CLICHÉ COSTUMES
WHO ARE THE DALLAS COWBOYS?
THIS ASSASSINATED PRESIDENT IS THE MOST FREQUENTLY SEEN APPARITION IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
WHO IS ABRAHAM LINCOLN?
PUMPKINS, ALONG WITH BUTTERNUT, HONEYNUT, AND SPAGHETTI, BELONG TO THE SPECIES CUCURBITA, AND TOGETHER AER KNOWN AS THESE, THE EDIBLE COUNTERPART TO GOURDS.
WHAT ARE SQUASHES?
PÔHPUKUN, MEANING "GROW FORTH ROUND" IN THE MASSACHUSETT TRIBE'S LANGUAGE, IS THEORIZED TO THE THE SOURCE OF THE NAME OF THIS CROP.
WHAT IS PUMPKIN?
THIS CLASSIC HALLOWEEN REFRAIN IS ALSO A CATCHPHRASE OF TOM AND DONNA FROM PARKS AND RECREATION.
WHAT IS TRICK-OR-TREAT YO' SELF?
IF YOU HAVE A GROUP OF FIVE, GO AS MEMBERS OF THIS CARTOON CLUE-HUNTING CREW - AS LONG AS ONE OF YOU ARE OK WITH BEING A DOG.
WHO ARE THE MYSTERY GANG?
THIS INFAMOUS PRISON ACROSS THE POND IS HOME TO SUCH GHOSTS AS THE WIVES OF HENRY VIII, GUY FAWKES, WALTER RALEIGH, AND JANE GREY.
WHAT IS THE TOWER OF LONDON?
CONSIDERED BY ANTHROPOLOGISTS TO BE ONE OF THE VERY FIRST PLANTS TO BE DOMESTICATED BY HUMANS, PUMPKINS ORIGINATE ON THIS CONTINENT.
WHAT IS NORTH AMERICA?
MEANING FEAR OR AGITATION, THE PROTO-INDO-EUROPEAN ROOT ǴHÉYSD WOULD BECOME THE GERMANIC / OLD ENGLISH GAST, MEANING SOUL OR BREATH, WHICH WOULD BECOME THIS MODERN WORD.
WHAT IS GHOST?
THIS MELODRAMATICALLY CLICHÉ WAY TO START A SPOOKY STORY IS ALSO THE TITLE OF A CLASSIC ZOMBIE MOVIE.
DAILY DOUBLE
IF YOU AND YOUR PARTNER ARE LOOKING FOR A LAUGH AND LIVE IN A SOCIETY, GO AS THE CLOWN PRINCE OF CRIME AND THIS CHARACTER, HIS PARTNER IN CRIME RECENTLY PLAYED BY MARGOT ROBBIE.
WHO IS HARLEY QUINN?
BUILT ON AN ISLAND OFF THE COAST OF SAN FRANCISCO, THIS NOTORIOUS PRISON PLAGUES VISITORS WITH ETHEREAL NOISES, COLD SPOTS, PLEADING VOICES, AND BLURRY APPARITIONS.
WHAT IS ALCATRAZ?
THIS MIDWEST STATE GROWS THE MOST PUMPKINS IN THE COUNTRY, OVER 41% OF ALL PUMPKINS AND 95% OF PUMPKINS INTENDED FOR PROCESSING.
WHAT IS ILLINOIS?
HANTER, FROM OLD FRENCH, MEANT "TO VISIT FREQUENTLY," AND TOOK ON A SCARIER TONE WHEN IT BECAME THIS WORD.
WHAT IS HAUNT / HAUNTED?
DAILY DOUBLE
THIS GHOSTLY DWELLING AND COMMON ATTRACTION AT THEME PARKS IS ALSO A LIGHTER FORM OF IMPRISONMENT ENFORCED BY AN ANKLE MONITOR.
WHAT IS HAUNTED HOUSE ARREST?
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A LAST MINUTE OUTFIT AND NOT LOOKING TO WIN ANY AWARDS FOR CREATIVITY, GO AS A THREE-HOLE-PUNCHED PAPER, BASED OFF A HALLOWEEN EPISODE FROM THIS SITCOM.
WHAT IS THE OFFICE?
CONSIDERED TO BE THE MOST HAUNTED HOTEL IN THE WORLD, THE STANLEY HOTEL INSPIRED STEPHEN KING TO WRITE THIS BOOK, MADE INTO A MOVIE BY STANLEY KUBRICK, FILMED ONSITE.
THIS COMPETITION FEATURES TEAMS OF ENGINEERS COMPETING TO BUILD ELABORATE AIR CANNONS OR TREBUCHETS THAT CAN LAUNCH THEIR PUMPKINS THE FARTHEST.
WHAT IS PUNKIN CHUNKIN?
BEGINNING IN PROTO-INDO-EUROPEAN AS SKER, MEANING TO JUMP, IT LED TO THE OLD NORSE SKJAR, MEANING TO FRIGHTEN, BEFORE BECOMING THE OLD ENGLISH SKERREN, ALSO MEANING TO FRIGHTEN, BEFORE BECOMING THIS WORD.
WHAT IS SCARE / SCARY?
THIS CELESTIAL PHENOMENON THAT RESULTS IN A LARGE ORANGE FULL MOON IS ALSO A SWEET TREAT FEATURING MARSHMALLOW BETWEEN GRAHAMS ALL DIPPED IN CHOCOLATE.
WHAT IS HARVEST MOON PIE?
ARE YOU AND YOUR PARTNER FEELING FRISKY? DON A RED SATIN ROBE AND GRAB A PIPE TO PORTRAY THIS FOUNDER OF PLAYBOY MAGAZINE AND ONE OF HIS "EMPLOYEES."
WHO ARE HUGH HEFNER AND THE PLAYGIRLS?
THIS SCOTTISH CASTLE, NAMED AFTER ITS SURROUNDING CITY, IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST HAUNTED PLACES IN THE COUNTRY, FEATURING THE GHOSTS OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS' REGENT, A LOST BAGPIPER, A HEADLESS DRUMMER, AND A SMELLY PRISONER.
WHAT IS EDINBURGH CASTLE?
PUMPKINS, ALONG WITH MAIZE AND BEANS, ARE KNOWN AS THE THREE THESE, A FAMILIAL NICKNAME FOR THE AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM PRACTICED BY MANY NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES THAT TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE CROPS' ECOLOGICAL SYNERGY.
WHAT ARE THE THREE SISTERS?
THE PROTO-INDO-EUROPEAN WEYK MEANT "TO CHOOSE OR DIVINE," IT BECAME WICCE IN OLD ENGLISH BEFORE BECOMING THIS WORD.
WHAT IS WITCH?
THIS BLACK SABBATH SONG ABOUT GROWING UP DURING THE COLD WAR IS ALSO ANOTHER WORD FOR A CEMETERY.
WHAT IS CHILDREN OF THE GRAVEYARD?