1. What vegetable was originally used in jack-o’-lanterns instead of a pumpkin?

2. Where did the custom of carving jack-o’-lanterns come from?

3. How big do the largest pumpkin variety, C. maxima, usually get?

4. How heavy have the most massive pumpkins ever weighed?

5. Which mythical Irish figure may jack-o’-lanterns have been originally intended to scare away?