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Halloween Trivia

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The term “jack o’lantern” originates from an ___ folktale about a cheap man named “Stingy Jack” who made a deal with the devil.

a)

Irish

b)

German

c)

Brazilian

d)

Transylvanian

2.

The world’s longest haunted house is The Haunted Cave in Lewisburg, _____, is a whopping 3,564 feet long and located 80 feet underground!

a)

Michigan

b)

Minnesota

c)

Ohio

d)

New Mexico

3.

A whopping ____ million pounds of candy corn is made every year—amounting to about 9 billion pieces.

a)

481

b)

1,783

c)

10

d)

35

4.

Americans spend _____ on Halloween in 2019.

a)

$100 million

b)

$2.6 billion

c)

$54 million

d)

$12 billion

5.

Candy corn originally called ________.

a)

Chicken Feed

b)

Buffalo Feed

c)

Hog Feed

d)

Bat Feed

6.

Many Europeans, including the _______ , dressed in costumes to repel spirits that they believed came back to Earth on what we now know as Halloween.

a)

Puritans

b)

Celtics

c)

English

d)

Polish

7.

In Des Moines, Iowa, the night before Halloween is called _______ Night, in which kids go door-to-door telling jokes, reciting poems or dancing in exchange for sweets.

a)

Houdini's

b)

Scottish

c)

All Fool's

d)

Beggar’s

8.

Mamie Eisenhower, in ________, was the first First Lady to decorate the White House for Halloween

a)

1846

b)

1995

c)

1958

d)

1893

9.

The famous magician, Harry ______, died on Halloween.

a)

Hamlin

b)

Stiles

c)

Carrie

d)

Houdini

10.

Halloween is thought to have originated in ________.

a)

4000 B.C.

b)

1775

c)

1642

d)

2500 B.C.

11.

Halloween was first celebrated in the United States around the 1840s when there was a flood of Irish immigrants fleeing from the potato famine

a)

carrot

b)

potato

c)

turnip

d)

pumpkin

12.

The first city-wide Halloween celebration in the United States was in ______.

a)

Anoka, Minnesota

b)

San Jose, California

c)

Baltimore, Maryland

d)

Springfield, Illinois

13.

The Irish, who started the tradition, first used ________ for jack o’lanterns before finding that pumpkins were actually much easier to carve. In England, large beets were sometimes used.

a)

rutabagas and potatoes

b)

turnips and apples

c)

potatoes and turnips

d)

watermelons and cantelopes

14.

The soldiers in battle in the Korean War where given _______.

a)

Snickers

b)

M & M's

c)

Milk Duds

d)

Tootsie Rolls

15.

About ______ calories are in an average trick-or-treater’s Halloween stash.

a)

500

b)

4,000

c)

75,000

d)

11,000

16.

_________ is banned in California on Halloween.

a)

Silly String

b)

Colored hairspray

c)

Face paint

d)

Sparklers

17.

________ popularized Halloween costumes for trick-or-treating

a)

France and Sweden

b)

The United States of America

c)

Scotland and Ireland

d)

Cuba and Bermuda

18.

The average house gives each trick-or-treater ____ pieces of candy.

a)

one

b)

two

c)

three

d)

four

19.

_____ is the most popular Halloween candy in America.

a)

Skittles

b)

Snickers

c)

M & M's

d)

Reese's

20.

The first-ever fun-size candy bars were __________.

a)

Hershey's and Reese's

b)

Snickers and Reese's

c)

Milky Way and Hershey's

d)

Snickers and Milky Way