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True or False: Traditionally, dressing up for Halloween started as a way to protect yourself from ghosts and demons walking the earth

True. It was once believed that at the end of October, ghosts and demons could to walk the Earth again. To protect themselves, people would dress up as spirits

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What is the most common fear in the US?

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Halloween's origins can be traced back to an old tradition from which country?

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Name 5 Halloween movies

Coco, Hocus Pocus, Halloweentown, Casper, The Addams Family, Frankenweenie, The Witches, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, Hotel Transylvania, etc.

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Name 5 Halloween costumes

ghost, witch, wizard, tv or movie character, animal, devil, skeleton, zombie, evil clown, werewolf, warrior, etc

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Name 3 Halloween songs

Monster Mash, Thriller, I Put a Spell on You, Ghostbuster's theme song, etc.

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Before jack-o’lanterns were carved as pumpkins, what other root vegetable was commonly used?

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True or False: trick or treating with a teal pumpkin signifies that this person might have food allergies

True. Teal pumpkins indicate food allergies - so instead of sweets or food children are given glow sticks.

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True or False: trick or treating with a blue pumpkin signifies that this person might have specific needs like autism

True. a blue pumpkin bucket might mean that the trick-or-treater has autism or is trying to spread awareness of autism and other neurodivergences

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What can you sprinkle at windows and doorways to ward off evil spirits?

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True or False: Jack-o'-lanterns are named after a man who played a trick on the devil and was punished by him

True. In the folktale where Stingy Jack tricks the devil for money, after dying he is forced to roam the earth with only one coal in hollow vegetable for light

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