Creepy Encounters
An Era to Remember
Bringing Home the Harvest
Trains, Planes, and Ships
It Happened One October
100
Anthony Perkins plays this creepy character—Norma Bates’ child—in the 1960 film Psycho
Who is Norman Bates
100
The 5th Dimension sang about the age of this house of the zodiac that was ushered in during the 1960s.
What is Aquarius
100
This purple vegetable sounds as if it comes from a chicken.
What is an Eggplant
100
This is the name of the U.S. presidential airplane
What is Air Force One
100
On October 1, 1908, the first production model of this game-changing car rolled off Henry Ford’s assembly line with an ad campaign that claimed, “No car under $2,000 offers more
What is the Model T
200
This creepy count from Transylvania was invented by Irish author Bram Stoker
Who is Dracula
200
This 18th- and early 19th-century era saw the “Robber Barons” bring us from the fields into the factories.
What is the Industrial Revolution
200
Shallot belongs to this family
What is Garlic
200
The largest dirigible (also known as an airship) to have ever flown began its journey in Frankfurt, Germany, and ended in a fiery ball of flames over Lakehurst, New Jersey
What is the Hindenburg
200
On October 10, 1957, the Milwaukee Braves beat this team to win the World Series.
What is The New York Yankees
300
After H.G. Wells’ classic radio stunt on Halloween Eve 1938 when his announcer convinced the audience that New Jersey had been invaded by Martians, a creepy movie by the same name was released in 1953.
What is War of the Worlds
300
This straightlaced, 19th-century era was named after the queen of England.
What is Victorian
300
This vegetable is often baked in pies with strawberries. In fact, it’s probably the only time you’ve eaten it.
What is Rhubarb
300
In 1985, this cruise ship made front-page headlines when four members of the Palestine Liberation Front hijacked it in the Mediterranean and executed passenger Leon Klinghoffer
What is MS Achille Lauro
300
On October 13, 1950, Jimmy Stewart starred in this movie with his best friend, a rabbit with the same name as the movie.
What is Harvey
400
Edgar Allan Poe wrote about this solid black bird in one of his most famous poems by the same name.
What is The Raven
400
When you see AD before a year, it stands for this.
What is What is Anno Domini (or “year of our Lord”)
400
This legume is often mistaken for a nut, is associated with the state of Georgia, and is processed into the most popular “nut butter.”
What is Peanut
400
On May 1, 1915, this ship was sunk by a German U-boat
What is What is RMS Lusitania
400
Canada celebrates this holiday on the second Monday of October; the United States celebrates the same holiday on the fourth Thursday of November.
What is Thanksgiving
500
This director of the films Vertigo, The Birds, Psycho, etc., often made cameo appearances in his creepy films.
Who is Alfred Hitchcock
500
The emergence of this period ended the Middle Ages.
What is the Renaissance
500
Acorn and butternut are two winter varieties of this common vegetable family harvested in the fall.
What is Squash
500
This Russian train, which features the longest scheduled train ride in the world at more than 5,000 miles, began service in 1898. Its route begins in Vladivostok, and one of its segments dips into China.
What is What is the Trans-Siberian Express
500
On October 31, 1517, this German priest led a movement that led to the Protestant Reformation.
Who is Martin Luther
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