Creepy Encounters
It can be creepy to become separated from your group in this outdoor, natural maze that crops up during the fall harvest season
What is corn maze? The maze is cut through tall corn stalks and can go on for acres
This is the official home of the U.S. president.
What is the White House? It’s located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C.
This city is known as “The Big Easy.”
What is New Orleans? Pronounced N’Awlins, it’s home to Mardi Gras, the largest pre-Lenten festival in the United States.
This is the United Kingdom’s public TV networks.
What is BBC? It began as a radio network in 1922. Today, it’s the world’s largest broadcaster.
If you have skeletons in your closet, it’s not a good idea to cast this stone.
What is first? It’s best to think twice before criticizing others.
Fall runs from this mid-month through this mid-month in the northern hemisphere.
What is September through December? This timeframe is astronomical fall. Meteorologists use a different calendar; meteorological fall runs September through November
In the original series that aired from 1959 to 1964, Rod Serling brought creepy sci-fi to the small screen in this TV series.
What is The Twilight Zone? The website IMDB.com describes the series in this way: “Ordinary people find themselves in extraordinarily astounding situations, which they each try to solve in a remarkable manner.” Some episodes can raise the hair on your skin.
The person living at 10 Downing Street holds this position.
What is prime minister of the United Kingdom? The residence has been the official home of British prime ministers since 1735.
If you think the Fourth of July is a celebration, you should see this European capital on Bastille Day.
What is Paris? It’s France’s National Day of Independence, commemorating the storming of the Bastille.
Before its fall from the top position, this cable news network was renowned for its live coverage of the O.J. Simpson trial and Operation Desert Storm.
What is CNN? Cable viewership has fallen dramatically. Most of the broadcast and cable news networks have dropped their foreign bureaus, and many people have cut cable and moved to streaming services.
When you’re dressed up, you are said to be dressed to this number.
What is nine or the nines? The idiom dressed to the nines is used when someone is dressed in formal attire.
When this debris enters Earth’s atmosphere, it burns up and creates these showers.
What is meteor? The Taurid meteor shower occurs every year in mid-autumn.
These Halloween houses with warped mirrors can scare young children.
What are funhouses? People typically enter these houses through creepy mouths and encounter spooky scenes throughout the house.
This tourist attraction outside Paris was home to King Louis XVI and other French royals
What is (Château de) Versailles? It’s a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is a day trip from Paris.
This city is home to Churchill Downs, the scene of the first leg of the Triple Crown–– the Kentucky Derby.
What is Louisville? The derby takes place the first Saturday in May and is fondly called “The Run for the Roses.”
This is Canada’s public TV network.
What is CBC? Founded in 1932 as the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission, it added television in 1955.
Sometimes you can kill this number of birds with one stone.
What is two? When we solve two problems at the same time, we kill two birds with one stone
Fall is the season of this sport’s championship games. The sport also has a well-known museum in Cooperstown, New York
What is baseball or MLB? The World Series begins in October, and occasionally it runs into November.
The shower scene in this Alfred Hitchcock film is famously frightening
What is Psycho? As Hitchcock does in most films he directs, he makes a cameo appearance in Psycho.
The person holding this political office has the right to reside at 24 Sussex Drive.
Who is the prime minister of Canada? The residence has fallen into a state of disrepair and a 2021 report by the National Capital Commission stated it would cost “at least $36.6 million to properly restore.”
On Memorial Day weekends, a 500-mile racing event is held in this Midwestern city in the United States.
What is Indianapolis? The Indy 500 is the biggest event for open-wheel, or “Indy car,” racing.
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Who is Robin Leach? He was once a host on Talking Food, an early Food Network program.
It will never happen in this number of years.
What is a million? People say “It will never happen in a million years” when the chances of something happening are the same as the chances of winning the lottery
Americans spend millions of dollars every autumn on this orange fruit.
What is pumpkin? Didn’t realize pumpkins were a fruit? Scientifically speaking, anything that starts from a flower is botanically a fruit.
He wrote a scary poem about a raven that spoke.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe? The most remembered and quoted line from “The Raven” is “Quoth the Raven, ‘Nevermore.’”
He was recently reelected and continues to live at Élysée (ih-LEE-zay) Palace.
Who is (Emmanuel) Macron? He is president of France and lives in the official residence.
The film festival that takes place in this French city is the best-known film festival in the world.
What is Cannes? The first official festival took place in 1946. It is one of the most publicized events in the world.
This number of days was dedicated to broadcasting the details after President Kennedy’s assassination.
What is four? There was no entertainment and little other news coverage in print or on the airwaves other than the assassination. The New York Times captured it all in the commemorative book Four Days in November: The Original Coverage of the John F. Kennedy Assassination.
When someone is being interrogated, they are getting this degree.
What is the third? When a parent questions their child, the child sometimes accuses their parent of giving them the third degree.
This causes the leaves to change colors.
What is fewer hours of sunlight? As sunlight diminishes, there is a decline in chlorophyll, which is responsible for the leaves’ green color. The intensity of fall colors depends on a range of factors: temperature, precipitation, and the amount of sunlight.
One of the creepiest real-life events was the radio show where this host announced an alien invasion.
Who is Orson Welles? Played on the eve of Halloween in 1938, it was an adaptation of H.G. Wells’ book The War of the Worlds.
This is the official residence of the New York City mayor
What is Gracie Mansion? It’s also called “The Little White House,” and it allegedly has secret passages within its walls and maybe beyond its walls
The Celebration of Light takes place in this Canadian city on the Pacific coast.
What is Vancouver? The celebration is the largest fireworks competition in the world.
This TV franchise has made life more difficult for prosecutors and has caused jurors to have unrealistic expectations of forensic evidence.
What is CSI: Crime Scene Investigation? It’s called “the CSI effect” because on this and similar shows, the characters solve crimes through forensic evidence in the space of one hour.
When you have to start over, you go back to this square
What is one? Returning to square one means the work you’ve already done has been negated.
Apple juice begins its journey as another juice processed from apples.
What is apple cider? According to the Huffington Post, “Apple cider is picked, washed, ground, pressed fresh juice. Apple juice starts off as cider and then is concentrated into syrup or powder then reconstituted with water and hermetically bottled to be shelf safe.”