Fun Halloween Quiz for Kids

Over the years, Halloween has evolved into a community-focused kid-friendly celebration. Here are a few Halloween-themed quiz questions to celebrate this fun festival better with your kids.

Interesting Halloween Trivia for Kids

Halloween, Allhalloween, All Hallows’ Eve or All Saints’ Eve is one of Britain’s most popular traditional festivals dedicated to remembering the dead, including martyrs, saints and all the faithful departed. Many believe that Halloween rituals may have been influenced by the ancient Celtic harvest festival, mainly the Gaelic festival of Samhain. Others believe that Halloween began as a Christian holiday, being the vigil of All Hollow’s Day. However, this holiday has been transformed from a fairly eerie night of superstition to the playful and family-centric celebration that include activities like lighting bonfires, attending Halloween costume parties, carving pumpkins into jack-o’-lanterns, playing divination games, apple bobbing, telling scary stories, trick or treating, visiting haunted attractions and watching horror films. Like any other holiday, Halloween has many surprising facts that may challenge our knowledge of the festival. This range of puzzling Halloween trivia questions for kids should get them excited and make them future Hallowe’en experts.

Question 1. When is Halloween celebrated?

Answer: 31st October every year.

Question 2. In which country did Halloween originate?

Answer: Ireland

Question 3. In what year will the next full moon occur during Halloween?

Answer: The last Halloween that had a full moon was in 2001, and the next full moon on Halloween will be on 2039.

Question 4. Where did bobbing for apples originate?

Answer: Ancient Rome

Question 5. What is the traditional name for a pumpkin with a face carved into it, after it is illuminated from within by a candle?

Answer: Jack O’ Lantern

Question 6. What were Jack O’ Lanterns carved from before pumpkins were used?

Answer: Beats, Potatoes and Turnip

Question 7. What is the traditional Scottish name for Halloween, which derives from the name of Celtic god Samana?

Answer: Samhain

Question 8. What is the name for Halloween in Spain?

Answer: El Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead or All Souls’ Day)

Question 9. Which two colours are traditionally associated with Halloween? What do they represent?

Answer: Orange representing the fall harvest, and black representing death.

Question 10. ‘Guising’ is the Scottish and Irish term for which Halloween tradition?

Answer: Trick or treating.

Question 11. Which Catholic Church holiday is Halloween linked to?

Answer:  All Saints’ (Hallows’) Day

Question 12. Why did people start dressing up in Halloween costumes?

Answer: Europeans, including the Celtics, dress up in costumes to ward off evil spirits that visit Earth during Halloween.

Question 13. Which famous magician died on Halloween?

Answer: Harry Houdini

Question 14. When is Halloween thought to have originated?

Answer: 4000 B.C.

Question 15. When was Halloween first celebrated in the United States?

Answer: Around the 1840s, when Irish immigrants trying to escape from the potato famine arrived in the United States.

Question 16. What is the most popular Halloween candy in America?

Answer: Skittles

Question 17. From which continent do the round orange pumpkins originate?

Answer: North America

Question 18. Where were witches believed to fly to on their broomsticks on Halloween?

Answer: The Grand Sabbat, a gathering of witches to perform magical rituals.

Question 19. What is the word Halloween an abbreviation of?

Answer: All Hallows’ Eve

Question 20. What is the day before Halloween known as?

Answer: Mischief Night

Question 21. What does the name ‘Dracula’ mean?

Answer: Son of the Dragon

Question 22. What is the traditional name for a broomstick?

Answer: A besom

Question 23. What was Dracula’s real name?

Answer: Vlad the Impaler

Question 24. Which phobia refers to the intense fear of Halloween?

Answer: Samhainophobia.

Question 25. What is the significance of seeing a spider on Halloween?

Answer: A spider is thought to be the spirit of a loved one watching the person who spots it.

Question 26. Which country celebrates the Day of the Dead at midnight on 31st October?

Answer: Mexico

Question 27. Which ancient priest first celebrated Halloween?

Answer: Druids, the priestly class of the Celtic religion.

Question 28. Which black coloured animal was first associated with bad luck by the Puritans?

Answer: Black Cats

Question 29. In which US state is it illegal to dress like a nun or a priest?

Answer: Alabama

Question 30. Who was the First Lady to decorate the White House for Halloween?

Answer: Mamie Eisenhower in 1958

Question 31. Which fruit is often associated with Halloween and is considered unlucky to see in a dream during Halloween?

Answer: Apples

Question 32. Why did ancient people wear masks during Halloween?

Answer: They believed masks would disguise them from spirits, preventing ghosts from recognizing them.

Question 33. How did the tradition of adding lanterns to Halloween begin?

Answer: People used them to light the way for the good spirits during Samhain.

Question 34. Which famous horror movie features a masked killer named Michael Myers?

Answer: Halloween

Question 35. In the movie “The Nightmare Before Christmas”, who is the “Pumpkin King” of Halloween Town?

Answer: Jack Skellington

Question 36. What are the three witches in Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” commonly referred to as?

Answer: The Weird Sisters

Question 37. What is another popular name for a scarecrow?

Answer: Hay-man

Question 38. From which language is the word “witch” derived?

Answer: Old English – the word “wicce” which means “wise woman”.

Question 39. How many witches does it take to make a coven?

Answer: 13

Question 40. In the Middle Ages, why were owls considered witches?

Answer: People believed that witches transformed into owls and that the sound of an owl’s hoot meant someone was about to die.

Give your child a chance to explore their interest in Halloween’s traditions, which may enhance their ability to distinguish between fantasy and reality. Whether you follow Halloween’s timeless rituals or prefer to enjoy with your family and friends casually, make the Halloween celebration more meaningful for your kids. Let them understand the history behind this festival by going through these insightful Halloween questions and answers for kids.

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