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10-minute Halloween quiz

Ten quick Halloween questions to start any meeting with a smile. One leaderboard at the end.

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Round 1

Mixed Halloween trivia

Ten questions, fifteen seconds each.

10 questions

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  • True or false
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Warm-up poll 路 no right answer

Which Halloween sweet would you grab first?

Chocolate bar, Candy corn, Lollipop, Gummy sweets, None, I prefer savoury

Round 1: Mixed Halloween trivia10 questions
Question 1 路 Pick answer

On what date is Halloween celebrated?

  1. 30 October
  2. 31 October
  3. 1 November
  4. 2 November
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Answer:

31 October

Fun fact: Halloween falls on 31 October, the evening before All Saints Day.

Question 2 路 True or false

Halloween costumes are traditionally said to have begun as a way to ward off ghosts.

  1. True
  2. False
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Answer:

True

Fun fact: Accounts link the custom to Samhain, when people are said to have worn costumes to ward off ghosts.

Question 3 路 Short answer

Complete the Halloween phrase: "Trick or ___"

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Answer:

Treat

Also accepted: Treats

Fun fact: Historians debate where trick-or-treating began, with several theories linked to Samhain and All Souls' Day.

Question 4 路 Pick answer

Dracula author Bram Stoker was born in which country?

  1. England
  2. Romania
  3. Scotland
  4. Ireland
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Answer:

Ireland

Fun fact: Stoker was born in Dublin in 1847 and published Dracula in 1897.

Question 5 路 True or false

In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the monster's name is Frankenstein.

  1. True
  2. False
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Answer:

False

Fun fact: Frankenstein is the scientist who creates the creature. The creature has no name in the novel.

Question 6 路 Pick answer

How do most bats find insects in the dark?

  1. Echolocation
  2. Heat vision
  3. Magnetic sense
  4. Long whiskers
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Answer:

Echolocation

Fun fact: Bats send out ultrasonic calls and listen to the echoes. They can detect insects the size of mosquitoes.

Question 7 路 True or false

Most people convicted in the Salem witch trials were burned at the stake.

  1. True
  2. False
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Answer:

False

Fun fact: Nineteen people were convicted and hanged, and one man was pressed to death with stones.

Question 8 路 Short answer

What is the medical name for a fear of spiders?

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Answer:

Arachnophobia

Fun fact: Arachnophobia is an intense, irrational fear of spiders.

Question 9 路 True or false

The name jack-o'-lantern comes from an Irish folktale about a man named Stingy Jack.

  1. True
  2. False
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Answer:

True

Fun fact: Irish immigrants brought the carving tradition to America, home of the pumpkin.

Question 10 路 Pick answer

How many bones does a typical adult human skeleton have?

  1. 106
  2. 156
  3. 206
  4. 256
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Answer:

206

Fun fact: Babies are born with around 270 bones. Many fuse as they grow, leaving adults with about 206.

Tiebreaker 路 closest answer wins

Closest wins: how many people were hanged in the Salem witch trials of 1692?

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Answer:

19

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How long does the quiz take?

About 10 minutes for all 10 questions.

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