Roman History
This man was the final king of Rome
Who is Tarquinius Superbus?
This was the most common method of disposing of corpses in Rome
What is cremation?
This activity involves dipping ones head into water to remove a piece of fruit
What is apple bobbing?
The highest classes of Romans were referred to as this
What are the Plebians?
Despite being the iconic head of the Friday The 13th franchise, Jason was not the killer in the original 1980 film. Rather, it was his mother, named this
Who is Palema Vorhees?
The traditional founding date for the city of Rome is in this year
What is 753 BCE?
Roman men wore this type of toga for funerals
What is the Toga Pulla?
What is a root vegetable?
This line, marking the cerimonial border of Rome, was considered an imaginary wall around the city and crossing it was punishable by death
What was the Pomerium?
Jack Nicholson wrote this phrase repeatedly as the lead role for the classic horror movie, The Shining
What is "All work and no play makes Johnny a dull boy?"
This man, famed for his expansionist policies and building projects, was considered the second of the Five good emperors
Who is Trajan?
These friendly ghosts were spirits of ancestors and often acted as guides
What are Manes?
This ride at Disneyland is often considered to be the birth of the "haunted house"
What is The Haunted Mansion?
This outfit was worn by candidates for office
What is the Toga Candida
There were this many killers in the first installment of the Scream franchise
What is 2?
This Roman emperor created the famous Edict on Maximum Prices in the 4th century to attempt to stabilize the economy
Who was Diocletian?
Evil ghosts were refered to as this by the Romans
What are Lemures?
This candy is the post popular in the US
What are Reese's Peanut Butter Cups?
This type of food was used to count laps at the Circus Maximus
What is an egg?
In the original Halloween, Michael Myers killed this person which resulted in a 15 year prison sentence
Who is Judith Myers?
This man, the fourth King of Rome, constructed the Pons Sublicius across the Tiber
Who was Ancus Marcius?
This legume was sacrificed to the gods when the Romans excorsized ghosts
What are black beans?
This is the largest Halloween parade in the world
What is the New York Halloween Parade?
Lower class Romans lived in this type of high-density housing
What are the Insulae?