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Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 3:07 pm
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Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 3:12 pm
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6. The largest pumpkin pie ever made was more than five feet in diameter and weighed more than 350 pounds. It used 80 pounds of cooked pumpkin, 36 pounds of sugar, and 12 dozen eggs, and it took six hours to bake.
True
7. Halloween had its beginnings in an ancient, pre-Christian Celtic festival of the dead.
True
8. All Hallows Eve is the evening before All Saints Day which is celebrated on November 1
False
9. Only one species of bat out of almost 950, drink blood. It is the Vampire Bat that lives in Central and South America. And the blood it prefers is NOT human blood, but blood of cattle and birds.
True
10. El día de los muertos(Day of the Dead), a fiesta observed in Mexico and other Spanish-speaking cultures on Nov. 1 shares some of its history and roots with Halloween.
True
11. A haunting is a kind of 'recording' of a past event on an environment, such as a house, building or a battlefield.
Depends on your opinon.
12. In Ireland, it has been frequently claimed that gems and crystals possess the power to hold curses.
True
13. Once a celebrated luxury ocean liner, when it ended its sailing days the Queen Mary was purchased by the city of Long Beach, California in 1967 and transformed into a hotel. The most haunted area of the ship is the engine room where a 17-year-old sailor was crushed to death trying to escape a fire.
True?
14. Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula, published in 1897, was based loosely on the real-life Vlad Dracula (1431-1476). He was a prince who actually did live in Transylvania in the Carpathian Mountains of Romania.
True!
15. Trick-or-treating developed during the 1930s as a means to control young people's Halloween night pranks.
no idea...true?
16. Tootsie Rolls were the first wrapped penny candy in America.
true true!
17. Halloween is the 2nd most commercially successful holiday, with Christmas being the first.
ah. i cant think of another big holiday other hten valentine's so true.
18. Black cats were once believed to be witch's familiars who protected their powers.
True.
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Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 3:28 pm
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General
19. Name another color in which pumpkins can be found in.
Green, Yellow
20. Orange and black are Halloween colors. What does Orange represent?
Pumpkins and leaves! for fall! ! fun!
21. What does black represent?
it represents protection and mystry im pretty sure, that is what google says.
22. What are the mythical beings who defy death by sucking the blood of humans called?
vampires...?
23. A unibrow, hairy palms, tattoos, and a long middle finger are signs that would mark a person as being what common Halloween creature?
a ghoul!
werewolf
24. What phobia do you suffer from if you have an intense fear of Halloween?
samhainophobia
25. The first Jack-o-Lanterns were made out of what?
pumpkins
26. If you see a spider on Halloween, what does it mean?
a deceased loved one is watching out for you
27. According to superstition, if you stare into a mirror at midnight on Halloween, what will you see? your future husband
28. What do folk traditionally "bob" for at Halloween parties?
apples
29. What are male witches called?
warlocks
30. What is the name of the serial killer in the film "Halloween"?
ah..jason?
31. Samhainophobia is the fear of ________.halloween
32. Halloween is the day before what Christian holiday?all saints day.
33. Who sat in the pumpkin patch waiting for the Great Pumpkin in the
classic "It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown"? i havent watched the movie =/
34. When was candy corn invented?recently! oh my no, 1880! whoa!
35. Transylvania is a historic region in ________.oh oh i so know this. no i dont. Europe.
36. Witches brew potions in a _________. cauldron.
37. Is a pumpkin a fruit or vegetable? it can be considered either. =D
38. What is holy water? water that has been blessed by a preist.
39. A child who is born at a particular time of day is said to possess the ability to see ghosts. What is the time? twilight
40. What type of cloth is worn everyday by many people to ward off potential ghostly visitations? silk
41. What is a khu? a part of the human soul.
42. What is the name of a spirit that is supposedly born from fire, or created by crafty magicians. fire spirit?
43. What common household seasoning is a classic defense against evil spirits? salt
44. What was the name of the very first werewolf movie? oh my. werewolf of london?
45. Werewolf hunters believe that you can obtain sanctuary from a predatory werewolf by climbing into what kind of tree? ash tree
46. In addition to the word, 'lycanthrope,' what other term is most often used when referring to a werewolf? half man half wolf?
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