Autumn
The “Halloween” quiz — Autumn. It has 25 questions in five categories: Ancient Origins, Symbols & Legends, Customs & Treats, Night Creatures, Spooky Stories. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
On what calendar date is Halloween celebrated every year?
Which ancient Celtic harvest festival marked the onset of winter and is considered the forerunner of Halloween?
On the eve of…
In the gameFrom which European country…
In the gameWhich ancient Roman goddess…
In the gameAlong with black, which color is a primary symbol of Halloween, representing the autumn harvest?
According to Irish folklore, which cunning blacksmith gave his name to the carved pumpkin lantern?
Which root vegetable was…
In the gameWhich animal was traditionally…
In the gameIn old folklore, into…
In the gameWhat famous phrase do children in costume shout when knocking on doors for candy on Halloween?
In the traditional game of bobbing for apples, what are players allowed to catch the floating fruit with?
Which popular tri-colored Halloween…
In the gameSince 1950, children trick-or-treating…
In the gameWhich traditional Irish Halloween…
In the gameWhich mythical being lives as an ordinary human by day but transforms into a ferocious beast during a full moon?
Three species of American vampire bats are the only mammals on Earth whose diet consists entirely of which red fluid?
What sticky silk net…
In the gameWhich nocturnal feathered hunter…
In the gameIn Irish folklore, which…
In the gameWhich spectral figure on horseback pursues schoolmaster Ichabod Crane and hurls a pumpkin at him in Washington Irving's tale?
Which English author created Victor Frankenstein and his monster, writing the iconic gothic novel when she was only eighteen?
In which historical region…
In the gameWhich American author wrote…
In the gameIn which Massachusetts coastal…
In the gameAll 25 questions and the answers are in the game. Invite your class or friends with a link — guests need no account.