The History of Halloween Quiz

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The presentation is made
by teacher Julia Apt,
gymnasium 74, St. Petersburg, Russia
http://JuliaApt.blogspot.ru/
Юлия Ефимовна Апт, учитель английского языка
гимназии №74, г. Санкт-Петербург

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Halloween is celebrated on … .
the 4th
Friday of
October
1
2
the 4th
Thursday of
October
3
the 29th of
October
4
the 31st of
October

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What does the name “Halloween”
come from?
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A holy
day
The eve of All
Hallow’s
(Saints’) Day
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A ceremony
under a holly
tree
The way,
people say
“Hello”.
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4

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The Eve of All Saints’ Day or All
Hallow’s Day which was
celebrated on November 1.

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Halloween is … years old.
1
about
500
2
about
2,000
3
4
about
about
1,000
3,000

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Where does Halloween come
from?
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Ancient
Rome
Great
Britain and
Ireland
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Ancient
Greece
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4
USA

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Halloween goes back to Celts and
Druids.
druid. http://astroveda.info/page/14/

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Celts believed that there was
one night between summer and
winter when the Earth was
walked by … .
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pagan gods
spirits of the
forest
dark spirits
and the dead
3
2
4
light spirits

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Celtic religious festival celebrated
between the last day of the
harvest and the first day of the
dark of winter was called … .
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Samhain
Yule
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Saturnalia
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Summer
solstice
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“Trick-or-treating” comes from
a Celtic religion ceremony. Celts
gave gifts to … .
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their gods
dark spirits
and
the dead
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sacred
animals
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Druids

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Celts tried to feed the dead and ask
them to go away from their home.

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According to the legend, the name
“Jack-o-Lantern” comes from … .
a farmer
called
Jack
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a saint
called Jack
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a ghost
called Jack
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a pagan
god called
Jack
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One day Jack met … .
a ghost
a witch
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3
a gnome
a devil
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Jack tricked the devil and asked
him not to send Jack to … after
his death.
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the thick
forest
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the grave
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the Heaven
(the sky)
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the Hell

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Don’t send me
to the Hell!

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After his death Jack wasn’t sent to
the Hell, and wasn’t allowed to … .
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the clouds
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the Heaven
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the sky
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the holy
land

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No Heaven
for you,
Jack!

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Jack walked the Earth with a
lamp (a lantern) in his hand,
and was called …
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Jack-oLamp
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Jack with a
Lamp
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Jack-oLantern
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Jack the
Ripper

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Jack’s lantern was made of … .
a pumpkin
a squash
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a melon
3
2
4
a turnip

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Turnip
Jack-o-lanterns
rently, this is a turnip.
An early Celtic turnip Jack-o

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When Irish emigrants came to America,
the Americans adopted their legend. They
started making Jack-o-Lanterns of …
a pumpkin
a squash
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a melon
3
2
4
a turnip

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Halloween is celebrated
on the 31st…
of October.

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The word “Halloween” comes
from
the eve of All Hallow’s Day
…
or All Saints’ Day.

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Halloween is
about…3, 000
years old.

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Halloween goes back to
the culture of
… Druids.
Celts and

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Celts believed that there was one
night between summer and winter
when the Earth was walked by
…
dark spirits and the dead.

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Celts gave gifts to the dark
spirits to ask them
…
to go away from their homes.

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The legendary character Jack
walked the Earth with his lantern
because
he wasn’t sent…to the Hell and
wasn’t allowed to the Heaven.

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The first Jack-o-lantern was
made of
…
a turnip.

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