Riddles With Answers

Every October in Goffstown, New Hampshire, pumpkins are used as what?

Houses
Bowling Balls
Clothing
Boats

The Answer: The correct answer is Boats.

What kind of food is barmbrack, a traditional Irish Halloween dish?

Bread
Pasta
Pie
Pancake

The Answer: The correct answer is Bread.

What is the most popular Halloween candy in the U.S.?

M&Ms
Hot Tamales
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
Snickers

The Answer: The correct answer is Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.

For Halloween in England, people often ate shortbread biscuits named what?

Dead Bread
Soul Cakes
Biscuits of Beyond
Poltergeist Pudding

The Answer: The correct answer is Soul Cakes.

Which folktale inspired the Halloween Jack-o-Lantern?

Stingy Jack
Rumpelstiltskin
Jack and the Beanstalk
Rip Van Winkle

The Answer: The correct answer is Stingy Jack.

The pagan religious festival Samhain was first celebrated by what people?

Visigoths
Saxons
Romans
Celts

The Answer: The correct answer is Celts.

America’s first official Halloween celebration was held in what state?

Alaska
Florida
Minnesota
Virginia

The Answer: The correct answer is Minnesota.

What state is the largest producer of pumpkins?

Montana
Illinois
California
Texas

The Answer: The correct answer is Illinois.

What fall custom began at Roman festivals honoring the goddess Pomona?

Bobbing for apples
Wearing spooky costumes
Carving pumpkins
Telling scary stories

The Answer: The correct answer is Bobbing for apples.

All Saints’ Day was originally celebrated in what month?

January
December
August
May

The Answer: The correct answer is May.