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It's Halloween, the one evening where acting normal is definitely not the norm.

Chances are you know the Halloween drill. But how much do you know about why we do what we do every October 31st? This quiz asks that very question—ten times in fact—as we delve into the history of one of our favorite holidays.

As you get going on this quiz, watch out! For every question you miss, you get going all right-closer to the spirit world. Miss five or more and you'll become an honest-to-goodness ghost (and that's not a good thing.)

1) What country takes the credit for being the place where Halloween got its start?
France
Ireland
Mexico
United States

2) Bobbing for apples can be traced back almost 2,500 years. The first person who successfully bit an apple was expected to also be the first person in the group to what?
Get married
Lose their hair
Harvest their grain
Supply the apples next year

3) The history of trick-or-treating is often traced back to early Germany, where door-to-door collecting was not for candy, but for what?
Vegetables
Taxes
Husbands or Wives
Kilts

4) What was the original vegetable of choice for carving Jack-O-Lanterns?
Potatoes
Squash
Turnips
Peas

5) Early ghosts were thought to take the form of what popular Halloween animal?
Black cats
Spiders
Bats
Owls

6) The name Jack-O-Lantern comes from an old tale about a man named Jack who was doomed to
Wander earth forever with a lantern
Remain stranded on his porch
Glow in the dark
Wear the same facial expression forever

7) What was the original reason people dressed in costumes for Halloween?
To fool their friends and neighbors
To celebrate a successful growing season
To hide from tax collectors
To scare away evil spirits

8) In the 1840s, immigrants brought the Halloween tradition to the United States. During the holiday, one popular trick was to tip over
Cows
Outhouses
Windmills
Scarecrows

9) Today, Halloween is second only to Christmas in popularity in the U.S. In 2009, how much money did Amercians spend on this spooky holiday?
One billion dollars
Five billion dollars
Ten billion dollars
Fifteen billion dollars

10) In 1996, Paula and Nathan Zehr from Lowville, New York set a Halloween record. What did they do?
Gave away the most trick or treat candy
Visited the most haunted houses in one night
Grew the largest pumpkin ever
Carved the most pumpkins in one night

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