HALLOWEEN QUIZ!!!
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General Knowledge:
1. On which date does Halloween fall?
2. What is the name given to a group of witches?
3. The mask in the film "Scream", which became a popular costume for dressing up in at Halloween, was based on a
painting by which artist?
4. Which country celebrates "the day of the dead" instead of Halloween, which includes the tradition of passing a live person in a coffin through streets?
5. Who wrote the novel "The Witching Hour"?
6. What would you traditionally "bob" for at a Halloween party?
7. Originating from a story about an Irish blacksmith, you ran into the Devil in a pub, what name is given to a pumpkin if it has a face carved into it and is illuminated by a candle?
8. With which horror film would you associate the character of Leatherface?
9. Often played at Halloween, which song was a hit for Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers in 1973?
10. In which two continents might you find vampire bats?
Advanced:
11. In the film "Halloween", for how many years was the killer locked up in an asylum before he escaped?
12. What country first used pumpkins as jack-o-lanterns?
Germany
Ireland
United States
13. What was the name of the Celtic harvest festival that historians say was the source of the present-day Halloween
celebration?
Samhain
Feralia
Carnelevarium
14. Apples became associated with Halloween because of harvest festivals celebrating what Roman goddess?
Diana
Pomona
Juno
15. When did Halloween celebrations become popular in the United States?
1700's
1800's
1900's
16. What group of people first wore costumes during harvest festivals?
Celts
Romans
Germans
17. What Christian holy day, established in the 800's, adopted pagan harvest festival customs into its celebration?
Halloween
All Saints' Day
All Souls' Day
18. What were you on your first halloween?
19. Are you going to dress up this year?
20. What is your favorite scary movie?
21. Do you believe in ghosts?
22. Do you enjoy haunted houses?
23. Do you find clowns frightening?
24. Have you ever thrown a costume party?
25. Have you ever eating so much candy you got sick?
This or That
26. Candy Corn or Candy Apples
27. Pumpkin Pie or Apple Pie
28. Halloween or Chirstmas
29. Vampire or Werewolf
30. Clowns or Witches