HALLOWEEN TRIVIA QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. Where does the tern "Jack o 'lantern'" come from ?
ANSWER : The term "Jack o 'lantern' originates from an Irish folktale about a cheap man named "Stingy Jack" who made a deal with the devil.
2. Where is the world's longest haunted house ?
ANSWER : The Haunted Cave in Lewisburg, Ohio, is a whopping 3564 feet long. It's located 80 feet underground!
3. Which film in the Paranormal Activity franchise was the most commercially successful ?
ANSWER : Paranormal Activity 3
4. Why did women look in mirrors while walking downstairs at midnight on Halloween ?
ANSWER : To see their boyfriends.
5. What sort of mask does Michael Myers wear in the original Halloween ?
ANSWER : Because the studio had such a small budget, they had to use the cheapest mask they could find. It was a 2$ William Shatner mask that they spray-painted white.
6. How many pounds of candy corn are produced each year ?
ANSWER : A Whopping 35 million pounds of candy corn is made every year - amounting to about 9 billion pieces.
7. What vegetable is part of a tradition on the night before Halloween ?
ANSWER : Cabbage is often used in pranks on Mischief Night, sometimes called Cabbage Night. People would sometimes leave stinky, rotten cabbage near neighbors' doors.
8. How much did American spend on Halloween last year (2023) ?
ANSWER : $12.2 billion.
9. What was the original title for Disney's Hocus Pocus ?
ANSWER : Hocus Pocus was initially called Halloween House - and it was more horror than comedy.
10. Only one holiday surpasses Halloween in annual consumer sales. What is it ?
ANSWER : Christmas actually takes the cake!
11. Why are black cats associated with Halloween (and bad luck) ?
ANSWER : The Puritans associated black cats with witchcraft, leading to the onyx-colored felines association with Halloween. In many other cultures, black cats are actually signs of good luck and are revered!
12. When was Trick or Treat for UNICEF founded ?
ANSWER : 1950
13. What was candy corn originally called ?
ANSWER : Chicken Feed.
14. Why did people start dressing up in Halloween costumes ?
ANSWER : Many Europeans, including the Celtics, dressed in costumes to repel spirits that they believed came back to Earth on what we now know as Halloween.
15. What medieval English tradition inspired trick or treating ?
ANSWER : On All Souls Day, the poor would go "souling," knocking on doors and offering prayers for residents deceased loved ones in exchange for food.
16. What did Scottish women hand to see their future husbands on Halloween ?
ANSWER : Wet sheets in front of a fire.
17. What is Des Moines, Iowa's pre-Halloween festivity called ?
ANSWER : In Des Moines, the night before Halloween is called Beggar's Night, in which kids go door-to-door telling jokes, reciting poems or dancing in exchange for sweets.
18. Who was the first Lady to decorate the White House for Halloween ?
ANSWER : Mamie Eisenhower in 1958.
19. What famous magician died on Halloween ?
ANSWER : Harry Houdini
20. Why do some people wear clothes inside out on Halloween ?
ANSWER : Some superstitions state that if you wear your clothes inside out and walk backward on Halloween, you'll see a witch at midnight.
21. Why did some women throw apple peels behind them on Halloween ?
ANSWER : Because they believed it would land in the shape of the first letter of their future husband's name.
22. When in Halloween though to have originated ?
ANSWER : 4000 B.C.
23. What Celtic tradition led to modern day trick or treating ?
ANSWER : For the celebration os Samhain, people would put treats or food out to pacify evil spirits.
24. What is Hong Kong's Festival of Hungry Ghosts called ?
ANSWER : Yue lan
25. What ancient Roman goddess is said to be honored on Halloween ?
ANSWER : Pomona, the goddess of fruit and trees - many believe bobbing for apples on Halloween stemmed from Roman traditions to honor her.
26. When was Halloween first celebrated in the United States ?
ANSWER : Around the 1840s when there was a flood of Irish immigrants fleeing from the potato famine.
27. Where was the first city-wide Halloween celebration in the United States ?
ANSWER : Anoka, Minnesota
28. What is the most commercially successful horror movie of all time ?
ANSWER : It
29. What was used before pumpkins to make jack o lanterns ?
ANSWER : The Irish, who started the tradition, first used potatoes and turnips for jack o' lanterns before finding that pumpkins were actually much easier to carve. In England, large beets were sometimes used.
30. Who sand the original "Monster Mash?"
ANSWER : Bobby Pickett.
31. Where did the real Ichabod Crane live ?
ANSWER : Believe it or not, it wasn't Sleepy Hollow, New York, but actually Staten Island.
32. What was The Munsters' address ?
ANSWER : 1313 Mockingbird Lane
33. What candy was given to soldiers in battle in the Korean War ?
ANSWER : Tootsie Rolls
34. What is the most commercially successful horror franchise of all time ?
ANSWER : Godzilla
35. What connection does Christianity have with Halloween ?
ANSWER : All Saints Day (November 1st) and All Souls Day (November 2nd) were created to integrate sacred pagan traditions that usually took place on or around October 31st in to Christianity (in hopes of getting pagans to convert).
36. What was the original Halloween movie's working title ?
ANSWER : The Babysitter Murders
37. What was Count Dracula's original name in the Bram Stoker classic ?
ANSWER : Count Wampyr
38. How many calories are in an average trick or treaters Halloween stash ?
ANSWER : About 11,000.
39. What classic horror movie creature's shape was based on the Oscar statuette ?
ANSWER : The Creature From the Black Lagoon
40. What item is banned in California on Halloween ?
ANSWER : Silly String
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