Halloween
In Mexico, this holiday—honoring deceased loved ones—occurs around the same time as Halloween.
Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
The line of latitude that divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
What is the Equator?
This part of the atom carries a negative electric charge.
What is the electron?
The document that begins with “We the People.”
What is the U.S. Constitution?
This rapper and mogul changed his stage name several times—from Puff Daddy to P. Diddy to just “Diddy.”
Sean Combs
This European country is credited with popularizing carved turnips that later became American jack-o’-lanterns.
What is Ireland?
This country spans both Europe and Asia and is home to the city of Istanbul.
What is Turkey?
The process by which plants convert sunlight into chemical energy.
What is photosynthesis?
This event in 1773 was a protest against British taxes and involved dumping tea into a harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This famous family’s reality empire began on E! and now continues with their show on Hulu.
Kardashians
How much are Americans projected to spend on candy this year?
$3.9 billion
Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak, is found in this country.
What is Tanzania?
The Earth’s atmosphere is made up of roughly 78% of this gas.
What is nitrogen?
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued during this war.
What is the Civil War?
This 2020 Netflix documentary about a private zoo owner became a cultural phenomenon early in the pandemic.
What is Tiger King?
The superstition around black cats being bad luck came from this group’s association of them with witchcraft in the Middle Ages.
Who were the Puritans (or Europeans in the Middle Ages)?
This U.S. state has more active volcanoes than any other.
What is Alaska?
Newton’s third law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite what?
What is reaction?
The Watergate scandal led to the resignation of this U.S. president.
Who is Richard Nixon?
This 2023 celebrity defamation trial between a famous actor and his ex-wife dominated social media for weeks.
What was the Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard trial?
The modern Halloween tradition originated from this ancient Celtic festival marking the end of harvest season.
Samhain
This small European country has no coastline, borders Austria and Switzerland, and is known for its wealth and ski resorts.
What is Liechtenstein?
In physics, this concept describes the curvature of space-time caused by mass.
What is gravity (or general relativity)?
This landmark 1954 Supreme Court case ended racial segregation in public schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
After a viral cheating scandal nicknamed “Scandoval,” this Bravo reality series saw record viewership for its reunion episodes.
What is Vanderpump Rules?