Halloween
In the United States, people carve spooky faces into these orange gourds to make jack-o’-lanterns.
What are pumpkins?
At sea level, water boils at this temperature in degrees Celsius.
What is 100 degrees?
This is the largest ocean on Earth.
What is the pacific ocean?
In this country, people traditionally eat twelve grapes at midnight on New Year’s Eve.
What is Spain?
A full moon supposedly transforms a person into this monster.
What is a warewolf?
During Día de Muertos, families in this country honor loved ones who have died with colorful altars, marigolds, and sugar skulls.
What is Mexico?
This organ produces insulin to help regulate blood sugar.
What is the pancreas?
This strait separates Spain from Morocco.
What is the strait of Gibraltar?
This country’s language gave English the word “sauna,” and its lakes number well over 100,000.
What is Finland?
In European folklore, witches gather to brew magical potions in this large cooking vessel.
What is a cauldron?
Halloween takes its name from “All Hallows’ Eve,” the night before this November 1 holiday honoring saints.
What is All saints eve?
This element, represented by the symbol Fe, is the main ingredient in steel.
What is iron?
This river flows through Vienna, Budapest, and Belgrade.
What is the Danube?
This country’s poet wrote The Lusiads, an epic celebrating voyages of exploration.
What is Portugal?
This figure personifies death and is usually shown wearing a hooded robe and carrying a scythe.
Who is the grim reaper?
In Scotland, “dooking” means trying to catch these floating fruits with your teeth.
What are apples?
An atom’s atomic number is determined by its number of these positively charged particles.
What are protons?
This capital of Slovenia is often confused with Slovakia’s capital
What is Ljubljana?
This country gave the world the Rubik’s Cube and a cuisine famous for paprika.
What is Hungary?
This ghost’s German name means “noisy spirit,” fitting its habit of moving objects and making mysterious sounds.
What is a poltergeist?
In Scotland, costumed children traditionally earn treats by performing a song, poem, or joke, a custom known by this name.
What is guising?
This law states that the pressure of a fixed amount of gas increases as its volume decreases, provided its temperature stays constant.
The White Nile and Blue Nile meet at Khartoum, the capital of this country.
What is Sudan?
In this country, the midsummer festival is celebrated with bonfires, flower crowns, and special cheese.
What is Latvia?
In 1692, accusations of witchcraft sparked these infamous proceedings in colonial Massachusetts
What are the Salem witch trials?