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28.10.2023 - 19:59 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Halloween is nearly here with spooky decorations and amazing costumes galore, but how much do you really know about the holiday?
Lots of kids will say the 31st of October is the best day of the year. After all, parents somehow allow you to have an all out bonanza on sweets and dress up as your favourite character or something downright spooky.
Halloween fanatics may be able to breeze through our quiz, but if you can't tell an ogre from an orc, you might be in trouble. As shared by HertsLive, read on for our 13 question quiz and one tricky tie-breaker.
1. Which country does Halloween come from?
2. What do you call a group of witches?
3. What is the name of the daughter in the Addams family?
4. What do you call a man that practises witchcraft?
5. What is the name of the machine that sucks up ghosts in Ghostbusters?
B) Proton pack
6. What's Frankenstein job?
7. Spiders have eight legs, but what other body part do they also have eight of?
8. Which animal can vampires supposedly turn into?
9. When do werewolves turn into wolves?
10. Where does the name Halloween come from?
11. Out of which vegetable were Jack o'Lanterns originally made?
12. What type of creature is Shrek?
13. What was the name of Dracula's sidekick?
Fiendish tie-breaker - what is the Guinness World Record for the heaviest pumpkin (closest guess wins)?
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