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Halloween Trivia

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Halloween is celebrated on...

a)

October 30th

b)

October 31st

c)

November 1st

d)

November 2nd

2.

Some parts of the Halloween tradition are as old as...

a)

50 years

b)

200 years

c)

500 years

d)

2000 years

3.

The word "hallow" means the same as...

a)

evil

b)

scary

c)

ghost

d)

saint

4.

The modern, family-friendly and child-centered Halloween has been celebrated since the...

a)

1800s

b)

1920s

c)

1950s

d)

1980s

5.

Halloween is most popular in...

a)

America

b)

England

c)

Ireland

d)

Finland

6.

The people who brought Halloween to America were...

a)

Native Americans

b)

Irish and Scottish immigrants

c)

French sailors

d)

Vikings

7.

Jack O'Lanterns were originally made of...

a)

turnips

b)

pumpkins

c)

peas and carrots

d)

wood

8.

The Irish started carving vegetable lanterns to...

a)

keep evil spirits away

b)

sell them

c)

eat them

d)

give them to trick-or-treaters

9.

In America, people started making Jack-o-lanterns out of pumpkins because...

a)

pumpkins taste better than turnips

b)

pumkins look more like heads

c)

pumpkins are easier to carve

d)

there were no turnips in America

10.

True or False: Halloween sells more candy than Valentine's Day

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What is the most popular candy in the United States?

a)

M&M's

b)

Skittles

c)

Twix

d)

Snickers

12.

Which state produces the most amount of pumpkins per year?

a)

California

b)

Nevada

c)

Illinois

d)

Hawaii

13.

What percentage of families steal their kid's halloween candy?

a)

50%

b)

75%

c)

90%

d)

100%

14.

The word Halloween means_________

a)

tiny pumkins

b)

All hallow's eve

c)

Scary monsters

d)

the night of fright

15.

Is a pumpkin a fruit or a vegetable?

a)

Vegetable

b)

Fruit

16.
Which is the correct order of colors for a piece of candy corn?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
17.
Which of these was the first "fun size" candy?
a)
Hershey's
b)
Kit Kat
c)
Twix
d)
Snickers
18.

How heavy is the average pumpkin?

a)

2 pounds

b)

45 pounds

c)

13 pounds

d)

100 pounds

19.

The heaviest pumpkin on record is

a)

1,000 pounds

b)

540 pounds

c)

123 pounds

d)

2,378 pounds

20.

Pumpkins can be

a)

orange only

b)

orange and white

c)

orange, white, or green

d)

orange, white, green, or red

21.

The round orange pumpkins that are used for most jack o’ lanterns today are native to what continent?

a)

Ireland

b)

South America

c)

North America

22.

Every Halloween, Charlie Brown helps his friend Linus wait for what character to appear?

a)

The Red Baron

b)

The Great Pumpkin

c)

Casper

23.
Which of these ingredients was used to make the first candy apple?
a)
cinnamon candies
b)
cherry jell-o powder
c)
melted cherry lollipops
d)
red caramel
24.
Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) originated in this Spanish-speaking country:
a)
Bolivia
b)
Mexico
c)
Cuba
d)
Costa Rica
25.
In the 1966 TV special, 'It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,' Charlie Brown gets these while trick-or-treating:
a)
apples
b)
clumps of dirt
c)
rocks
d)
shoes
26.
Identify the candy in the picture.
a)
runts
b)
twizzlers nibs
c)
jolly ranchers
d)
laffy taffy
27.
Identify the candy in the picture.
a)
dots
b)
sweet tarts
c)
necco wafers
d)
sixlets
28.
Identify the candy in the picture.
a)
sweet tarts
b)
nerds
c)
sixlets
d)
now and laters
29.
Identify the candy in the picture.
a)
jolly ranchers
b)
lemonheads
c)
sweet tarts
d)
runts
30.
Identify the candy in the picture.
a)
skittles
b)
runts
c)
sweet things
d)
dots
31.
Identify the candy in the picture.
a)
twizzlers nibs
b)
chocolate ropes
c)
dubble bubble
d)
tootsie rolls
32.
This scene is from the movie-
a)
Scarecrow Adventure
b)
Witches 
c)
Halloween
d)
Hocus Pocus
33.

What is the name of the friendly ghost in this movie?

a)

Slimer

b)

Casper

c)

Ghosty

d)

Samuel

34.
What is the day after Halloween called?
a)
All Saints' Day
b)
All Sinners' Day
c)
After Hallow's Day
d)
Hallowmass
35.

How do pumpkins grow?

a)

In a tree

b)

on a vine

c)

on a bush

d)

underground

36.

What do people bob for on Halloween?

a)

Pumpkins

b)

pears

c)

oranges

d)

apples