WONDER #393: Why Do You Say ‘Trick or Treat’?

Question 1 of 3

In the U.S. and Canada, trick-or-treating has been a popular Halloween activity since late in which decade?

1. 1860s
2. 1920s
3. 1940s
4. 1950s

Question 2 of 3

Which Middle-Age practice consisted of going door to door asking for food in return for saying prayers for the dead on All Souls Day?

1. souling
2. guising
3. trick-or-treating
4. lavishing

Question 3 of 3

The custom of trick-or-treating stalled during World War II because of rationing of what substance?

1. metal
2. sugar
3. flour
4. bullets

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