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Halloweenology - The Trivia of Halloween The Sneaker Wearing Zombies are proud to bring you the most definitive website devoted to Halloween and Pumpkin ideas. Browse our collection of Halloween information, printables and graphics. You'll find everything from fun to gross and cute to scary. Halloween Trivia Q: How did the tradition for bobbing for apples begin? A: The apple has strong associations with Demeter, the Roman goddess of the hearth and home. Bobbing for apples is a fertility rite .Q: Which culture was first to celebrate Halloween? A: The earliest Halloween celebrations took place among the Celts, who lived more than 2,000 years ago in what is now England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Northern France. The Celtic priests, called druids, used to honor Samhain, the god of the dead, on the evening of Oct. 31 and the day of Nov. 1. According to Celtic legend, Samhain controlled the spirits of the dead and could allow them to rest peacefully or make them go wild on this night. Q: In the "Halloween" films, what is the name of Michael Myers's hometown? A: Haddonfield, Ill. Q: What is the Mexican equivalent of Halloween? A: "Day of the Dead." Celebrated Nov. 1 and 2, Dia de los Muertos is the time when the souls of the dearly departed return home to their families from heaven, hell and purgatory. During parades, families will often scatter flower petals to help the souls find their way. The cadaver, a skull or skeleton, is the main symbol of the holiday. Q: What is the most-often-told legend behind the jack-o-lantern? A: In Irish tradition, jack-o-lanterns were the poor man's gargoyle. The Irish would hollow out turnips and place candles inside to keep wandering spirits from the house. Irish immigrants who came to America during the potato famine continued this custom, but also used pumpkins, which only grew on this continent. Tradition says that an Irish man named Jack, too wicked for heaven and expelled from hell for playing tricks on the devil, was condemned to walk the earth with a lantern forever, and that's why they're called jack-o-lanterns. Q: What U.S. city banned all Halloween celebrations from its schools in 1995? A:The Los Altos, Ca., school system banned all Halloween celebrations because of the holiday's roots in pagan tradition. School systems across the country, including Howard County's, have changed the focus of Halloween to emphasize the harvest time and have banned children from wearing certain politically incorrect costumes, from witches to bums to Indians. Q: Why is the black cat a symbol of Halloween? A: The Celts believed that black cats were people who had been changed into animals because of evil magic. The blending of Catholic traditions into this story of black cats turns the cat into a witch's companion,called a familiar. According to legend, the witch could also turn herself into a cat. Q: What was the English Protestant equivalent to Halloween or All Souls Day? A: Guy Fawkes Day, which is celebrated on Nov. 5. Angered because King James I exiled Jesuits from England, Fawkes tried to blow up the House of Parliament in 1605. He was caught in the cellars with 20 barrels of gunpowder and was hanged for his crime. Britons light bonfires, set off fireworks and burn effigies (called "burning the guy") to commemorate the date. Guy Fawkes has nothing to do with Halloween. The holiday is quite simply about blowing things up. All Saints Day was started by the Catholic Church to assimilate and convert a pagan holiday. Q: The "Friday the 13th" movies made Jason and his hockey mask famous. But Jason didn't do the killing in the original film. Who did? A: His mother, Mrs. Voorhees. Q: What is the name of the town where Freddy Krueger kills children in the "Nightmare on Elm Street" films? A: Springwood, Ohio Q: What was the name of the seemingly "normal" blond cousin on "The Munsters"? A: Marilyn Q: Where did the tradition of Halloween costumes come from? A: This staple of Halloween comes out of Scottish tradition. The Scots saw Halloween as the night when the dead walked among the living, and feared that the dead might steal their souls. To confuse them, the living would dress as the dead. Even then, it was a night of pranks, doors bombarded with cabbages and the like. If everyone's in costume, pranksters can't be recognized. Q: What Halloween television special was created by Charles Schulz? A: "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" Q: What football team is named after the subject of Edgar Allen Poe's famous Halloween poem? A: The Baltimore Ravens Q: What "graveyard smash" by Bobby Pickett and Lenny Capizzi reached number one on the Billboard Charts for two weeks in 1962, and then returned to the charts in 1970 and 1973? A: "The Monster Mash" Halloween is second only to Christmas in spending. Consumers will spend over $2.5 Billion during Halloween. That's a whole lot of candy, costumes, decorations, and party goods. Halloween is the third-largest party occasion next to Christmas and New Year's Eve. Halloween is the Number 1 season for selling humorous greeting cards. In North America, some 25 million cards are sold annually Halloween is also known by other names: All Hallows Eve, Samhain, All Hallowtide, The Feast of the Dead and The Day of the Dead Halloween is correctly spelled Hallowe'en. It is thought that the colors orange and black became Halloween colors because orange is associated with harvests and black is associated with death. Black cats were originally believed to protect witches powers from negative forces. A pumpkin is really a squash and comes from the same family as a cucumber. About 99% of the pumpkins sold are for Jack-O-Lanterns at Halloween Ringing a bell scares evil spirits away If your pumpkin lantern shrivels up, you can restore it by soaking it overnight in water to re-hydrate it. Supposedly to meet a witch, put your clothes on inside out and walk backwards on Halloween night. Of all the candy sold annually, one quarter of it is sold during Halloween time (September – November 10) making it the sweetest holiday of the year. The number one candy of choice for Halloween is Snickers Halloween is the third biggest party day of the year behind New Year’s and Super Bowl Sunday, respectively 86% of Americans decorate their homes at Halloween There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with “orange” In the movie “Halloween” the mask worn by Michael Meyers is actually the mask of William Shatner painted white Magician, Harry Houdini died on Halloween, 1926 in Detroit, MI. Pumpkins also come in white, blue and green. The Ouija Board ended up outselling the game of Monopoly in its first full year at Salem. Over two million copies of the Ouija Board were shipped.Ten Most Popular Adults' Halloween Costumes (2009) 1. Witch 2. Vampire 3. Pirate 4. Clown 5. Wench/Tart/Vixen 6. Cat 7. Devil 8. Scary Costume/Mask 9. Athlete 10. Police Officer Ten Most Popular Children's Halloween Costumes (2009) 1. Princess 2. Witch 3. Spider-Man 4. Pirate 5. Pumpkin 6. Vampire 7. Disney Princess 8. Star Wars Character 9. Tinker Bell 10. Batman Hallmark Halloween Americans give about 35 million Halloween greeting cards a year, with the most popular variety being grandparent-to-grandchild, Deidre Parks, a spokesperson for Missouri-based Hallmark Cards, told National Geographic News in 2008. "The first Halloween cards that we can detect in the U.S. were produced in 1908," Parks said. Halloween Sugar Rush There are some 36 million potential trick-or-treaters (children aged 5 to 13) in the United States, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. In 2007 the average American consumed 24.5 pounds (11 kilograms) of candy, much of it during the Halloween season, according to census data. What Average Americans Will Spend on Halloween • Halloween Costumes: $20.75 • Halloween Candy: $17.99 • Decorations: $14.54 • Greeting Cards: $3.02 (Source: 2009 National Retail Federation survey.) |
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