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What is the most common fear in the US?

spiders

snakes

heights

flying

Which of the these is NOT a traditional Halloween/All Saints Day food?

Orange cake from Greece

Candy apples from the USA

Bonfire toffee from the UK

Huesos de santo from Spain

Which Halloween/All Saints Day bread is this?

Barmbrack from Ireland

Pão-por-Deus from Portugal

Pan dei morti forom Italy

Pan de muerto from Mexico

What are the colors of candy corn from pointy top to wider bottom

white, orange, yellow

orange, white, yellow

yellow, orange, white

white, yellow, orange

Name three spooky elements of Minecraft

phantoms, nether, Elder Guardian, abandoned mine shafts, monsters, witches, Endermen, The Drowned, skeleton horses, etc.

Name 3 spooky sounds or noises

scream, owl hooting, creaking floorboard or doorknob, creepy cackle/laugh, squeaky swingset, bird hitting a window, loud barking, howling animals, etc

Name 5 Halloween costumes

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

Name 5 spooky decorations you could put up around your room or house for Halloween

cobwebs, spiders, ghosts, tombstones, bats, smoke machines, pumpkins, jack o laterns, black and orange signs, black cat, skulls, creepy music, etc.

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.

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

According to CandyStore.com, which is the worst Halloween candy in America

candy corn

black licorice

tootsie rolls

necco wafers

According to CandyStore.com, which is the most popular candy in America for Halloween

Reese's Cups

Skittles

Candy corn

Hershey's kisses

Name 3 Halloween songs

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

According to legends, which creature can turn into a bat

vampire

werewolf

ghost

demon

Pumpkins are native to which country

USA

Mexico

Ireland

England

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

salt

sugar

garlic

sage

Name 5 traditional Halloween activities

trick-or-treating, haunt houses, haunted hay rides, bobbing for apples, carving pumpkins, decorating the house, dressing up in costume, watching scary movies

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

turnip

apple

corn

potato

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.

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

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

Ireland

USA

Germany

Norway

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