Halloween Entertainment
At Disneyland you can watch the Headless Horseman ride down this central road
What is Main Street?
1998: This Mideast nation announces it will no longer cooperate with U.N. weapons inspectors
What is Iraq?
This 4-letter word for a witch's potion is also a slang term for a beer
What is Brew?
2020:
"What you can't see can hurt you"
What is Get Out?
These events, hearing from the beyond, were popular in Victorian days, when the one seen here took place
What is a Seance?
"I got a rock" was Charlie Brown's lament in the 1966 TV special about this "Great" imaginary being
What is The Great Pumpkin?
1926: There's no escape for this magician who dies following a rupture of his appendix
Who is Harry Houdini?
Until Dorothy showed up, these small folks toiled as slaves for Oz' Wicked Witch of the East
Who are the Munchkins?
2006: "Sit back. Relax. Enjoy the fright"
What is Snakes on a Plane?
Be careful when you come across one of these, a "double-goer" in German--some can be evil & dangerous
What is a Doppelganger?
Because it's Halloween, Elliott dresses up E.T. like one of these so he won't be recognized
What is a Ghost?
1846: Heavy snowfall traps this carnivorous "Party" in the Sierra Nevada mountains
What is the Donner Party?
Shakespeare may have written this 1606 play in part to appeal to King James I's interest in witchcraft
What is Macbeth?
2018:
"Forty years ago, he came home. Now, he returns"
What is Halloween?
In the 1930s the Daily Mail printed Robert Wilson's now-famous photo that purported to show its head & neck
What is The Loch Ness Monster?
This Warren Zevon tune about shapeshifters in England is a staple on radio stations in October
What is Werewolves of London?
1961: This man's body is removed from Lenin's tomb
Who is Stalin?
She's the fun-loving, formerly cigar-smoking witch of newspaper comics
Who is Broom-Hilda?
2013:
"One night a year, all crime is legal"
What is The Purge?
Also called an O.B.E., it's the sensation that one's self is in a different location from one's physical form
What is an Out of Body Experience?
"Halloween III" was subtitled this, just like the title of a Donovan song
What is Season of the Witch?
1956: The Brits & the French invade Egypt in response to the nationalization of this
What is the Suez Canal?
One "testing" device for suspected witches was this stool
What is a Dunking Stool?
1992:
"We dare you to say his name five times"
What is Candyman?
From the Greek for "outer" & "form", this supernatural substance is said to exude from a medium & be used by a spirit to manifest
What is Ectoplasm?