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Starring Sarah Jessica-Parker, Bette Midler and Kathy Najimi as a trio of dark-witchcraft-practicing sisters, this 1993 film has become a Halloween favorite.
What is Hocus Pocus?
This acoustic ballad written by Billie Joe Armstrong about the loss of his father during childhood peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2005.
What is Wake Me Up When September Ends?
More than 7.3 million liters of Bavarian beer were consumed during the 2019 rendition of this annual multi-week folk festival in Munich.
What is Oktoberfest?
NBC's Friday Night Lights was a TV series inspired by a 1990 nonfiction book about the Permian Panthers high school football team in this state.
What is Texas?
• The Chicago Eight trial begins
• The Beatles release Abbey Road
• The Mets upset the Orioles in the World Series
What is 1969?
This 1997 psychological drama was written by Matt Damon as a final assignment at Harvard University. He went on to star in the role of the title character; while co-writer Ben Affleck co-starred with Robin Williams.
What is Good Will Hunting?
This crunchy single from The White Stripes charted at #19 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks on November 1, 2002.
What is Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground?
This holiday to celebrate Native American peoples, histories and cultures began as a counter-celebration of Columbus Day in 1989.
What is Indigenous Peoples' Day?
In 2012, Johnny Manziel became the youngest player to win college football's Heisman Trophy. He only held the claim for one year, however, as this Florida State quarterback was even younger when he won it in 2013.
Who is Jameis Winston?
• Starbucks introduces the Pumpkin Spice Latte
• Steve Bartman is scapegoated for the Cubs' loss in the NLCS
• Saddam Hussein, then former president of Iraq, is captured by the U.S. Army
What is 2003?
Based on the true story of a coal miner's son inspired by the Sputnik launch to take up rocketry, this 1999 film's title is an anagram of "Rocket Boys" -- the memoir upon which it is based.
What is October Sky?
This Wyclef Jean song that peaked at #7 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1997, was featured in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia's season 11 episode "Frank Falls Out the Window."
What is Gone till November?
Known as the "Festival of Lights" — this holiday is widely celebrated in India for five days in October and/or November.
What is Diwali?
After the Washington Nationals won the World Series in 2019, this team founded in 1977 became the last remaining MLB team to have never won the "Fall Classic."
Who are the Seattle Mariners?
• Windows 7 is released
• WHO reports 65M H1N1 vaccines administered
• President Obama accepts the Nobel Peace Prize
What is 2009?
This 1987 comedy about two strangers' ill-fated efforts to get home to Chicago for Thanksgiving, briefly shows the Insurance Exchange Building (175 W. Jackson) in one of its final scenes.
What is Planes, Trains and Automobiles?
This 1969 song co-written by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant includes the opening lyrics "Leaves are falling all around" and "The autumn moon lights my way." Rolling Stone ranked it one of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2010.
What is Ramble On?
Immediately following All Saints' Day in other countries, this Mexican holiday encourages prayer for loved ones who have passed away.
What is Dia de los Muertos?
At 7'5", this Sengalese center has an 8'4" wingspan, size 22 foot, and — as of two weeks ago — a new contract with the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers.
Who is Tacko Fall?
• Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz is first published in seven U.S. newspapers
• The recently proclaimed "People's Republic of China" enters the Korean War
• Diners Club International issues the first credit cards (made of cardboard)
What is 1950?
Starring Charlize Theron and Keanu Reeves, this 2001 romantic drama was blasted by Roger Ebert as "two sick and twisted people playing mind games and calling it love." The sappy plot might be fitting, given the film's name.
What is Sweet November?
Originally written as a jazz standard in 1934, varying renditions of this song have been performed by artists such as Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra. A film by the same name was also released in 2000.
What is Autumn in New York?
The holiest day of the year in Judaism, this "Day of Atonement" usually takes place around the beginning of fall.
What is Yom Kippur?
Having already hosted 3 PGA Championships, this luxury golf resort owned by the Kohler Company and located near Sheboygan, Wisconsin is set to host this September's Ryder Cup.
What is Whistling Straights?
• President Roosevelt dedicates the Hoover Dam
• The Communist Party of China settles in Shaanxi after the Long March
• The first night rodeo held outdoors under electric lights takes place in Mississippi
What is 1935?