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Easy Halloween Trivia Questions
The easy questions from our halloween set, 14 of them, each with the answer and an explanation below the game.
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The easy band covers the visible holiday: the date, trick or treat, black cats, broomsticks, apple bobbing and the jack-o'-lantern. Children usually score as well as adults here, so it is the band to use for a school or family party round.
14 easy halloween trivia questions with answers
On which date is Halloween celebrated?
Answer: October 31 It falls on the eve of All Saints' Day, which is why it is called All Hallows' Eve.
What is a carved and lit pumpkin called?
Answer: Jack-o'-lantern The name comes from an Irish tale about a man doomed to wander with a lantern.
Children going door to door on Halloween say which phrase?
Answer: Trick or treat The bargain is playful: hand over sweets and no prank follows.
Which colour pairing is traditionally used for Halloween decoration?
Answer: Orange and black Orange stands for the harvest and black for the dark half of the year.
Which animal is most associated with witches in folklore?
Answer: Black cat Superstition cast it as a witch's companion, or the witch herself in disguise.
Which mythical figure is said to drink blood and turn into a bat?
Answer: Vampire The bat detail comes from nineteenth-century fiction rather than older folklore.
Which creature of legend transforms into a wolf under a full moon?
Answer: Werewolf Stories of people turning into wolves are far older than the full-moon rule.
Halloween is a shortened form of which older name?
Answer: All Hallows' Eve Hallow is an old word for a saint or holy person.
Which fruit do people traditionally try to catch with their teeth in a tub of water?
Answer: Apples Apple bobbing was once treated as a way of telling fortunes.
What is the sweet shaped like a tri-coloured kernel called?
Answer: Candy corn Its three bands were meant to imitate a kernel of corn.
Which object is a witch usually shown flying on?
Answer: Broomstick The broom was an everyday household item, which made the image easy to recognise.
What is an attraction designed to frighten visitors as they walk through it called?
Answer: A haunted house They grew out of nineteenth-century ghost shows and fairground illusions.
Which wrapped and preserved figure from ancient Egypt became a Halloween costume staple?
Answer: The mummy Costume shops simplified it to bandages long ago.
Which vegetable lantern eventually became the pumpkin in North America?
Answer: Turnip Pumpkins were larger, softer and easier to carve, so they replaced the turnip.
Answer key
- October 31
- Jack-o'-lantern
- Trick or treat
- Orange and black
- Black cat
- Vampire
- Werewolf
- All Hallows' Eve
- Apples
- Candy corn
- Broomstick
- A haunted house
- The mummy
- Turnip
How to play
- Pick a mode: multiple choice, true or false, a 60-second sprint, or the daily quiz.
- Answer with a tap, or press 1 to 4 on a keyboard. The right answer appears straight away with a line explaining it.
- Finish the round to see your score, copy the result grid, and step up a difficulty.
- Hosting a night? The full halloween list and a separate answer key are printed below, and the print layout drops the game and keeps the paper.
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