Aunt Rin’s Halloween Night of Fun

The first annual fair in the American colonies was held in 1640 in NYC to showcase farm products of the local area.

The Eiffel Tower was built by Gustave Eiffel for the Paris World’s Fair of 1889

The Venice carnival is known for its mysterious and fancy _____.

Owls were thought to be what in Medieval Europe?

What flying animal is associated with a vampire?

The song “Monster Mash” once topped the billboard charts.

What was the first state to celebrate Halloween in America?

A famous American carnival is the ___ which is held in late winter.

____ grows the most pumpkins in the country.

In Italy, priests are not allowed to perform weddings on Halloween.

According to legend, what will you see if you look into a mirror on Halloween at midnight?

What do you call a group of witches?

The first Jack-O-Lanterns were made from what?

Games you play at a fair or carnival also go by the name “joints”

Adam Sandler voices Count Dracula in Hotel Transylvania.

The word Halloween comes from?

Carnivals developed from the traditional outdoor festivals of ____ in honor of seasonal changes or religious holidays.

Trick-or-treating is a “modern” custom

Halloween originated as an ancient festival of?

What city in Brazil hosts the largest carnival in the world (according to GWR)?

The Ferris Wheel was invented by _____ for the 1893 World’s Fair.

A full moon appears on Halloween about once every _____ years.

The word witch comes from the Old English “wicce” meaning “wise woman”.

On which date does Halloween come every year?

Ireland is believed to be the birthplace of Halloween.