.

In the made-for-TV movie 'It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown', what does Charlie Brown receive when he goes trick or treating?

a)

A rock

b)

An apple

c)

A pencil

d)

Nothing

e)

A chocolate

36.

What were the original jack-o-lanterns carved from?

a)

Squash

b)

Turnips

c)

Watermelons

d)

Carrots

e)

Peppers