Tag: Halloween trivia

Trick or Treat Tuesdays – Old Halloween Trivia

Happy Trick or Treat Tuesday!  Traditions and customs may have changed over the years and across regions but Halloween has been a community celebration since Celtic times. Do you know the answers of these old Halloween trivia questions?

Post your responses in the Comments Section.

What ancient Celtic festival from Ireland and Britain became the precursor to Halloween?

Before pumpkins, these vegetables were often used to make lanterns to ward off evil spirits on Halloween night.

What’s the name of the popular paper company that became famous for manufacturing Halloween decorations?

What were the first Halloween party books filled with party planning ideas, recipes, and decorations released in  1909 by this same company called?

What’s the name of the company thst made inexpensive plastic masks and vinyl smocks that became an iconic American symbol of Halloween?

Name one of the four major popular Halloween postcard artists whose scary works are now a collector’s dream (hint: if you click the link, you’ll find some names). 😊

Happy Halloween!🎃

Trick or Treat Tuesdays – Witchy Trivia

Happy Trick or Treat Tuesday! Only a witch (or a really motivated person)  can answer these witchy movie trivia questions correctly.

Post your responses in the Comments Section.

  1. What was the name of this 1922 silent Scandinavian film showing the evolution of witchcraft?
  2. This role proved to be a cursed part for this actress when she and her stunt-double were badly injured  in two different pyrotechnic fires while filming the Wizard of Oz.
  3. Name the two actresses who attended Satan’s School for Girls before becoming “angels”.
  4. In 1999, this witchy tale gave birth to a whole new sub-genre of horror films.
  5. Robert Egger’s directorial debut about a puritan New England family plagued by witches was also the big screen debut of which actress?
  6. Amy Madigan won an Oscar portraying this witch in Zach Creggar’s folk horror Weapons.

Happy Halloween!🎃

Trick or Treat Tuesdays – Halloween Trivia Game

Today’s Trick or Treat Tuesday is Halloween Trivia.

Be the first to answer all five questions correctly and win a prize.

  1. Halloween originated from which anicent Celtic festival?

2. The Bogie Book was created to promote what company’s paper products and decorations?

3. The writer of what Universal monster movie was present during the opening of King Tut’s tomb?

4. Disney and Warner Bros. both had an animated character sharing the same name, occupation, and even the same voice actor at one point. Who was it?

5. Ben Cooper was a part of “big three” Halloween costume companies during 60s and 70s. Who were the other two?

Rules: First person answer ALL five questions correctly, either here on WordPress, wins the prize of Disney’s Haunted Mansion pin from 2023 Halloween season.

Please see Contest Rules and Eligibility Page for more details. Sorry, contests only open to US residents this year.

Trick or Treat Tuesday

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNER: AVA HARRISON

Ava Harrison correctly submitted 8.5 of 10 answers in Comments section of this Halloween trivia quiz below and won herself a Sam Trick or Treat button pin created by artist Diana Levin of Ghoulish Bunny Studios.

HALLOWEEN TRIVIA/ANSWERS IN RED

  1. What is the name the Celtic festival that inspired the origins of Halloween?  Samhain
  2. What are at least two other ways to address Halloween? Hallowmas or All Hallows Eve, All Saints Eve, Allhallowe’en, Hallowe’en
  3. The term Halloween was coined from a poem written by which famous Scottish Poet? Robert Burns
  4. The roots of carving jack-ol’-lanterns grew from what tragic fable? Stingy Jack
  5. What famous magician died on Halloween? Harry Houdini
  6. What infamous radio broadcast aired at 8pm on Halloween night in 1938? War of the Worlds
  7. What U.S. state was admitted into the Union on October 31st? Nevada
  8. What is the real name of those strange little candies with orange and black wrappers?  Mary Jane Peanut Butter Kisses or Melster Peanut Butter Kisses
  9. What’s the name of song that appeared in two Halloween franchise movies? Mr. Sandman by the Chordettes – Halloween II/H2O
  10. According to old superstition, if a young woman looked into a mirror by candlelight at midnight on Halloween, what would happen? She’d see the face of her future husband/lover

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Tune in next Tuesday to see if you’ll receive a trick or a treat.