Delicious Desserts
What delicious dessert is categorized as baked or unbaked and has a graham cracker crust with cream cheese as the main ingredient?
Cheesecake
The Greeks created the first known cheesecake over 4,000 years ago.
Fill in the blank: “They’re creepy and they’re kooky, ___________ and spooky…”.
mysterious
The iconic theme song was written by Vic Mizzy, who also wrote the theme to Green Acres.
Henry Ford first sold this car model in October 1908
Model T
The original Model T cost around $825 and could reach speeds of 40 mph.
Atticus Finch is the family patriarch in this 1960 novel.
To Kill A Mocking Bird
In 2015, the sequel (which Harper Lee actually wrote first), Go Set a Watchman, was published.
What curly-haired child star received the first Academy Juvenile Award in 1935?
Shirley Temple
She remains the youngest to receive this Oscar; she was six years old at the time.
What is the most popular pie in the United States, made with a fruit that can be found in 7,500 varieties?
Apple pie
It’s commonly topped with vanilla ice cream and cheese.
This is the name of John Astin’s character in the 1964 television series The Addams Family.
Gomez Addams
Other actors to portray Gomez include Raul Julia and Oscar Isaac.
In October 1990, this country was reunited after 45 years of division between the east and west
Germany
The fall of the Berlin Wall and reunification of Germany are celebrated on “Unity Day” every October 3. Happy Unity Day!
Slaughterhouse Five by this author follows the life of American soldier Billy Pilgrim during WWII.
Kurt Vonnegut
A veteran himself, Vonnegut drew from his experiences, including his time as a POW, to write the story of Billy Pilgrim.
Who is the famous serial killer that terrorized the East End of London in the late 1800s?
Jack the Ripper
His true identity is still unknown
What is the name of the Italian pudding-like dessert that consists of layers of ladyfingers or sponge cake?
Tiramisu
In Italian it means “carry me up,” and it was originally made with a loose custard.
This daughter of Gomez and Morticia is named after a line in a popular nursery rhyme.
Wednesday Addams
As the nursery rhyme goes, “Wednesday’s child is full of woe.
It was October 1957 when this motto first appeared on U.S. paper currency.
“In God We Trust”
The motto had been used on coins since the days of the Civil War
The Lorax is the titular hero of a 1971 children’s book by this author.
Dr. Seuss
The Lorax is a creature who “speaks for the trees” in this environmentalist classic
In what 1969 film did Robert Redford and Paul Newman portray Wild West outlaws Harry Longabaugh and Robert LeRoy Parker, respectively?
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Longabaugh was better known as the Sundance Kid, while Parker was Butch Cassidy. Although the characters portrayed in the film are based on historical people, the storyline is more fiction than fact.
What famous dessert is roasted over a flame and made of graham crackers, chocolate, and marshmallows?
S’mores
Fun fact: Americans buy 90 million pounds of marshmallows each year.
You might say this character is Ted Cassidy’s “right-hand man,” since he is portrayed by Cassidy’s right hand in most scenes.
Thing
Though the end credits for the 1964 series credit Thing as portrayed by “Itself,” Ted Cassidy actually played it in most scenes.
This Florida tourist attraction first opened in October 1971 with a theme park, golf courses, and resorts.
Disney World
Magic Kingdom is the oldest of Walt Disney World’s theme parks, having since been joined by Epcot, Hollywood Studios, and Animal Kingdom
Mild-mannered Arthur Dent goes on an intergalactic adventure in this Douglas Adams sci-fi classic.
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
What is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy? Douglas Adams became the youngest person to receive a Golden Pen Award for this book.
f someone talks about a person being “born with a silver spoon in their mouth,” what do they mean
The person in question is from a very wealthy family/ born rich
The phrase, when expressed, usually has a negative connotation.
What dessert was once considered a “healthy alternative” to traditional desserts? Hint: It has a vegetable in it.
Carrot cake
It’s thought to have originated from medieval carrot puddings.
Addams family pets include Homer, who is this kind of creature.
Spider
Homer is a black widow spider, to be precise. Other Addams’ pets include the family lion, Kitty Kat, and brother Pugsley’s octopus, Aristotle.
This Vice President resigned on October 10, 1973.
Spiro Agnew
He plead no contest to a charge of federal income tax evasion on the same day.
George Smiley is one of the main characters in this John le Carré spy novel.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Le Carré’s popular spy novel has been adapted to film and television, including a 1979 miniseries starring Alec Guinness.
What toy set consists of wooden dowels and wheels and was originally packaged in a tin can?
Tinkertoys
Introduced in 1914 by stonemason Charles Pajeau, the Tinkertoy construction set helps children develop spatial intelligence