2a. Onderzoek

Onderzoek: The History of Halloween

Introduction to Halloween:

First, watch this video about the basics of Halloween. Then, answer the questions below and post your answers in Seesaw/Egodact.

 

Answer the following Halloween trivia questions in a post in Seesaw/Egodact. You might need to do some research! 


From conversationstartersworld.com/halloween-trivia-questions
1. What is the name of the Celtic harvest festival that many people believe
Halloween is based on?
2. What is a hallow?
3. In what year will the next full moon occur during Halloween?
4. What item is banned only during Halloween from 12am October 31st to 12pm
November 1st in Hollywood California?
5. What popular fall festival activity did the Romans bring to Britain when they
invaded?
Halloween etymology
6. The word Halloween is a contraction of what Christian holiday?
7. In the correct spelling of the Halloween, where is the apostrophe placed?
Trick-or-treating
8. In what two countries was “guising”, the tradition of dressing up in costumes,
and going door for food or coins for Halloween most popular?
9. When people go house to house while “souling”, what do they ask for?
10. In what country was the first written account of children using the phrase “trick
or treat” on Halloween?
11. In what decade did trick-or-treating as we know it today start gaining
popularity in America?
12. How many children have been seriously injured or killed from poisoned candy
given to them by strangers during Halloween?
Jack o’ lanterns and pumpkins
13. What were the original jack o’ lanterns made from?
14. In what country did carving jack o’ lanterns originate?
15. The round orange pumpkins that are used for most jack o’ lanterns today are
native to what continent?
16. What country holds the title for the World’s heaviest pumpkin?
Halloween by the numbers
17. How much are American consumers expected to spend on Halloween in 2016?
(Plus or minus 500 million dollars)
18. What candy is the SECOND most popular Halloween candy?
19. What percent of American parents say they DON’T eat some of their children’s
candy? (plus or minus 5%)
20. In the USA how many pieces of candy are most commonly handed out to trickor-
treaters?
21. In terms of parties held in the USA, Halloween is third. What two days have more
parties than Halloween?
22. What percentage of Americans plan to celebrate Halloween in 2016? (plus or
minus 5%)
Halloween costumes
23. What was the most popular Halloween costume for adults in 2015?
24. What was the most popular Halloween costume for pets in 2015?
25. In what American state is it illegal to dress up like a priest or a nun?
Halloween monsters
26. Where did Mary Shelley get the idea for Frankenstein’s monster?
27. In the Middle Ages why were so many mummies bought and sold?
28. What was Bram Stoker’s original name for Dracula?
29. What was the first feature length werewolf movie?
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