Halloween Quiz

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1. What vegetable was traditionally carved before the pumpkin?

Beetroot

Melon

Turnip

Swede

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What is the day after Halloween called?

All Sinners Day

All Saints Day

After Hallows Day

Hallowmass

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What does the Halloween color orange represent?

The Harvest

The Twilight

The burning of spirits

The voice of spirits

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What was the 6th most popular adult Halloween costume of 2009?

Bat

Pirate

Hangman

Cat

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Apart from eating, how else are apples used on Halloween?

Bobbing for apples game

Good luck charms to hang on doors

Carve for miniature Jack O' Lanterns

Protective Potions using apples

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Why do you wear masks on Halloween?

To protect our faces in case the dead attack us

To keep the dead from recognizing the living

To protect the dead from seeing us happy

To stop the dead from touching our faces

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How long does it take a pumpkin to grow?

30-60 days

40-80 days

60-90 days

90-120 days

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Halloween is the third largest US party day of the year. Which is the second?

Christmas Day

Super Bowl Sunday

Thanksgiving

New Year’s Eve

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Barnbrack is a traditional Halloween food. What is it?

A fruit cake

A meat dish

A pumpkin punch

A special bread

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How do you spell ‘Sow-en’, the Celtic harvest festival where Halloween originated?

S-O-W-H-U-A-N

S-A-H-M-H-E-N

S-A-M-H-A-I-N

S-A-R-H-A-R-N

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Jerry Ayers is the world’s fastest pumpkin carver. How fast was he?

22 seconds

37 seconds

45 seconds

53 seconds

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1 point

In England, what are white cats believed to be?

Bad luck

Good luck

Devil’s luck

Spirit protection

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What was the trick originally in ‘trick or treat’?

Knock on the door and then run away

Throw water at the person opening the door

Sing a song to the person giving you the candy

Recite a good luck protection spell

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What is Nos Calan Gaeaf?

Halloween in Irish

Halloween in French

Halloween in Icelandic

Halloween in Welsh

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What does the color black signify in Halloween?

Death

Darkness

Uncertainty

The Devil

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The pumpkin is related to the potato…

True

False

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Halloween is the second most commercially successful holiday after what?

Easter

New Year’s

Christmas

Thanksgiving

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Why do we ring a bell on Halloween?

To welcome the spirits

To scary away the spirits

To dance with the spirits

To comfort the spirits

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Who was Jack O’Lantern?

A banished demon

A mischievous elf

A guardian angel

A shifty villain

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In question 10, I asked you to spell ‘Sow-en’ (‘sow’ rhymes with ‘cow’). What does ‘Sow-en’ mean?

End of summer

Start of autumn

End of sunlight

End of autumn