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Halloween - history and superstitions
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1
What Christian festival is celebrated the day after Halloween?
Hallowday
All Hallows' Eve
All Saints' Day
Repentance Day
2
In Czech Republic, chairs are placed by the fireplace. There is one for each family member and:
one for each season of the year
one for each deceased family member
one for each day of the month
3
When did the superstition of the black cats being bad luck arise?
the 1800s
2000 BCE
the Middle Ages
the 1900s
4
The main colors of Halloween are...
Black and orange
Orange and yellow
Orange and brown
Black and yellow
5
Durin medieval times, "souling"meant beggars would go to people's door and do what?
Pray for dead relatives to get food.
Sing to get food.
Make a joke to get food.
Play a song to get food.
6
Which is the top-selling sweet on Halloween? ( USA )
M&M's
Candy Corn
Snickers
Reese's
7
What's the title of this famous cartoon show?
Where is the Great Pumpkin?
The Great Pumpkin!
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
Can't wait for Christmas
8
In which Celtic festival does Holloween has its origin?
Yule
Imbolc
Beltane
Samhain
9
To avoid accidentally hurting invisible souls and ghosts, some Germans hide all their knives during Halloween.
False
True
10
Which phobia do you suffer if you are afraid of Halloween?
Wiccaphobia
Samhainphobia
Phasmophobia
Halloweenphobia
11
What was the original belief behind the superstition of black cats?
Black cats were a symbol of the night.
People believed cats were really bad dogs in disguise.
People believed witches turned themselves into cats.
Black cats were a symbol of death and dying.
12
The Celts left ___ outside their houses to make the spirits leave them alone.
carved pumpkins
lit candles
food
candy
13
Mamie Eisenhower was the first to decorate the White House for Halloween (1958)
True
False
14
In this country, a tradition is to build altars to honour the spirits.
Belgium
Mexico
Egypt
Brazil
15
What vegetables were jack-o'-lanterns originally carved from?
carrot
cucumber
potato
turnip
16
Which of these is another name for Halloween?
Ghost Day
All Hallows' Eve
Hallow Even
Bonfire Night
17
What do the Halloween colors symbolize?
All of these
Jack-o'-lanterns and black cats
The turning color of leaves and death of summer.
Light and darkness
18
Originally trick-or-treaters begged for soul cakes.
False
True
19
It's illegal to dress like a nun or priest for Halloweem on which USA state?
California
Texas
Georgia
Alabama
20
Who wrote the novel Frankenstein?
Oscar Wilde
Charles Dickens
Mary Shelley
Jane Austen
21
In what year was Halloween celebrated for the first time in the United States?
1840s.
1890
1900
1910
