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Scream for Halloween

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  • Who is this character?
    Freddy Krueger
  • Name 5 Halloween movies
    Coco, Hocus Pocus, Halloweentown, Casper, The Addams Family, Frankenweenie, The Witches,  Hotel Transylvania, etc.
  • Halloween's origins can be traced back to an old tradition from which country?
    Norway
    Ireland
    Germany
    USA
  • Pumpkins are native to which country
    USA
    Mexico
    Ireland
    England
  • Halloween evolved from which Celtic holiday?
    Samhain
  • 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
  • What do you call a group of witches?
    A coven
  • Before jack-o’lanterns were carved as pumpkins, what other root vegetable was commonly used?
    turnip
    potato
    corn
    apple
  • What can you sprinkle at windows and doorways to ward off evil spirits?
    Salt
  • Who is this character?
    Beetlejuice
  • How many bones are in the average human skeleton?
    206
  • Who is this character?
    Mike Myers
  • 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
  • Where is Transylvania, otherwise known as home to Count Dracula, located?
    Romania
  • The word "Halloween" has been a shortening of which term?
    All Hallows Eve