"Halloween: What do we know about it?"

“ HALLOWEEN” What do we know about it?

Halloween quiz

• 20 questions
• 4 variants
• There can be more than 1 answer
• 30 seconds for each question

Question № 1

In which month do people celebrate Halloween?

• December
• October
• April
• September

Question № 2

What does the word “witch” mean?

• Madwoman
• Scary woman
• Wise woman
• Wicked woman

Question № 3

What is Jack O’ Lantern?

• Pumpkin with a lighted candle inside
• Very big watermelon
• Name of a dish
• Coffin

Question № 4

Halloween’s origins date back to the ancient ……… festival .

• Norwegian
• Roman
• Celtic
• Arabian

Question № 5

What is Jack O’ Lantern famous for?

• He built stairs to Heaven.
• He was a Catholic preacher.
• He was an Irish rebel.
• He tricked the devil several times.

Question № 6

The ancient name of Halloween is ……………… .

• Wiccan day
• Samhain
• Beltane
• Celtain

Question № 7

What is the idea of “trick-or-treating”?

• Children in costumes travel from house to house asking for candies.
• Adults in costumes travel from house to house asking for money.
• People in costumes dig for buried.
• Children in costumes try to scary members of their families.

Question № 8

What are the main colors of Halloween?

• White and green
• Red and blue
• Orange and grey
• Black and orange

Question № 9

What is the orange color associated with?

• Death
• New beginning
• Fall harvest
• Madness

Question № 10

A black cat is a companion of ………….. .

• Vampire
• Witch
• Zombie
• Demon

Question № 11

Who defy death by sucking blood of humans?

• Spiders
• Bats
• Vampires
• Magicians

Question № 12

Why do people make Jack O’Lanterns?

• To entertain children.
• To ward off evil spirits.
• To decorate the house.
• To utilize pumpkins.

Question №13

Which Catholic Church holiday is Halloween linked to?

• All Saints Day
• Christmas Eve
• Thanksgiving day
• Easter

Question № 14

What does the name Dracula mean?

• Traitor
• Son of Devil
• Walking dead
• Black bat

Question № 15

What was Dracula’s real name?

• Vlad the Devil’s son
• Vlad the Emperor
• Vlad the Impaler
• Vlad the Madman

Question № 16

From which words did “bonfire” originate?

• Bon and fear
• Bone and fear
• Bon and fire
• Bone and fire

Question № 17

Celts believed that on the night before the Holiday the boarder between the worlds of the living and the dead ……………… .

• Cannot be crossed
• Appeared
• Disappeared
• Became visible

Question № 18

Ancient Celts celebrated the New Year on:

• 1 st of November
• 1 st of January
• 1 st of June
• 1 st of September

Question № 19

What is the most common ingredient in Halloween’s sweets?

• Chocolate
• Apples
• Oranges
• Cinnamon

Question № 20

What is “Haunted house”?

• A house which is inhabited by spirits and ghosts.
• A house where priest lives.
• A house where someone was murdered.

• A house where kindergarten is located.

Halloween Word Search

• Find all 44 words
• Make 10 sentences
• 3 words from the list in each sentence
• 15 minutes for the task

Name all Halloween characters

Monster activities

• Do the following exercises
• Translate all unknown words
• 10 minutes for the task

Origins of Halloween

Answer the following questions

• When did the Celts live?
• When did they celebrate the end of the Harvest season?
• What was the name of Celtic festival?
• What was so interesting about the 31 st of October?
• Why did the Celts lit bonfires?
• Did the Catholic Church accept Halloween?
• Which Catholic holiday do people celebrate on the 1 st of November?

Answer the following questions

• What was “All saints day” also called?
• How can we translate “Hallow” in Russian?
• How and when did Halloween get to America?
• What Halloween traditions did the Irish bring to America?
• Why did young prankster wear masks?
• Why did storekeepers and neighbors begin to give candies to pranksters?
• How did the trick-or-treating practice begin?

Halloween activities

• Do the following exercises
• 15 minutes for the task

Thank you for attention!