Happy Halloween
This Bobby "Boris" Pickett song was the No. 1 hit on Halloween in 1962
Monster Mash
In the last line of the book, Dorothy says, "and here is" this pup, "too. And oh, Aunt Em! I'm so glad to be at home again!"
Toto
In 1995, 2 Swiss astronomers announced the first known one of these to orbit a star other than the sun
a planet
Population 7 million & lends its name to a type of bean
Lima
A half-lemon, half-lime appears to dot the "I" in this soda's name
Sprite
No. 10:
Pat & Vanna lead the fun
The Wheel of Fortune
This animal joined Halloween after the 15th century fear of witches spread through Europe
black cat
A hyena, zebra, orangutan & tiger do not walk into a bar, but are instead on a lifeboat with a teenaged boy in this novel
Life of Pi
In 1979 Voyager 1 discovered that this large body has rings, just like Saturn & Uranus
Jupiter
It's home to Kim Il-sung University
Pyongyang
This "medical" soda is advertised as being made from 23 different flavors
Dr. Pepper
No. 7:
An ancient wheeled transport of war
The Chariot
"Halloween" is coming--the 1978 horror film with this actress who strode in as babysitter Laurie Strode
Jamie Lee Curtis
Mole says this "Wind in the Willows" guy has been in the hospital 3 times after car crashes; maybe amphibians shouldn't drive
Mr. Toad
In 585 B.C. Thales of Miletus accurately predicted one of these astronomical events
solar eclipse
The Amstel flows under some 1,300 bridges & viaducts in this capital
Amsterdam
Caleb Bradham named his elixir this because it was supposed to relieve dyspepsia
Pepsi Cola
No. 17:
Alpha or Beta in Aquarius
The Star
The first time the White House was decorated for Halloween was in 1958, when she, Ike's better half, hung owls & goblins
Mamie Eisenhower
Akela the wolf & Baloo the brown bear are two of the animals featured in this collection of stories
The Jungle Book
In 1801 Giuseppe Piazzi discovered the first known one of these heavenly objects & dubbed it Ceres
asteroid
Indonesia's capital, it's on the island of Java
Jakarta
In 1982 this 3-letter soda began losing a lot of weight in sales after the debut of a fellow Coca-Cola item, Diet Coke
Tab
No. 4:
Napoleon, starting on Dec. 2, 1804
The Emperor
This mythical Halloween being in the title of the oft-repeated animated TV special debuted on October 27, 1966
the Great Pumpkin from It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
Hazel, Fiver & Blackberry are exceptional rabbits in this 1972 Richard Adams tale
Watership Down
Around 240 B.C. Chinese astronomers observed this, later named for a British astronomer
Halley's Comet
Barack Obama Sr. died in a car accident Nov. 24, 1982 in this city
Nairobi
The name of this carbonated beverage once meant a type of Appalachian moonshine
Mountain Dew
No. 9:
Howard Hughes lived as one for the last years of his life
The Hermit