to the Halloween Internet Scavenger Hunt
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Put your name in the Header of your Word document.
Find the following information.
Write the answers in sentence form.
Copy and paste the location of the Internet address where you found the information.
All questions must be completed.
Example: The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are called what?
Answer: The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are called the Bill of Rights.
http://www.ed.gov/free/constitution/index.html
1. When was candy corn invented and who produced it?
2. Most of our English words are from other languages. From what language did the word
pumpkin originate and what was it’s meaning?
3. What do most bats eat?
4. Who are the creators of Casper the Friendly Ghost?
5. What year was the movie It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown made.
6. Where did the use of jack ‘o lanterns originate?
7. In which European countries did Halloween start?
8. What is the name of the day after Halloween?
9. What was the name of the Celtic holiday that celebrated their official end of summer on
October 31?
10. What would the Celts do on this evening to make their homes undesirable to lost spirits?