Happy Halloween!
Whether you’re on your way to go a Halloween party, trick or treating, carving your pumpkin, or watching a scary movie at the house, use these 20 questions to get you in the Halloween spirit!
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20 Fun halloween Ice breakers, Conversation Starters, & trivia
Would You Rather:
1.Visit a haunted house or corn maze on Halloween?
2. Get a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup or Jolly Rancher in your candy bag?
3. Buy a new costume to wear or put together a costume from things you already have?
4. Carve a pumpkin or paint your pumpkin?
5. Go to a Halloween party or watch a scary movie at home on Halloween?
If You Could:
6. Get any costume you wanted this year for Halloween (no matter the cost or how complicated), what would you dress up as?
7. Get only one kind of candy while trick-or-treating, what candy would you want?
8. Make sure one type of candy never made it into your trick-or-treat bag, what candy would it be?
9. Become a witch and cast one spell, what would your spell do?
10. Spontaneously find a broom to fly on, where would you fly to first?
Tell Me About:
11. Your favorite Halloween costume you’ve ever worn.
12. The most memorable or scary house you’ve visited trick-or-treating.
13. Your favorite Halloween tradition.
14. How you decide what you want to be for Halloween.
15. What you do (or did) with your candy when you get (got) home from trick-or-treating (eating, categorizing, saving for later, etc).
16. The scariest movie you’ve ever seen and why.
Halloween Trivia:
17. In what country did Halloween originate?
Answer: Ireland. Halloween originated from a Celtic festival celebrating the New Year on November 1. Traditions were to light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts.
18. What vegetables were used as Jack-o-Lanterns before pumpkins?
Answer: Turnips and potatoes. Halloween originated in Ireland and turnips and potatoes were originally carved celebrating the legend of Stingy Jack who played tricks on the Devil. You can read more of the fascinating story here. Pumpkins were carved in place of turnips and vegetables when Irish immigrants moved to America.
19. The Tootsie Roll has stood the test of time on Halloween. In what year was the Tootsie Roll created?
Answer: 1907! The Tootsie Roll was patented in 1907 for its unique texture and started being sold commercially in 1908. The Tootsie Roll was the first individually wrapped penny candy and was created by Leo Hirshfield from New York. Hirshfield immigrated from Austria and his father was a candy maker in Austria. He named the candy after his daughter Clara who’s nickname was “Tootsie.”
20. In what city and state is it illegal to have silly-string on Halloween night?
Answer: Los Angeles, California. Starting in 2004 in the Hollywood area, silly-string is banned from Halloween night. If you’re seen with silly string or selling it, you can be fined $1,000.
21. Bonus question! Be careful what you dress up as! In what state is it illegal to dress up as a nun, priest, or rabbi on Halloween night?
Answer: Alabama. In Alabama law, it forbids anyone from dressing up as any religious leader like a priest, nun, or rabbi. If you’re caught dressing up as one, you could receive a $500 fine or go to jail with a maximum sentence of one year. The law was passed in 1965.
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-Lindsey & Adam Nubern
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