Halloween Movies
Jack Skellington tried to take over this holiday.
Christmas
This is the only holiday that surpasses Halloween in annual consumer sales.
Christmas
Brazil was colonized by this European Empire.
Portugal
The 600-mile-long plain between the Tigris and Euphrates Valleys was home to the city-state of Sumer.
Mesopotamia
The Louisiana Purchase was sold by Napoleon to the U.S. President
Thomas Jefferson
Amity Island is the fictional beach town located off the coast of Long Island, New York in this movie.
Jaws
This famous magician died on Halloween
Harry Houndini
The royal family of Portugal fled the country this emperor invaded.
Napoleon
El Pilar, located in what is now Belize, and Tikal, in what is now Guatemala, are among the great cities of what ancient Mesoamerican civilization?
Maya
The complex social structure of Latin America places these people on top because they were born here.
Peninsulares: Born in Spain
Double Jeopardy: What is the highest-grossing horror movie of all time?
It
Bonus Jeopardy: A flood of these immigrants in the 1840s started the first celebration of Halloween.
Irish Immigrants
Declared the independence of Brazil.
Pedro I
Also known as the "Old Stone Age," what "P" period, from roughly 2.5 million years ago to 10,000 B.C., was characterized by hunter-gatherer humans living in caves or simple dwellings?
Paleolithic
This was the only successful slave revolt in history.
Haiti
In this film, the doll Annabell makes her debut
The Conjuring
The Legends of Sleepy Hollow depicts this monster that terrorizes the town.
Bonus points: What is he holding
The Headless Horsemen
A pumpkin or his head
These ethnic/social groups benefitted the most from independence.
Creoles
What famous sixth king of the First Babylonian Dynasty became famous for his titular "code" which importantly shifted law codes from compensating victims to physical punishment of perpetrators?
Hammurabi
Double Jeopardy: Napoleon's removal of this Spanish King brought about widespread change in Latin America.
King Ferdinand VII
Which on-screen adaptation fell flat, according to Stephen King?
The Shining
Double Jeopardy: To meet the demands of Halloween Hershey’s started production of Halloween candy this far in advance.
six months
When King John II returned back to Portugal they returned Brazil back to this status.
A Colony
Ancient cities were once colorful places, but the ruins we see today are all white with little color.
The Sun
Mercantilism