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Halloween Edition

To Play:1. Divide class into two teams. Your

teacher will give you nine questions and answers to study for 10 minutes before you play. Read each question and study the answers.

2. Each team is asked a question. If they answer correctly, the teacher clicks the Remove box button one time and awards that team 1 point.

3. This removes one box from the board. There are eight boxes total.

4. When there are less than four boxes remaining the group who responds correctly to a question can guess the subject of the picture. If they are correct, their team gets an additional 2 bonus points (added at the end).

5. The team with the most points wins.

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What people thought the souls of the dead traveled the earth on the last day

of October?A: The Celts

Why did the Celts tradition spread across

the earth?A: The Celts were a part of the Roman Empire.

What is the name of the Catholic Church’s day of

observance called on November 1st?

A: All Saints Day

Why did people start to dress up as monsters

and ghosts?A: They thought if they did, it would keep the

ghosts away.

What vegetables were the first to be hollowed out with a lit candle for

Halloween ?A: Turnips (by the Irish)

Why is Halloween sometimes referred to as

“Beggar's Night”?A: Irish peasants would beg food from the rich

and play a practical joke if they didn’t get any.

Where did we get the tradition of bobbing for

apples?A: It’s thought that it

comes from the Roman celebration in honor of

Pamona, goddess of fruit trees.

Where was the first citywide observance of Halloween in the U.S.?A: Anoka, Minnesota

(1921)

Where are vampire bats from?

A: Central and South America (they feed on the

blood of cows, horses, and birds).