Halloween
Jack-O-Lanterns were originally carved out of what root vegetable?
Turnips
How much money has Elon Musk given to Republican groups since July?
A. $276 million
B. $276 billion
C. $276 trillion
D. $276 bazillion
A. $276 million
Although they each use their own version of the currency, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, the Philippines, and Uruguay all use a currency with what four-letter name?
Peso
a theatrical art form using dancing, music, and scenery to convey a story, theme, or atmosphere
ballet
What do we call animals that eat both plants and meat?
Omnivores
Samhainophobia is the fear of what?
Halloween
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the New York City Council are planning to ban what from the Big Apple?
A. carriage horses
B. spotted lanternflies
C. non-New York bagels
D. jaywalkers
A. Carriage horses
What crop, North America's most widely grown grain, was developed in southern Mexico from a wild grass called teosinte?
Corn
to have the reverse of the desired or expected effect
Backfire
What is normal human body temperature?
About 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit
What is another name for Halloween?
All Hallows Eve
What religious leader was diagnosed with lung cancer in the last week?
Pope Leo
Which comedy set in Mexico stars Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, and Martin Short as a trio of friends?
Three Amigos
vigorously or healthily plump
Buxom
What is an animal at the top of the food chain called?
An apex predator
What year did It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown first air?
1966
The Washington, D.C., home of which U.S. lawmaker was searched by federal agents?
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Cory Mills
Ilhan Omar
Max Miller
Ilhan Omar
In 2012, Mexico added a clause to its national constitution guaranteeing a right to what vital resource? It also passed a new law to implement the constitutional provision.
Water
a devotee of Bacchus
Bacchanal
True or false: Antibiotics kill viruses.
False, they only work on bacteria
Early New Englanders hid what in the walls to ward off evil spirits?
Shoes
Kimberly Guilfoyle resigned from the Trump administration amid misconduct allegations. She was the U.S. ambassador to which nation?
Italy
France
Russia
Greece
Greece
Mexico's Mario Molina picked up a 1995 Chemistry Nobel for his role in discovering that CFCs are a threat to what UV-absorbing portion of Earth's stratosphere?
Ozone
to ingratiate oneself with : curry favor with
Brownnose
Which hormone triggers contractions during childbirth?
Oxytocin