HARRY POTTER BESTIARY
A sort of combination bird & horse, Buckbeak is one of these magical creatures
WHAT IS A HIPPOGRIFF?
NURSES SHOULD NEVER USE WITE OUT ON THIS, THE USUAL 5-LETTER WORD FOR A RECORD OF A PATIENT'S CARE
WHAT IS A CHART
In the Slavic countries, this pungent bulb was used to detect vampires as well as to prevent their attacks
WHAT IS GARLIC?
A Celtic tradition of using hollowed-out turnips with candles inside led to these distinctive & larger Halloween gourds
jack-o-lanterns
This Black Panther actor wanted T'Challa's accent to be authentically African, so he spoke in a dialect based on South African Xhosa
Chadwick Boseman
SCABBERS IS THIS CHARACTER'S PET RAT
TELL A PATIENT USING THIS METAL FRAME TO ADVANCE IT AT INTERVALS OF AROUND 6 INCHES--& DONT FORGET THE TENNIS BALLS
WHAT IS A WALKER
Depending on local customs, these, used to kill vampires, may be made of iron or local woods
WHAT ARE STAKES?
It's said these 2 colors trace back to the festival of Samhain, one representing death & the other the autumn harvest
orange & black
The arc reactor in Tony Stark's chest had a core of this element, symbol Pd; exposure to it would later poison him
palladium
VARIETIES OF THESE INCLUDE THE UKRAINIAN IRONBELLY & THE ANTIPODEAN OPALEYE
What are dragons?
Bela Lugosi didn't wear a set of these as Dracula, but Christopher Lee did, fixing the image of a vampire for successors
What Are Fangs? (or Pointy Teeth)
The first time the White House was decorated for Halloween was in 1958, when she, Ike's better half, hung owls & goblins
Mamie Eisenhower
Groot's vocabulary in Guardians 2 is limited; this actor got a script with translations from Groot-speak so his delivery could vary
Vin Diesel
Slightly misleading name of the scary giant 3-headed canine who guards the Philosopher's Stone & falls asleep to music
WHO IS FLUFFY?
THE U.S. HAS ABOUT 7,200 NURSE-THESE, HELPING WOMEN THROUGH PREGNANCY AND DELIVERY
Meaning "the land beyond the forest", it's the area in which vamps camp
Transylvania
This no-hands Halloween game may be related to the Roman celebration of the goddess Pomona
bobbing for apples
Ant-Man is warned about getting small in this sub-atomic micro-verse; he gets stuck there after his retrieval crew blips
the Quantum Realm
ANY CAT COULD TELL YOU THAT SHE TEACHES TRANSFIGURATION MAGIC AT HOGWARTS
Who is Professor McGonagall?
INTERMITTENT INFUSION IS A COMMON TYPE OF THIS PROCEDURE ALSO CALLED A DRIP
WHAT IS AN IV
Though never explicitly stated, this 3-named English poet's "Christabel" is thought to be about vampires
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
This 20th century performer's museum in Scranton, Penn. features an online seance every Halloween
Houdini
Captain Marvel gets some powers due to the Tesseract; others she has via an infusion of this alien race's blood thanks to Yon-Rogg
Kree