Why is black a Halloween color?

It represents death and darkness

Bobbing for apples is thought to have originated from...

The Roman harvest festival, honoring goddess Pamona

Where do we get the tradition of carving pumpkins?

Irish people placed candles in hollowed out turnips

Will you be at the Halloween Social?

Duh YES!, Heck YES!, Of course!!

Jack O’ Lanterns are pumpkins with a lighted candle inside. According to Irish legend, Jack was

man who tricked the devil. He couldn't go to heaven or hell

Scottish girls believed they could see the face of their future husbands on Halloween if they

hung wet sheets in front of the fire

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1
The fear of Halloween is known as
Halloweenatopia
Arachnophobia
Fearfulopia
Samhainophobia.
2
Why is black a Halloween color?
pink was taken
chocolate and candy is black
It represents death and darkness
my backpack is black
3
Hundreds of years ago people used to dress up in the following costumes
plastic wrapping
pizza!
shiny glittery objects
animal skin and hair
4
Pumpkins come in all of the following colors EXCEPT
Blue
White
Orange
Sparkles
5
Why is Orange a Halloween Color?
Orange soda is yummy
Orange is like the sun
Orange you glad it's Halloween soon!!
Orange is the color of fall
6
The most popular trick or treat candy is
Three Muskateers
Tootsie Pops
Snickers
Jolly Ranchers
7
The candy shown here has been known by all the following names EXCEPT
Chicken feed
Cavity Makers
Candy corn
Butter Cream Candies
8
Bobbing for apples is thought to have originated from...
Pilgrims had a terrible winter and tried to bring fun to it
Apple lovers and tree huggers everywhere
Witches bobbing their heads in water to see if they float
The Roman harvest festival, honoring goddess Pamona
9
How did America begin celebrating Halloween?
Immigrants brought it over
America rebelled against England
Obama said to do it
Candy companies advocated for it
10
Halloween candy sales average about _____________ dollars annually in the United States.
$200,000,000
$2,000,000,000
$200,000
$2,000
11
The word “witch” comes from the Old English wicce, meaning
"evil spell"
“wise woman”
"creepy crawler"
"wearwolf"
12
Years ago to hear an owl’s call meant
Harry Potter had to get to class
witches were flying on brooms
Someone was going to die
bats were about to attach
13
Halloween dates all the way back to
Civil War (1861-1865)
Ancient Rome (2,000BCE)
Medieval Times (1200s-1500s)
Colonial Time (1600s)
14
Where do we get the tradition of carving pumpkins?
farmers had extra pumpkins
Irish people placed candles in hollowed out turnips
Dracula wanted to scare little children with scary pumpkins
children all over the world begged for a candy holiday
15
Will you be at the Halloween Social?
Duh YES!
No :-(
Heck YES!
Of course!!
16
Originally, people had to _________________ to earn their Halloween treat
DO THEIR READING LOGS ALREADY!!!!!!!!
clean
study
dance
17
Jack O’ Lanterns are pumpkins with a lighted candle inside. According to Irish legend, Jack was
a man who was forced to eat pumpkin forever for murder
man who tricked the devil. He couldn't go to heaven or hell
a man who was stabbed brutally in a pumpkin patch
a man who turned bright orange out of embarrassment
18
Owls are associated with Halloween because, in Medieval Europe, owls were
thought to be related to bats.
thought to be related to Harry Potter
thought to carry diseases
thought to be witches.
19
The first candy with a WRAPPER (Almost ALL candy has a wrapper today...)
Skittles
Tootsie Roll
Snickers
Sour Patch
20
Scottish girls believed they could see the face of their future husbands on Halloween if they
hung wet sheets in front of the fire
made a magic potion of cat hair and birds beak and drank it
refused to shower or brush their hair for 31 days prior
stared into the mirror and whispered their names repeatedly

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