Happy Halloween

Hope your hauntings are fun today!

I'm in a different office than normal and the server here is the worse and it takes forever to download, upload or even process much of anything so this will be a short entry today. Here's a quiz I found about Halloween. I thought I knew a lot about it, but I bombed this quiz.

Halloween Quiz
by Myriam Gabriel-Pollock Halloween originated as an autumn harvest festival among the ancient Celts of Europe. Thousands of years later, Halloween is celebrated in many parts of the world as a festive and lighthearted holiday, especially for children. Learn more about this fascinating tradition by taking our quiz.
1
Halloween traditionally falls on the eve of which holiday?
a)
All Saints' Day
b)
Allhallows
c)
Hallowmas
d)
All of the above

2 According to the National Confectioners Association (NCA), children's least favorite items to get in their trick-or-treat bags are:
a)
Baked goods
b)
Packs of gum
c)
Fruit and salty snacks
d)
Toys

3 Modern Halloween customs are derived from ancient Celtic celebrations that involved human and animal sacrifice.
a)
True
b)
False

4 The jack-o'-lantern, a hollowed-out turnip or pumpkin with a wicked face carved onto it and a candle lighting it from the inside, is the most recognized symbol of Halloween. Its name came from:
a)
Captain Jack Sparrow, an 18th-century pirate
b)
A character from British folktales
c)
"The Raven," by Edgar Allan Poe
d)
The very poisonous jack-o'-lantern mushroom

5Trick-or-treating, the tradition of wearing costumes and going door to door to collect candy from your neighbors, is now the most popular Halloween activity in the United States, Canada, and Ireland (where they call it "guising"). When was the term "trick-or-treating" first used in print form?
a)
1897
b)
1919
c)
1934
d)
1951

6 Where does the largest public Halloween celebration in the United States take place?
a)
New York, New York
b)
Boston, Massachusetts
c)
Miami, Florida
d)
San Francisco, California

7 In Ireland, a barmbrack is a significant part of the Halloween tradition. It is:
a)
A seance held at the village square, followed by a midnight march through the cemetery
b)
A fruitcake-like flat, round bread full of sultanas, raisins, and a fortune-telling object
c)
A ghoulish costume festival taking place at midnight on October 31, to honor all the lost souls
d)
An enormous black iron cauldron filled with pumpkin soup, symbolizing the lost art of Wicca (paganism)

8 According to the National Retail Federation, in the United States the most popular children's Halloween costume for the year 2005 was:
a)
A pirate costume
b)
A ghost costume
c)
A princess costume
d)
A Harry Potter costume

9 In the 1978 horror film Halloween, the trademark white mask worn by the murderous Michael Myers originally had whose face on it?
a)
William Shatner, as Star Trek's Captain Kirk
b)
President Richard M. Nixon
c)
Charlie Brown, of "Peanuts"
d)
Gene Simmons, of the rock band KISS

10 What 56-year-old American trick-or-treating tradition has earned more than $127 million to help children worldwide?
a)
Costumed for a Cure
b)
Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF
c)
Halloween Philanthropy
d)
Chicago Dream Halloween Fundraiser

Ok quiz answers

1) D all of the above

2) C Fruit & salty snacks

3) True

4) B a character from British Folklore

5) 1934

6) New York, NY

7) B

8) C Princess

9) A William Shatner's Capt. Kirk

10) B Trick or Treat for UNICEF

Sorry no freebie list today. Tomorrow there will be and a list of things going on for NDSD.

Have fun trick or treating tonight!

Scrap happy!

Diane