10. What fruit took center stage in many Celtic divination rituals?

cherries

apples

pumpkins

NB! Due to their association with female deities and the pentagram shape appearing in their core upon being sliced in half, apples were often the focus of Celtic traditions. Halloween activities like bobbing for apples, drinking apple cider, making candy apples and handing out apples to trick-or-treaters comes from this Celtic tradition.

Какой фрукт занимал центральное место в кельтских ритуалах гадания?

Вишни

Яблоки

Тыквы

NB! Из-за ассоциаций с женщинами-богинями и формы пентаграммы, появляющейся при разрезе на половину, яблоки часто становились центральным объектом кельтских традиций.

11. It's fun, but a little scary to go into the Haunted _______ on Halloween. House

Это весело, но немного страшно ходить в _________ с приведениями на Хэллоуин. Дом

12. I have two cats and a dog. What should I do with them on Halloween night?

Let them greet the children

Fight with them to keep them from getting outside

Dress them up and take them out too

Put them in a bedroom and close the door (correct)

У меня 2 кошки и собака. Что мне следует сделать с ними на Хэллоуин?

Пытаться не выпустить их на улицу.

Переодеть их и взять с собой.

Закрыть их в спальне.

13. What remains when a witch is crossed with an iceberg? A cold spell!

Что получится если скрестить ведьму и айсберг? Холодное заклятье

14. Why do spooks speak in Latin? Because, it is a dead language!

Почему приведение говорит на Латинском языке? Потому что, это мертвый язык.

15. I am the beginning of the end,

and the end of time and space.

I am essential to creation,

and I surround every place. What am I? The letter e. End, timE, spacE, Every placE

Я начало конца,

И конец времени и пространства.

Я важна для творенья,

И я окружаю все.

16. What's black when you get it, red when you use it, and white when you're all through with it? Charcoal.

Что черно, когда берешь его, что краснеет, когда используешь, белеет, когда полностью использовано? уголь

17. I have four legs but no tail. Usually I am heard only at night. What am I?

A frog.

NB! The frog is an amphibian in the order Anura (meaning "tail-less") and usually makes noises at night during its mating season.

У меня четыре ноги, но нет хвоста. И часто слышишь ты меня в ночи. Что я? Лягушка

NB! Лягушка – бесхвостая амфибия, которая обычно издает звуки во время брачного периода.

18. If you break me

I do not stop working,

If you touch me

I may be snared,

If you lose me

Nothing will matter. Your heart

Если разобьешь меня

Не перестану я работать,

Дотронься до меня

и я поймано в ловушку,

потеряй меня

и ничего тебе не надо. Сердце

19. You heard me before,

Yet you hear me again,

Then I die,

'Till you call me again. An echo

Слышал ты меня уже,

И снова слышишь ты меня,

Затем я умираю,

Пока не окликнешь ты меня. Эхо

20. What does man love more than life,

Fear more than death or mortal strife

What the poor have, the rich require,

and what contented men desire,

What the miser spends and the spendthrift saves

And all men carry to their graves? Nothing

Что любит человек больше жизни,

Боится больше смерти или смертельного конфликта.

Что бедные имеют, богатые нуждаются,

И что удовлетворенные желают,

Что скряга тратит, а мот сберегает,

и что все берут с собой в могилу? Ничего

21. What happens when you throw a yellow rock into a purple stream? It makes a splash.

22. Why didn't the skeleton cross the road? He didn't have guts.

23. What do skeletons say before they begin dining? Bone appétit!

24. What do ghosts serve for dessert? Ice scream

25. Why do witches fly on brooms? Vacuum cleaner cords aren't long enough.

26. When is it bad luck to meet a black cat? When you're a mouse

27. What was the witch's favorite subject in school? Spelling

28. What do you call a friendly dead Egyptian? A chummy mummy

29. What did the ghost buy for his Haunted House? Home moaner's insurance

30. What's a monster's favorite play? Romeo and Gouliet

31. It walks all day on its head. What is it? - A nail in a horseshoe

32. Name the thing that touches only one person yet bounds two people together - Wedding Ring

33. Definition of Syntax - Tax paid by the sinners at the church.

34. What are the houses in France usually made of? Houses in France are generally made up of Plaster of Paris.

35. What the residents of Moscow are called? - Mosquitoes.

Tricks (Pranks & Games)

1. Read the Cursed Text

The people of Grave's End just discovered that someone -- or something! -- has messed with the town's famous historical marker. It might have been bewitched by a legendary pirate ghost that haunts the village! Oddly, many villagers can still read the sign. Can you?

