HALLOWEEN HISTORY
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MONSTER MASH
SOUNDS TERRIFYING!
SPEAK SPOOKY
100
This animal joined Halloween after the 15th century fear of witches spread through Europe
Black cat
100
"You're gonna need a bigger boat."
Jaws (1975)
100
From a Bantu word for "ghost", in Haiti & parts of West Africa, it's a corpse brought back to life
Zombie
100
One of the 5 Great Lakes
Erie
100
Bathe the star of Ocean's Eleven
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CLEAN CLOONEY
200
This tri-colored treat that is, let's say, not universally adored was once called chicken feed; yum?
Candy corn
200
"You'll float down here. We all float down here."
It (2017)
200
Also known as a lycanthrope, this beastly monster can be killed by a silver bullet or other silver weapon
Werewolf
200
Originating from Northeast India where it's known as Bhut Jolokia, this is rated at over 1 million Scovilles and is 170 times hotter than tabasco sauce
Ghost pepper
200
Selective when picking between Gouda or Brie, for example
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CHEESE CHOOSY
300
In a forerunner to this Halloween statement, kids would ask for food in exchange for saying prayers for the dead
"Trick or treat"
300
"I see dead people."
The Sixth Sense (1999)
300
In literature he says, "I beheld the wretch--the miserable monster whom I had created"
Dr. Victor Frankenstein
300
Sanguinelli is a variety of this citrus fruit whose flesh can be deep red
Blood orange
300
Mourn the kind of music from the 60's, say
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GRIEVE GROOVY
400
This cucurbit-carved symbol of Halloween comes from a tale of a dead man barred from heaven & hell, who wanders the Earth with only a single coal to light his way
Jack-o'-lantern
400
"I admire its purity. A survivor... unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality."
Alien (1979)
400
This other word for a vampire may come from the Greek word "nosophoros", or plague-carrier
Nosferatu
400
Seen here is this long-limbed agile primate of South America, known for hanging upside down by its tail
Spider monkey
400
Rake in Indian currency
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REAP RUPEE
500
Halloween traces its roots back to Samhain ("sow-in"), a festival where these people of ancient Britain & Ireland wore masks so ghosts wouldn't recognize them
The Celts
500
"We all go a little mad sometimes."
Psycho (1960)
500
Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney, Jr., and Arnold Vosloo all played this kind of monster, the word for which comes from the Persian for "wax"
Mummy
500
A group of workers that is the smallest amount possible to successfully fill a shift
Skeleton crew
500
Pass out poker hands properly
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DEAL DULY