Monsters
Don't get too wrapped up trying to think of this Halloween monster with origins from ancient Egypt.
What is a mummy?
This candy bar is named for our galaxy.
What is a Milky Way?
What is Antarctica?
A horse with wings.
What is a pegasus?
This South Dakota Monument of presidential heads was completed on October 31, 1941.
What is Mt. Rushmore?
They are said to undergo a hairy transformation during a full moon.
What is a werewolf?
The makers of this candy bar hope eating it will making you smile, so they named it for a synonym for "laughs."
What is a Snickers?
In the USA, this state (with capital city Springfield and largest city Chicago) produces the most pumpkins each year.
What is Illinois?
In his book about his travels in Asia in the 1200s, Marco Polo likely saw rhinoceroses and perhaps used this name for the mythical horned horses to describe them.
What are unicorns?
This Utah neighbor, the Silver State, officially became the 36th state of the country on October 31, 1864.
What is Nevada?
All you need is a white sheet and a pair of scissors to make this easy Halloween costume.
What is a ghost?
A colloquial way to say 10^5 (and usually refers to an mount of money).
What is 100 Grand?
The average pumpkins has about this many seeds: (1^0+2^2)*(10,000^(1/2)).
What is 500?
This creature from Greek mythology has the upper body of a human and the lower body of a horse.
What is a centaur?
On October 31, 1517, this famous reformer posted his 95 Theses on the door of the church in Wittenberg, Germany, calling for reform of the Catholic Church and thus beginning the Protestant Reformation.
Who is Martin Luther?
This Halloween monster is actually part of us (206 parts of us, to be precise).
What is a skeleton?
Named for perhaps the greatest baseball player ever.
What is a Baby Ruth?
Pumpkins take about this many days to grow: 2x-50=150.
What is 100?
This horse creature was popularized by the My Little Pony franchise, and is both pegasus and unicorn. Why not?
What is an alicorn?
On October 31, 1992, Pope John Paul II said that the this famous scientist from 400 years earlier, famous for using telescopes to support heliocentrism and to discover the four largest moons of Jupiter, should not have been convicted of heresy.
Who was Galileo Gallilei?
This classic monster book by Mary Shelley is actually named for the doctor who creates the monster, though most people today think it is the name of the monster.
What is Frankenstein?
This candy bar is named for Athos, Porthos and Aramis, the most famous of these French warriors from the 17th and 18th centuries.
What is a 3 Musketeers?
This two-word anagram of "pumpkin" might mean a baseball referee dressed in blended white+red clothing.
What is a "pink ump"?
This fantastic beast from Harry Potter is said to symbolize love because its parents (a horse and something else) are natural enemies.
What is a hippogriff?
This literary genre was developed in 1816 when several authors (including Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley) were trapped inside during bad weather and held a competition to write the scariest ghost story. Key elements include dark and gloomy settings, mystery and suspense, and monsters.
What is Gothic?