Quiz on Halloween

Answer the questions below.

(1) Halloween is celebrated on what day?
select answer October 25th October 31st October 1st October 28th

(2) Gargoyles originated somewhere between the 11th and 13th centuries and served as what?
select answer Bird houses Flag poles Rain spouts Decoration

(3) When was the first Halloween card made?
select answer 1600’s 1700’s 1800’s 1900’s

(4) What was Dr. Frankenstein’s first name?
select answer Francois Victor Boris Schweitzer

(5) Which star of the movie “Ghostbusters” was also a co-writer of the film?
select answer Dan Akroyd Bill Murray Rick Moranis Ernie Hudson

(6) How much does the world’s largest pumpkin weigh? select answer 856 455 1385 1265

(7) Who sings the song, Monster Mash?
select answer Frankie Avalon Billy Ray Cyrus Frank Sinatra Bobby Pickett

(8) Who do most experts believe were the first to observe Halloween on October 31st?
select answer Celtics Druids Mexicans Irish

(9) Who created the story of Dracula?
select answer Mary Shelley Bela Lugosi Calvin Stephens Bram Stoker

(10) What do people typically “bob” for at Halloween parties? select answer Apples Pumpkins Candy Oranges

(11) What football team is named after the subject of Edgar Allen Poe's quintessential Halloween poem?
select answer The Detroit Lions Arizona Cardinal Baltimore Ravens Atlanta Falcons

(12) Pumpkins grow on what?
select answer A bush A stalk An underground stem A vine

(13) Frankenstein was written by:
select answer Percy Shelly Elizabeth Lunt Mary Shelly Bram Stoker

(14) Every Halloween, Charlie Brown helps his friend Linus wait for what character to appear?
select answer The Grinch The Great Pumpkin St. Peter Dracula

(15) In Scotland, what vegetable was traditionally carved into a jack-o-lantern?
select answer A cabbage A potato A pumpkin A turnip

(16) Which state entered the Union on October 31st, 1864?
select answer Oregon Arizona Nevada New Mexico

(17) Another name for Halloween is:
select answer The Feast of the Dead Samhain All Hallows Eve All of the above

(18) Halloween had its beginnings in an ancient, pre-Christian Celtic festival of the dead.
select answer True False

(19) A device generally used to 'contact the spirits' is the
select answer telephone Ouija lightening rod crystal ball

(20) El dÃa de los muertos (Day of the Dead), a fiesta observed in Mexico and other Spanish-speaking cultures on Nov. 1 shares some of its history and roots with Halloween.
select answer True False

(21) Most ghosts show up on film as a/an
select answer Orb electric path mist person's shape

(22) Poltergeist are
select answer ghosts noisy spirits psychokinetic activity physical phenomena

(23) The Wicca Sabbat related to Halloween is called:
select answer Yule Samhain Lammas Beltane

(24) Ghosts and spirits captured on audiotape is called:
select answer EVP IVP AVP a stupid trick