HALLOWEEN

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HALLOWEEN

What is trick-or-treating?

1. Scaring people until they wet themselves
2. Throwing toilet paper on top of buildings
3. Pranking people with tomato sauce
4. Knocking on doors to collect sweets

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What did the farmers believe? There was one day a year when ...

1. ... the season of summer meets the season of winter.
2. ... the season of old meets the season of new.
3. ...the season of life meets the season of death
4. ... the season of winter meets the season of spring.

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Who brought the Halloween
traditions to America?

1. the French
2. the Irish
3. the English
4. the Spanish

Halloween

• + 2000 years ago

• 31st of October

• All Hallows' Eve (31 Oct)

• All Hallows (1 Nov)

   Allerheiligen

• Started in Ireland > Samhain

Samhain 

• Celebrated in Ireland, the UK & Northern France

• To mark* the end of the summer months & harvest time*

• Darker colder months were associated* with death

• They thought the ghosts would return to earth

* To mark = markeren, harvest time = oogsttijd, associated = associëren/verbonden

How many years ago was Halloween first celebrated?

1. +-1500 years ago
2. +-1000 years ago
3. +-2000 years ago
4. +-1250 years ago

According to tradition, who would visit the mortal world during Halloween?

1. Rick Astley
2. The Devil himself
3. Deceased members of the Catholic church
4. Evil spirits

Where does Halloween originate from?

1. The United States of America
2. Canada
3. The United Kingdom
4. Ireland

What Celtic festival does Halloween originate from?

1. All Hallows' Eve
2. Samhain
3. Harvest time
4. Hallowmas

How much money do the Americans spend on Halloween collectively?

1. 6 billion
2. 6 million
3. 600 thousand
4. 60 thousand

What is the most popular Halloween candy?

1. Snickers
2. Mars
3. Milky Way
4. Oreo

What do you call a carved Halloween pumpkin?

1. Jack-O'-Lantern
2. Stef-O'-Lantern
3. John-O'-Lantern
4. Enz-O'-Lantern