Film Frights
This movie is best known for its shower murder scene.
What is Psycho?
This popular peanut butter based candy shares a name with clumsy people.
What is Butterfinger?
He hit his historic home run on October 1, 1961.
Who is Roger Maris?
October 19, 1987 is known as this day on Wall Street.
What is Black Monday?
This masked, cape wearing movie villain was one of the most popular costumes in 1977.
Who is Darth Vader?
This movie was promoted with the tagline "In space, no one can hear you scream."
What is Alien?
This colorful and airy sweet treat, often associated with carnivals, was invented by a dentist?
What is cotton candy?
On October 17, 1989, the World Series between these two teams was interrupted by a major earthquake.
Who are the Oakland Athletics and San Francisco Giants?
The DOW fell 12.8% on one day and then 12% the following day during a major crash in this year.
What is 1929?
This Mexican holiday is celebrated around October 31 and is known for skeleton related costumes.
What is Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)?
He changed from comedy to horror and received critical claim for directing "Get Out".
Who is Jordan Peele?
The animal failed the Tootsie Pop licking challenge many times.
What is an Owl?
Reggie Jackson is known as Mr. October because he hit this number of home runs in Game 6 of the 1977 World Series.
What is 3?
While October accounts for 8 of the 20 largest single day market drops in history, this month is historically the weakest month averaging -1.17% since 1928.
What is September?
What popular Netflicks TV series inspired 1980s fashion-based costumes in the 2020s.
What is Stranger Things?
This horror movie classic is the first of its genre to be nominated for Best Picture.
What is The Exorcist?
This nationally popular candy is the most popular in Florida, which is surprising because of the risk of it getting melty and sticky in its wrapper in hot weather.
What are Reese's Peanut Butter Cups?
On October 4, 1976, this woman became the first woman co-anchor of a major network evening news program.
Who is Barbara Walters?
This bank, which was the 4th largest in the US, was forced into a government brokered sale in October 2008.
What is Wachovia?
What costume material was banned for use by U.S. manufacturers in the early 1940s? (one of two answers are acceptable)
What is silk or rubber?
If you were to book yourself into the same hotel as the Torrance family from the Shining, this is the name of that hotel.
What is The Overlook Hotel?
The standard pack of M&Ms contains six colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and brown. In 1995, blue replaced this color.
What is tan?
This seven-time All-Star catcher was the man who gave Reggie Jackson the name "Mr. October".
Who is Thurmon Munson?
The first major October panic in the 1900s was not in 1929. In what year did a bank run cause what is considered to be the first major panic of the 20th Century.
What is 1907?
This root vegetable was used for carvings in Ireland and Scotland before pumpkins became the common choice?
What are turnips?