Halloween picture quiz

Candy corn

Fun fact: Candy corn dates from around the 1880s. It was sold as "Chicken Feed" from 1898, when most Americans did not think of corn as food for people.

An owl

Fun fact: Owls can turn their heads up to 270 degrees. Their eyes are fixed in their sockets, so they turn the whole head instead.

Cat

Also accepted: Black cat, A cat, A black cat, Kitten, Kitty

Fun fact: Black cats are seen as unlucky in the United States, but as lucky in the United Kingdom.

Bat

Also accepted: Bats, A bat, Brown bat, Little brown bat

Fun fact: Bats are the only mammals capable of true, sustained flight. Flying squirrels only glide.

Fruit and nectar

Fun fact: Flying foxes feed mainly on nectar, pollen and fruit. They spread seeds and pollinate native trees as they travel.

The marked spot on the photo.

Fun fact: Halloween is traditionally traced back to Samhain, when people believed spirits of the dead could return to Earth.

2

Fun fact: Jack-o'-lanterns were first carved from turnips in Ireland. The name is said to come from the legend of Stingy Jack, who carried a burning coal in a carved turnip.

The marked spot on the photo.

Fun fact: Most adults have 206 bones. Babies are born with around 270 to 300, which fuse together as they grow.

False

Fun fact: Pumpkins grow on long vines that sprawl across the ground. Vining pumpkins need at least 50 to 100 square feet per hill.

3

Fun fact: A human skull is made of 22 bones: 8 in the cranium and 14 in the face.

Ofrendas

Fun fact: Ofrendas are decorated with candles and the favourite foods of loved ones who have died. UNESCO recognised the tradition in 2008.

True

Fun fact: Samhain began more than 2,000 years ago, marking the end of the harvest and the start of winter.

Guising

Fun fact: The word comes from "disguise". Children traditionally went guising for gifts such as fruit or nuts.

False

Fun fact: Halloween and similar festivals of the dead are marked in places including Ireland, Canada, Mexico, Spain and Japan.

Marigold

Also accepted: Marigolds, Cempasúchil, Cempasuchil, Mexican marigold

Fun fact: Families also decorate their altars with photographs, candy and the favourite drinks of the loved ones they remember.

A witch

Fun fact: In the Salem witch trials of 1692, nineteen people were hanged and Giles Corey was pressed to death.

A vampire

Fun fact: Bram Stoker, who wrote the novel Dracula, was born in Dublin and attended Trinity College.

A ghost

Fun fact: In the early 1900s, Halloween costumes were often meant to hide your identity as a ghost, witch or black cat.

True

Fun fact: The most elaborate mummies were wrapped in about 4,000 square feet of linen, with amulets tucked between the layers.

Mary Shelley

Fun fact: Mary Shelley began Frankenstein as a teenager in 1816, during a ghost-story challenge, and it was published in 1818.