Halloween
In “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,” this character spends Halloween night waiting for the Great Pumpkin.
Who is Linus?
Martin Luther’s 95 Theses primarily criticized this church practice involving the selling of forgiveness for sins.
What are indulgences?
This iconic fall fruit is technically a berry.
What is a pumpkin?
This fall favorite was initially called "chicken feed."
What is candy corn?
This 2017 Pixar film depicts Dia de los Muertos.
What is Coco?
This 1993 film starring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy became a Halloween cult classic.
What is Hocus Pocus?
This Swiss reformer led the movement in Zurich and rejected many Catholic traditions, including the use of images in churches.
Who is Huldrych Zwingli?
These two states do not follow daylight savings.
What are Arizona and Hawaii?
This gas is the reason pop rocks pop.
What is CO2?
This Robert Frost poem, referenced in The Outsiders, uses heavy autumn imagery.
What is "Nothing Gold Can Stay"?
This plant, long associated with witchcraft and known for its hallucinogenic and toxic properties, was said to scream when uprooted.
What is mandrake?
This English king’s desire for an annulment from Catherine of Aragon led him to break from the Catholic Church.
Who is Henry VIII?
This is the ancestor of modern corn.
What is teosinte?
According to candystore.com, this was the most popular Halloween candy in the US in 2024.
What are M&Ms?
Vivaldi's The Four Seasons: Autumn is in this key.
What is F major?
This modern country is where Halloween traditions such as carving turnips and lighting bonfires began.
What is Ireland?
This 1555 agreement allowed German princes to choose between Lutheranism and Catholicism for their territories.
What is the Peace of Augsburg?
DAILY DOUBLE:
This is the name for the fear of Halloween.
What is samhainophobia?
The ironic occupation of William Morrison, inventor of cotton candy.
What is dentist?
This wine lured Fortunato to his doom in Poe's famous short story.
What is Amontillado?
In medieval Europe, this practice involved the poor going door-to-door offering prayers for the dead in exchange for food — a precursor to modern trick-or-treating.
What is "souling"?
This 1648 treaty ended the Thirty Years’ War and marked the formal recognition of Protestant denominations across Europe.
What is the Peace of Westphalia?
This is the name for the Japanese tradition of enjoying the autumn leaves.
What is momijigari?
The reaction responsible for the brown color of caramels (and toasted nuts and barbecued meats, etc.).
What is the Maillard reaction?
The artist behind "Autumn" (1573) (Show attached painting).
Who is Giuseppe Arcimboldo?