What's Going On: Reading hexed text is easier than it looks, right? Language experts aren't entirely sure why, but one theory is that we don't usually read words letter by letter, we read them as whole units. So keeping the first and last letters of jumbled words in the right positions helps us decode them. Using short words and predictable language and mixing in words that are spelled correctly are also thought to have an effect. Does that make sense?

Text

On tihs sopt in 1708, the rseidnets of Grave's End fuoght a btatle agiasnt the priate Captain E. Ville Dewar and his wckied cerw. The btatle wnet on for tirheten dyas and edend Octoebr 31, wehn the ctizeins sank thier sihp. Smoe say the veengful Captain apaeprs ervey Haloleewn to cuase msicheif in the twon. Msot cizitnes rfesue to bleeive in the ghsot leegnd, clalnig it "nnonesse."

2. Orange contest

For this contest 8 people are needed (two teams). Pass the orange without the help of your arms. Hold it between you chin and chest and pass the same way. Don’t use your hands! The fastest team wins. (better at PT)

3. Horrified Alphabet

For this contest 2 people are needed. Read the English/Russian/Belarusian Alphabet as though you’re reading a horror story/ watching a horror movie.

Cards:

A B C D E F G I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V X Y Z

АБВГДЕЁЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЬЪЫЭЮЯ

4. Feeding Contest

For this contest 4 people are needed. Feed your partner with a zephyr without using your hands. The one who manages it quicker wins!

5. Creatures

Create a new creature, which nobody has seen before. Give name to it. Use different part of animals.

6. What Am I?

Pin or tape Halloween-themed pictures on each guest’s back (without the guest seeing what it is). While others can only give yes or no answers, each guest must guess what he or she is.

7. Gestures

O ne of the “trickers” shows 5 gestures the “victim” should guess. If answer is a correct one, the “tricker” gives a humorous explanation.

a) Calm down, don’t worry. Humorous answer: the typical spooky ghost pose.

b) That’s it! How clever you’re! Humorous answer: the witch flew that way.

c) Can’t you see it’s so simple! Humorous answer: the magic spell is due to appear.

d) OK(the USA). Zero(France). Money (Japan). Humorous answer: the fresh eyes were sooooooooo tasty.

e ) Protection from bad luck (South America). Texas football team logo (the USA). Heavy metal forever! Humorous answer: Devil promised to be there. Or Devil is with you.

d) Hitchhiking. Good (every country). One (Europe). Go to hell (Australia)! Humorous answer: the way to stop a vampire to say “The dinner is served”

8. Cut the sweets

You need a rope with sweets on, a pair of scissors and a scarf. The “tricker” ties the eyes of the victim, spins him/her. Then leads to the rope with the sweets and asks to cut them. The holders of the rope may lower the rope or put it higher.

9. Find them all

You need a scarf, 10 clothespins and a couple of people of course. The “tricker” puts clothespins on one of the participants, the other has a scarf on his\her eyes. The task is to take off all 10 pins.

10. What I’ve got in my pants (pockets)

You need some scraps of paper with the Halloween related phrases, a small box or packet to put them in. And people to play of course. The participant starts with the phrase “I’ve got in my pants (pockets)….” and then reads out what’s on his/her scrap of paper.

Scraps: dead silence, sleepy hollow (Сонная Лощина), Macbeth, residence evil (обитель зла), кощеева смерть, ступа с Бабою Ягой, Gollum and his Precious, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, silent hill, Casper the Friendly Ghost, magic wand, fire dragon, Shrek, stinky troll…..

11. Confessions

You need 2 packs of cards: 1) the beginnings of the sentences; 2) the endings of the sentences. The packs are tossed. The participants first take a card from the first pack, read it out with the intriguing tone and then take a card from the second pack and read it out. The beginnings and the endings are a pure “mystery” matching.