Closed Halloween trivia facts & tidbits

As you prepare for trick or treaters, scary costumes and lots of hair raising fun, brush up on your Halloween trivia. Tossing a few little known facts out to your Halloween party guests will really get them in the Halloween spirit! Here are some fun Halloween facts you can share with your friends and family members. Or use it to create a fun and festive Halloween trivia game.

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Halloween Facts

• In the United States, the first citywide celebration was in Anoka, Minnesota in 1921.
• More than 93% of children, under the age of 12, will go out trick-or-treating.
• Orange and black are Halloween colors because orange is associated with the Fall harvest and black is associated with darkness and death.
• Bobbing for apples is thought to have originated from the roman harvest festival that honors Pamona, the goddess of fruit trees.
• Over $1.5 billion is spent on costumes each year and more than $2.5 billion on other Halloween paraphernalia
• Halloween is the 2nd most commercially successful holiday, with Christmas being the first.

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• About 50% of adults dress up for Halloween, while 67% take part in the activities, such as parties, decorating the house, and trick-or-treating with their children.
• 86% of Americans decorate their house for Halloween.
• Over 10% of pet owners dress their pets in Halloween costumes.
• The first Halloween card was made in the early 1920’s. These days, over 28 million Halloween cards are sent each year. U.S. consumers spend about $50 million on Halloween greetings.
• Halloween candy sales average about $2 billion annually in the United States and it is the largest candy-purchasing holiday.
• 90% of parents admit to sneaking goodies from their kids’ Halloween trick-or-treat bags.
• More than 35 million pounds of candy corn will be produced this year. That equates to nearly 9 billion pieces – enough to circle the moon nearly 4 times if laid end-to-end.

HALLOWEEN TRIVIA MONSTERS AND GHOULS – QUESTIONS

1. Which monstrous hurricane did the media dub as “Frankenstorm”?
2. What is the name of the supernatural creature, in Latin American folklore, that drinks the blood of animals – usually chickens and goats?
3. True or false. Vampire Bats were named after vampires.
4. Bobby “Boris” Pickett composed this holiday hit in 1962. What is the name of the song?
5. Mary Shelly published this Gothic novel when she was only 21. The novel was published in 1818 and is considered to be one of the first examples of science fiction.
6. What is the supernatural condition called whereby a human transforms into a wolf?
7. This creature is believed to inhabits forests, mainly in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. What its name?
8. True or false. The Muppet vampire Count von Count from Sesame Street, is based on actual vampire myth.

HALLOWEEN TRIVIA MONSTERS AND GHOULS – ANSWERS

1. Hurricane Sandy
2. El Chupacabras
3. True
4. The Monster Mash
5. Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus
6. Lycanthropy
7. Bigfoot or Sasquatch
8. True. One way to supposedly deter a vampire is to throw seeds (usually mustard) outside a door or place fishing net outside a window. Vampires are compelled to count the seeds or the holes in the net, delaying them until the sun comes up.

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