Halloween Quiz | Lingviterra Quizzes

What do you know about Halloween?

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1. Halloween is celebrated on:

1) 30th October

2) 31st October

3) 29th October

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2. The holiday comes from ……..

1) Europe

2) North America

3) South America

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3. The Celtic festival “Samhain”, which gave the beginning of Halloween, was celebrated at the end of:

1) the harvest season

2) the summer

3) the sowing

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4. Halloween is celebrated with:

1) apples and money

2) costumes, lanterns and wine

3) trick-or-treating, costumes and lanterns

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5. Why did ancient Celts use to dress as animals and monsters?

1) to have fun

2) to frighten their neighbours

3) to protect themselves against evil fairies

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6. When did the Catholic Church establish 1st November as All Saints’ Day?

1) In the 8th century

2) In the 9th century

3) In the 7th century

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7. What was the name of the night before All Saints’ Day?

1) All-Hallows Eve

2) All-Hallowmas

3) Alholowmess

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8. The Halloween lantern originates from …………………………….. myth called “Stingy Jack”.

1) a Scottish

2) an Irish

3) an English

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9. People used to make lanterns by carving scary faces into …. .

1) pumpkins and apples

2) apples and pears

3) turnips and potatoes

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10. People place lanterns into windows or near doors to……

1) frighten away dead animals.

2) frighten away dead people.

3) frighten away wandering evil spirits.

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11. “Treat-or-treating” started in …………….. when poor people visited the houses of rich people to receive pastries on All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day.

1) Scotland and Wales

2) England and Ireland

3) the USA

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12. The pastries that poor people got in exchange for praying for the rich people’s ancestors were called ………….

1) "soul cakes"

2) "pray pastries"

3) "saint pastries"

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