Halloween Quiz

How much do you know about withches, ghouls and such?

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1. Halloween is celebrated on ___.a. 1st Novemberb. 30th Octoberc. 31st October

c. October 31st

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2. ___ and black are colours associated with Halloween.a. Blueb. Redc. orange

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3. True or False: Only one species of bat out of almost 950, drink blood. It is the Vampire Bat that lives in Central and South America. And the blood it prefers is NOT human blood, but blood of cattle and birds.TRUE

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4. Halloween is the time for ___ fun.

b. frostyc. very

a. spooky

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5. True or False: The largest pumpkin pie ever made was more than five feet in diameter and weighed more than 350 pounds. It used 80 pounds of cooked pumpkin, 36 pounds of sugar, and 12 dozen eggs, and it took six hours to bake.

TRUE

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6. True or False Halloween had its beginnings in an ancient, pre-Christian Celtic festival of the dead.

TRUE

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7. Children go from door to door asking for ___.a. tricks

c. moneyb. treats

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8. Who believed that souls of the dead visited the earth every October 31st?

b. The Mexicansc. The Gypiesd. none of the above

a. The Celts

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9. When children go to someone's door they say "___."

b. Treat or trickc. Treat or treatd. Trick or beat

a. Trick or treat

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10. When did people start to have parties?

a. 1600sb. 1700s

d. 1900sc. 1800s

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11. ___ are also associated with Halloween.

a. Black dogsb. Brown bears

d. White catsc. Black cats

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12. A device generally used to 'contact the spirits' is the

a. telephone c. lightening rodd. crystal ball

b. quija

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13. True or False: Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula, published in 1897, was based loosely on the real-life Vlad Dracula (1431-1476). He was a prince who actually did live in Transylvania in the Carpathian Mountains of Romania.

True

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14. Q: Frankenstein was written by:

a. Percy Bysshe Shelleyb. Bram Stokerc. Elizabeth Luntd. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly

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15. Poltergeist area. ghostsb. noisy spirits D. physical phenomenac. Psychokinetic activity

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16. In what year can we expect to have a full moon on Halloween? a. 2010b. 2015c. 2020d. 2025

c. 2020

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17. What does the old English word “Hallow” mean? a. Spirit b. Saintc. Spook d. Sin

b. Saint

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19. The first Halloween greetings card was made in? a. 700 BC b. 1492c. Early 1900d. During the 1770 revolutionary wars

19. The first Halloween greetings card was made in? a. 700 BC b. 1492c. Early 1900d. During the 1770 revolutionary wars

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19. A male witch is known as a?a. Witchmanb. Warlockc. Halloweenie

19. A male witch is known as a?a. Witchmanb. Warlockc. Halloweeni

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20. Jack O’Lanterns were originally from ___a. Scotlandb. Irelandc. USA

Ireland