On This Day
On October 20th 1803 The U.S. Senate ratified This purchase that doubled the size of the United States
What is Louisiana Purchase?
Because they contain so much air, apples are less dense than water and float right to the top, making them ideal for this fun fall game.
What is Bobbing for Apples?
This 1980s horror film takes place largely at the isolated Overlook Hotel.
What is The Shinning?
A large, ground-dwelling foul native to North America and widely domesticated for food.
What is Turkey?
Three words phrase spoken when going door-to-door on Halloween.
What is Trick or Treat?
This crisis Starting in October of 1962 brought the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nearly all commercial apples are still picked completely by this method to prevent bruising.
What is Hand Picked?
In this 1978 horror movie, this crazed brother wears a blank white mask.
Who is Michael Myers?
This recreational social outing where a group of people ride together in an open wagon, trailer, or truck bed that is cushioned or filled with straw and usually pulled by a tractor or horses
What is a Hayride?
The tradition is to confuse or ward off spirits.
What is wear a Costume?
This event starting on October 8th 1871 devastated the O'leary Family after their cow was falsely accused of Arson.
What is The Great Chicago Fire?
This country produces the most apples in the world by a wide margin, followed by the United States.
What is China?
This popular costume mask was made famous by the 1996 movie Scream.
What is Ghost Face?
A human-shaped figure dressed in old clothes and placed in a field to frighten pest away from crops.
What is a Scarecrow?
The tradition of carving pumpkins into jack-o’-lanterns originated with the carving of this vegetable in Ireland and Scotland.
What is a Turnip?
The United Nations officially came into existence with the ratification of its charter by founding member states in October of this year.
What is 1945?
This real-life American pioneer nurseryman Sir named Chapman introduced apple tree nurseries to large parts of the US frontier.
Who Is Johnny Appleseed?
This 1990 film features a clown was an adaptation of a Classic Steven King Novel.
What is IT?
A traditional symbol of abundance this horn-shaped container overflowing with flowers, fruit, and vegetables.
What is a cornucopia?
Christopher Columbus made landfall in the Americas, reaching the Bahamas and claiming the territory for the Spanish Crown. Creating the American Holiday of Columbus Day, it was later replaced by this newly recognized holiday celebrating the natives of North America.
What is Indigenous Peoples Day?
In Colonial America, the apple was often referred to as the "winter" version of this fruit that grows in bunches called "Hands" by growers.
What are :Winter Bananas"?
In the 1960 cult classic Psycho, the character of Norman Bates was loosely inspired by this real life Serial Killer.
Who is Ed Gein?
This word defines a specific time of year when the sun is directly above Earth's equator, making day and night approximately equal in length.
What is equinox?
Ancient Celtic people celebrated this festival, which is considered a predecessor of Halloween.
What is Samhain?