Halloween Trivia for Kids
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128 free Halloween Trivia for Kids trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
25 free Halloween Trivia for Kids questions with answers. Halloween trivia that kids can actually win. These 128 questions stay on the friendly side of spooky — pumpkins, bats, candy corn, trick-or-treating and the Day of the Dead — with four options each and an explanation you can read out afterwards. Good for classrooms, car journeys and the half hour before the costumes go on. Every answer is checked against a real source, so nobody has to argue.
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Q 01Halloween falls on the last day of which month?
October
Halloween is 31 October, the evening before the Christian feast of All Hallows' Day.
Q 02The word Halloween is a shortened form of which older name?
All Hallows' Eve
It comes from the Scots form of All Hallows' Eve, where 'even' means evening. So the name means saints' evening.
Q 03Why did people once set carved lanterns on their windowsills?
To keep harmful spirits out
Carved lanterns were believed to ward off evil spirits, which is why they ended up facing outward at windows.
Q 04Botanically speaking, a pumpkin counts as which of these?
A berry
A pumpkin is a berry, a kind called a pepo, the same botanical trick that makes cucumbers berries too.
Q 05The record pumpkin weighed in October 2023 came closest to which figure?
2,750 lb
The record was set in October 2023 at 1,246.9 kg, which is about 2,749 pounds — roughly the weight of a small car.
Q 06Wild pumpkins and the first farmed ones came from which continent?
North America
Pumpkins are native to what is now northeastern Mexico and the southern United States, and were farmed thousands of years ago.
Q 07What do costumed children call out at the door on Halloween night?
Trick or treat
Children shout 'Trick or treat', a playful threat politely delivered; going door to door in costume for sweets was standard across North America by the 1950s.
Q 08Which cakes were handed out to people who went door to door at Allhallowtide?
Soul cakes
Soul cakes were given in exchange for prayers for the dead, and the custom is a likely ancestor of trick-or-treating.
Q 09The Halloween call children make at the door was first recorded in print in which country?
Canada
The phrase was first printed in Canada: it appeared in Canadian newspapers in the 1920s, including Alberta's Blackie Herald in 1927, before it spread across the United States.
Q 10In apple bobbing, how are players supposed to get an apple out of the water?
Using only their teeth
Players must grab an apple using only their teeth, with hands kept behind their backs; apples float, so heads get wet. The game is centuries old in Britain and Ireland.
Q 11Bats are the only mammals that can do which of these?
Fly under their own power
Flying squirrels only glide. Bats are the sole mammals capable of true, sustained flight.
Q 12Bats belong to which order of animals?
Chiroptera
Chiroptera comes from Ancient Greek for 'hand-wing', which is exactly what a bat's wing is — a webbed hand.
Q 13How do most bats find insects and obstacles in the dark?
Echolocation
Echolocation means sending out ultrasonic squeaks and reading the echoes that bounce back, building a sound picture of the dark.
Q 21Which company makes Reese's Peanut Butter Cups?
Hershey
Reese's has been a Hershey brand for decades and is one of the best-selling sweet brands anywhere.
Q 22Which advertising slogan belongs to Skittles?
Taste the rainbow
'Taste the rainbow' was coined for Skittles in 1994 by the New York agency D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles and has stuck to the brand ever since.
Q 23In which decade were Halloween costumes first mass-produced for shops?
The 1930s
Firms like Ben Cooper began making shop-bought costumes in the 1930s, just as trick-or-treating took off.
Q 14Candy corn is made in white, orange and which third colour?
Yellow
The yellow, orange and white bands are meant to look like a kernel of corn on the cob, or the colours of the fall harvest.
Q 15Mexico's Day of the Dead is traditionally held on which dates?
1 and 2 November
Día de los Muertos runs on 1 and 2 November; in many towns 1 November honours children and 2 November adults, though celebrations can begin on 31 October.
Q 16What is an ofrenda?
A home altar for the dead
Families build a private altar holding the favourite food, drink and photographs of relatives who have died.
Q 17Brightly decorated sugar skulls are known in Spanish by which name?
Calaveras
Calaveras are painted in bold colours to celebrate the personality of the person being remembered.
Q 18Which country's films, TV and shops spread Halloween customs worldwide in the late 20th century?
The United States
The United States exported Halloween everywhere else through its movies, television and stores, long after the customs began in the British Isles.
Q 19In a 2025 US survey, which Halloween activity was the most popular of all?
Handing out candy
Two out of three people said they would hand out candy, ahead of dressing up and decorating, both on 51%.
Q 20Roughly what share of Americans said they would celebrate Halloween in 2025?
About three-quarters
About three-quarters of Americans, 73 per cent, told the National Retail Federation's 2025 survey they planned to celebrate Halloween, a big number for a holiday with no day off attached.
Q 24All Saints' Day, the feast right after Halloween, falls on which date?
1 November
All Saints' Day is 1 November; Halloween on 31 October is its eve, which is where the holiday's name comes from in the first place.
Q 25Which day comes immediately after All Saints' Day?
All Souls' Day
All Souls' Day commemorates the faithful departed and completes the three-day season of Allhallowtide.
Q 26Which ancient Gaelic festival, marking the start of winter, is usually said to be the root of Halloween?
Samhain
Samhain, held around 1 November, marked the end of harvest and the start of winter across the Gaelic world, including the Isle of Man, a night when the otherworld was thought to draw near.
Q 27Immigrants from which two countries carried most Halloween customs across the Atlantic in the 1800s?
Ireland and Scotland
Ireland and Scotland supplied the immigrants who carried Halloween to North America, especially after the Great Famine of the 1840s sent more than a million Irish across the Atlantic.
Q 28Before pumpkins, what vegetable did Halloween pranksters in Ireland and Britain hollow out for lanterns?
Turnips
Turnips were hollowed out and carved with faces in Ireland and Britain; the larger, softer pumpkin took over once the custom reached North America.
Q 29What are the traditional colours of Halloween?
Black and orange
Black and orange are the traditional pair: orange for autumn leaves and pumpkins, black for night and death, with purple sometimes sneaking in as a third colour.
Q 30Which animal, long linked with witches, is a common Halloween symbol?
A black cat
In UK folklore they are actually thought to bring good luck.