TASTY TREATS
A group of Purdue University students reported that its licking machine took an average of 364 licks to get to the center of this candy; according to Mr. Owl, it takes just three
What is a Tootsie Pop?
♫ I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand
Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain ♫
What is "Werewolves of London"? (by Warren Zevon)
Known for her work as Laurie Strode in John Carpenter's Halloween films, she later starred in such chillers as The Fog, Prom Night, and Terror Train
Who is Jamie Lee Curtis?
Fear of spiders
What is arachnophobia?
More than 3,300 years after his burial, excavators led by Howard Carter discovered his tomb in the Valley of the Kings in 1922, containing the king's undisturbed mummy and funerary mask
Who is Tutankhamun, or King Tut?
While visiting a pharmacy, inspiration struck the creator of this candy when he saw a machine making pills that were round and flat
What are Life Savers?
♫ She's into superstitions
Black cats and voodoo dolls ♫
What is "Livin’ La Vida Loca"? (by Ricky Martin)
Before meeting Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs, she had a real-life stalker in John Hinckley Jr., who had developed an obsession with her after watching Taxi Driver
Who is Jodie Foster?
Fear of open spaces or crowds
What is agoraphobia?
Following his death 1924, this Soviet leader was embalmed and put on display in a mausoleum at Red Square in Moscow
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
The world’s largest candy corn was created in 2001, weighing approximately 5,000 pounds while the largest of its non-candy variety
What is candy corn?
♫ Well you got caught with a flat? Well, how 'bout that
Well babies, don't you panic
By the light of the night, it'll all seem alright
I'll get you a Satanic mechanic ♫
What is "Sweet Transvestite"? (by Tim Curry, from The Rocky Horror Picture Show)
While her breakout role was Lydia Deetz in Beetlejuice, she is also known for her roles in Heathers, Edward Scissorhands, and currently stars in Netflix's Stranger Things
Who is Winona Ryder?
Fear of heights
What is acrophobia?
Widely considered one of ancient Egypt's most successful warrior pharaohs, he was originally buried in the Valley of the Kings, but was transferred to a secret cache where his mummy was rediscovered in 1881
Who is Ramesses II, or Ramesses the Great?
♫ Candy apples and razorblades
Little dead are soon in graves
I remember _________ ♫
What is "Halloween"? (by Misfits)
Sometimes referred to as the "very first scream queen", she starred as Kong's blonde captive, Ann Darrow, in the 1933 film King Kong
Who is Fay Wray?
Fear of blood
What is hemophobia or hematophobia?
Also called The Iceman, the remains of this natural mummy of a man who lived between 3350 and 3105 BC were discovered in the Alps at the Austria–Italy border
Who is Ötzi?
♫ And there is nothing I can do when I realise with fright
That the spiderman is having me for dinner tonight ♫
What is "Lullaby"? (by The Cure)
She first rose to prominence as a child star in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, but later had a minor role in the cold opening of Wes Craven's slasher film Scream
Who is Drew Barrymore?
Fear of patterns or clusters of small holes
What is trypophobia?
Regarded as the founder of modern utilitarianism, this English philosopher left instructions for his body to be dissected and then permanently preserved as an "auto-icon"
Who is Jeremy Bentham?