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1. "Are you ready? If you want to go "trick-or-treating" we need to leave THIS MINUTE."

Answer: now

hallOWeeN - OWN rearranged gives NOW.

"Trick-or-treating" takes place in many countries on 31st October (Halloween). Children dress up and visit people in their neighbourhood giving them the opportunity to protect themselves from a "trick" by giving a "treat", usually in the form of candy.

2. "I've lost my gloves. Could you LEND me some?"

Answer: loan

hALlOweeN - ALON rearranged gives LOAN.

People wear gloves on their hands. There is a separate opening for each finger. If there is one place for all the fingers, they are usually called "mittens". Fingerless gloves, with open ends or with a little cover which can be folded back, have become quite popular.

3. "Yes, of course. There are some on the table in the PASSAGE."

Answer: hall

HALLoween - it's there at the beginning.

Many buildings have a passageway off which the doors to other rooms open. In medieval times, the hall was usually the main room of the building where the fireplace was.

4. "Oh dear! There appears to be a small GAP here."

Answer: hole

HaLlOwEen - HLOE rearranged gives HOLE.

"Holes" was a book by Louis Sachar about an unfortunate boy called Stanley Yelnats. It was made into a film in 2003 starring Shia LaBoeuf as Stanley.

5. "Don't worry - I'm getting some FRESH ones tomorrow."

Answer: new

halloWEeN - rearrange WEn to get NEW.

Several places have the word "new" in their names. It is usually a reminder of where the people who live there originally came from. For example, New York was settled by Dutch people who named it after their capital "Nieuw Amsterdam" but when it was taken over by the British, they named it after the Duke of York who later became King James II.

6. "What was that LONG ANIMAL WHINE?"

Answer: howl

HaLlOWeen - rearranging HLOW gives HOWL.

Howling is usually used to describe the kind of noise a dog or wolf makes - or even a werewolf!

7. "I don't know - it might have been a NOCTURNAL BIRD."

Answer: owl

haLlOWeen - rearranging LOW gives OWL.

Owls are usually nocturnal birds of prey, feeding on small animals and insects. There are over 200 different kinds and they are found almost everywhere in the world except some very cold and remote places.

8. "Remember when we call on folks, we mustn't walk over the GRASS PLOT."

Answer: lawn

hALloWeeN - ALWN rearranged gives LAWN.

A lawn is an area of grass which is is mowed regularly to keep it short so that it looks attractive or it can be used for tennis, croquet or various other games. The leaves grow from the bottom of the plant so it isn't damaged by regular mowing.

9. "No - and we mustn't jump over the BRICK BOUNDARY either."

Answer: wall

hALLoWeen - ALLW rearranged gives WALL.

The bricks in a wall are often arranged in special patterns to make the wall strong and good to look at. The long side of a brick is called the "stretcher" and the short end is a "header."

10. "Come on then, or it will be CHRISTMAS before we get any candy!"

Answer: noel

haLlOwEeN - rearranging LOEN gives NOEL.

"Noel" is the French word for "Christmas" but it is also used as a boy's name and can be spelled "Nowell" which is how it is pronounced. There is a Christmas carol called "The First Noel". Sometimes it is written as "No�l".

Source: Author bucknallbabe

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Take and Make HALLOWEEN Trivia Quiz

Take some letters from the words HALLOWEEN and use them to make a word to replace the word or phrase in CAPITALS in the clue.

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