Harrowing

Halloween Trivia
A frightfully fun question and answer game
Mechanics of the game
• Submit your answers in one minute.
• Score honestly. Each correct answer carries 1 point.
• No searching for answers online.
• The quizmaster's decisions are final.
• Have fun!
 Categories

Yes or No Fill in the Blanks

True or False Enumeration
Multiple Choice Video Question
 ROUND 1

EASY ROUND
 YES OR NO

Halloween takes its origins from a pre-Christian

Celtic festival called Samhain, which marked
summer's end or the end of harvest.

Yes No
 Samhain was celebrated with feasts and bonfires.
It was also believed to be a time when the barriers between the
physical and spirit worlds were down and people used to hide behind
disguises to protect themselves from evil spirits.

Yes
 TRUE OR FALSE

Jack-o'-lanterns were originally

carved out of watermelons
and not pumpkins.

True False
The practice of making jack-o'-lanterns originated from
Ireland where they used large turnips and potatoes.

False
 ROUND 2

AVERAGE
ROUND
 MULTIPLE CHOICE

What do you call

the irrational fear of clowns?

A. Coimetrophobia

b. Coulrophobia

c. Clinophobia

d. Cleithrophobia
The correct answer is Coulrophobia. The word
literally means "a fear of someone who walks on
stilts" and is the unofficial term used to refer to the
fear of clowns.

A. Coimetrophobia

b. Coulrophobia

c. Clinophobia

d. Cleithrophobia
 fill in the blanks

Candy corn was originally called

 Candy corn was originally called

Chicken Feed

Because corn is what was used to feed chickens, the creation was called
"Chicken Feed" and the box was marked with a colorful rooster.
 ROUND 3

DIFFICULT
ROUND
 enumeration

List the four Halloween colors

 Orange and black have long been the traditional colors of Halloween.
Purple signifies witchcraft and mysticism, green is symbolic of monsters,
and white is the color for ghosts and mummies.

Orange Black

Purple White
 bonus question

According to an old tradition, what will you see at

midnight if you turn your clothes inside out and
walk backwards on Halloween night?
A witch
congratulations to
the winners!
have a spooky night