Heres are your Halloween Origin trivia questions.

1. What vegetable was traditionally carved before the pumpkin?

a. Beetroot
b. Melon
c. Turnip
d. Swede
2. What is the day after Halloween called?
a. All Sinners Day
b. All Saints Day
c. After Hallows Day
d. Hallowmass
3. What does the Halloween color orange represent?
a. The harvest
b. The twilight
c. The burning of spirits
d. The voice of spirits
4. What was the 6th most popular adult Halloween costume of 2009?
a. Bat
b. Pirate
c. Hangman
d. Cat
5. Apart from eating, how else are apples used on Halloween?
a. Bobbing for apples game
b. Good luck charms to hang on doors
c. Carve for miniature Jack O Lanterns
a. Protective potions using apples
6. Why do you wear masks on Halloween?
a. To protect our faces in case the dead attacks us
b. To keep the dead from recognizing the living
c. To protect the dead from seeing us happy
d. To stop the dead from touching our faces
7. How long does it take a pumpkin to grow?
a. 30-60 days
b. 40-80 days
b. 60-90 days
d. 90-120 days
8. Halloween is the third largest US party day of the year. Which is the second?

a. Christmas Day
b. Super Bowl Sunday
c. Thanksgiving
d. New Years Eve
9. Barnbrack is a traditional Halloween food. What is it?
a. A fruit cake
b. A meat dish
c. A pumpkin punch
d. A special bread
10. How do you spell Sow-en, the Celtic harvest festival where Halloween originated?
a. S-O-W-H-U-A-N
b. S-A-H-M-H-E-N
c. S-A-M-H-A-I-N
d. S-A-R-H-A-R-N
11. Jerry Ayers is the worlds fastest pumpkin carver. How fast was he?
a. 22 seconds
b. 37 seconds
c. 45 seconds
d. 53 seconds
12. In England, are white cats believed to be?
a. Bad luck
b. Good luck
c. Devils luck
d. Spirit protection
13. What was the trick originally in trick or treat?
a. Knock on the door and then run away
b. Throw water at the person opening the door
c. Sing a song to the person giving you the candy
d. Recite a good luck protection spell
14. What is Nos Calan Gaeaf?
a. Halloween in Irish
b. Halloween in French
c. Halloween in Icelandic
d. Halloween in Welsh
15. What does the color black signify in Halloween?
a. Death
b. Darkness

c. Uncertainty
d. The Devil
16. The pumpkin is related to the potato
True?
or
False?
17. Halloween is the second most commercially successful holiday after what?
a. Easter
b. New Years
c. Christmas
d. Thanksgiving
18. Why do we ring a bell on Halloween?
a. To welcome the spirits
b. To scary away the spirits
c. To dance with the spirits
d. To comfort the spirits
19. Who was Jack OLantern?
a. A banished demon
b. A mischievous elf
c. A guardian angel
d. A shifty villain
20. In question 10, I asked you to spell Sow-en (sow rhymes with cow). What does Sow-en
mean?
a. End of summer
b. Start of autumn
c. End of sunlight
d. End of autumn
Halloween Origin trivia quiz Answers
1. c. Turnip / 2. b. All Saints Day / 3. a. The harvest / 4. d. Cat / 5. a. Bob for apples game / 6. b. To
keep the dead from recognizing the living / 7. d. 90-120 days / 8. b. Super Bowl Sunday. New
Years Eve is the 1st. / 9. a. A fruit cake / 10. c. S-A-M-H-A-I-N / 11. b. 37 seconds / 12. a. Bad luck
/ 13. c. Sing a song to the person giving you the candy / 14. d. Halloween in Welsh / 15. a. Death /
16. False / 17. c. Christmas / 18. b. To scary away the spirits / 19. d. A shifty villain / 20. a. End of
summer.
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Multiple Choice Questions

Here are some simple multiple choice Halloween trivia questions and answers that you can use for a
quiz contest at a party or at school, depending on the scale of difficulty and the age group that
you're dealing with.
On which day is Halloween celebrated?
31st October
30th October
15th October
1st October
31st October
Before pumpkins, the Irish used what to carve the Jack o' lanterns out of?
Potatoes
Turnips
Rutabagas
All the above
All the above
What is another name for Halloween?
Feast of the dead
Samhain
All Hallows Eve
All the above
All Hallows Eve
'Lamb's Wool' a popular Halloween drink in the 18th Cent was made of milk and...
Chestnuts
Grapes
Apples
Potatoes
Apples
When did the Celts celebrate their new year?
13th October
1st November
1st January
21st December
1st November
What is the phobia of Halloween called?

 Samhainophobia
Hallophopbia
Triskaphobia
Hellenologophobia
Samhainophobia
Where do pumpkins grow?
Vines
Hallophopb Stalks
Trees
Bushes
Vines
What do guests at a Halloween party bob for?
Apples
Skulls
Turnips
Oranges
Apples
What does the word 'Hallow' mean?
Spook
Spirit
Sin
Saint
Saint
Which priests first celebrated Halloween?
French
Druids
Christians
Romans
Druids
Which country celebrates Halloween by eating sweet skulls?
Italy
Scotland
Mexico
Aboriginal Australia
Mexico

Which Halloween custom began as a way of finding out who would get married first?
Trick or treating
Making lanterns
Building a bonfire
Bobbing for apples
Bobbing for apples
What is a group of witches called?
Convoy
Commune
Cauldron
Coven
Coven
What is a male witch called?
Warlock
Witchman
Halloweenie
There's no such thing
Warlock
Which actor in 'Ghostbusters' was also a co-writer of the film?
Dan Aykroyd
Rick Moranis
Ernie Hudson
Bill Murray
Dan Aykroyd
Who sings the song, Monster Mash?
Billy Ray Cyrus
Frank Sinatra
Bobby Pickett
Frankie Avalon
Bobby Pickett
Who wrote Frankenstein?
Mary Shelley
Percy Shelly
Elizabeth Lunt
Bram Stoker

Mary Shelley
What was Dr. Frankenstein's first name?
Francois
Boris
Victor
Schweitzer
Show Answer
Which two colors are associated with Halloween?
Blue and Red
Red and White
Orange and Black
Green and Black
Show Answer
What do children ask for when they go from door to door?
Tricks
Treats
Chocolates
Coins
Treats
Which animal among these is associated with Halloween?
White rats
Black cats
Brown bears
Black frogs
Black cats
The celtic wore costumes. Why did they do that?
For fun
To scare the spirits
To fool the spirits
To scare the Gods
To scare the spirits away
What did the Druids sacrifice to the Gods?
Jewelry
Goats
Human beings

 Hair
Human beings
Samhain was Lord of the...
Heavens
Rings
Zombies
Dead
Dead
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