Where do we get the tradition of carving pumpkins?

Irish people placed candles in hollowed out turnips

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

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

hung wet sheets in front of the fire

Will you be at Trunk or Treat?

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

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

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1
Owls are associated with Halloween because, in Medieval Europe, owls were
thought to carry diseases
thought to be related to bats.
thought to be witches.
thought to be related to Harry Potter
2
The fear of Halloween is known as
Arachnophobia
Fearfulopia
Halloweenatopia
Samhainopobia.
3
Halloween dates all the way back to
Civil War (1861-1865)
Ancient Rome (2,000BCE)
Medieval Times (1200s-1500s)
Colonial Time (1600s)
4
Where do we get the tradition of carving pumpkins?
farmers had extra pumpkins
children all over the world begged for a candy holiday
Irish people placed candles in hollowed out turnips
Dracula wanted to scare little children with scary pumpkins
5
How did America begin celebrating Halloween?
America rebelled against England
Immigrants brought it over
Candy companies advocated for it
Obama said to do it
6
Halloween candy sales average about _____________ dollars annually in the United States.
$200,000,000
$2,000
$200,000
$2,000,000,000
7
The word “witch” comes from the Old English wicce, meaning
"evil spell"
"creepy crawler"
"wearwolf"
“wise woman”
8
The candy shown here has been known by all the following names EXCEPT
Butter Cream Candies
Cavity Makers
Candy corn
Chicken feed
9
Hundreds of years ago eople used to dress up in the following costumes
shiny glittery objects
animal skin and hair
pizza!
plastic wrapping
10
The most popular trick or treat candy is
Three Muskateers
Tootsie Pops
Snickers
Jolly Ranchers
11
Why is black a Halloween color?
pink was taken
chocolate and candy is black
my backpack is black
It represents death and darkness
12
Bobbing for apples is thought to have originated from...
The Roman harvest festival, honoring goddess Pamona
Pilgrims had a terrible winter and tried to bring fun to it
Witches bobbing their heads in water to see if they float
Apple lovers and tree huggers everywhere
13
The first candy with a WRAPPER (Almost ALL candy has a wrapper today...)
Skittles
Sour Patch
Tootsie Roll
Snickers
14
Pumpkins come in all of the following colors EXCEPT
Orange
White
Sparkles
Blue
15
Years ago to hear an owl’s call meant
witches were flying on brooms
bats were about to attach
Someone was going to die
Harry Potter had to get to class
16
Scottish girls believed they could see the face of their future husbands on Halloween if they
refused to shower or brush their hair for 31 days prior
stared into the mirror and whispered their names repeatedly
made a magic potion of cat hair and birds beak and drank it
hung wet sheets in front of the fire
17
Originally, people had to _________________ to earn their Halloween treat
clean
DO THEIR READING LOGS ALREADY!!!!!!!!
study
dance
18
Will you be at Trunk or Treat?
No :-(
Duh YES!
Of course!!
Heck YES!
19
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
a man who turned bright orange out of embarrassment
a man who was forced to eat pumpkin forever for murder
a man who was stabbed brutally in a pumpkin patch
20
Why is Orange a Halloween Color?
Orange is the color of fall
Orange you glad it's Halloween soon!!
Orange soda is yummy
Orange is like the sun

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