Halloween
This iconic arcade game character was originally named "Puck-Man" in Japan.
Who is Pac-Man?
Bonus Fact: The name was changed over fears that vandals would turn the "P" into an "F."
This song and artist hit #1 on October 4, 1980.
What is "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen?
This is how much money Americans spend on Halloween each year (including candy, costumes, and decorations).
What is $12-$13 Billion?
In the 1985 classic Back to the Future, this is the exact speed the DeLorean has to reach to travel through time.
What is 88 miles per hour?
Bonus fact: In early script drafts, the time machine was a refrigerator.
This song and artist hit #1 on October 23, 1999.
What is "Smooth" by Santana featuring Rob Thomas?
Long before pumpkins became the official symbol of Halloween, this vegetable was used to carve Jack-o'-lanterns.
What are Turnips?
This famous owl-like animatronic toy introduced in 1998 was banned from NSA headquarters because officials feared it could record and repeat classified conversations.
What is a Furby?
Bonus fact: Furbies had no recording hardware - their pre-programmed vocabulary just expanded on a built-in timer to simulate "learning" English.
This song and artist hit #1 for the entire month of October in 2021.
What is "Fancy Like" by Walker Hayes?
What is to trick roaming ghosts into thinking they were fellow spirits?
This sleek flip phone released by Motorola in 2004 became the ultimate status symbol fo the mid-2000s.
Bonus fact: It was the best-selling clamshell phone of all time, selling over 130 million units worldwide during its run.
These artists hit #1 with this song in October 2019.
What is "10,000 Hours" by Dan+Shay & Justin Bieber?
This is why Halloween is celebrated on October 31.
What is because Halloween marked the Celtic New Year's Eve, preceding their New Year's Day on November 1st.
This was the very first music video ever broadcast on MTV when the channel launched in 1981.
What is "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles.
Bonus fact: MTV launched on August 1, 1981, at 12:01 AM with those exact words.
This Queen of Country hit #1 in October 2006 with this song.
What is "Before He Cheats" with Carrie Underwood?