This common Halloween light source involves first carving out a pumpkin
What is jack-o'-lantern?
This infamous Prohibition-Era gangster and mob boss also "Does My Shirts" in a historical YA fiction novel set on Alcatraz
Who was Al Capone?
The Heffley family's middle child gets into many shenanigans in this children's book series
What is Diary of a Wimpy Kid?
A rhyming spelling mnemonic rule with many exceptions is, “I before E except after” this letter
What is C?
"It's hard to look right, at you baby // but here's my number, so Blank Space"
What is Call Me Maybe?
Po, Bowser, one half of Tenacious D
Who is Jack Black?
This is the "ideal" form of pasta, soft but chewy "to the tooth", in Italian
What is Al Dente?
Featured in this arguable Hunger Games clone are five Factions: Dauntless, Amity, Erudite, Abnegation, and Candor
What is Divergent?
Roy G. Biv is an unconventional name, but it could also be a mnemonic for the rainbows present in this optical phenomenon
What is a rainbow?
"Baby, I've been, I've been praying hard // Said no more counting dollars we'd be Blank Space"
What is Counting Stars?
This classic English nursery rhyme involves two children getting water, followed by particularly nasty head injuries
What is Jack and Jill?
A news channel funded by the Qatari government, Arabic for "The Peninsula"
What is Al Jazeera?
The titular "knight" of this 17th-century Spanish novel famously tries to fight a windmill
What is Don Quixote?
“My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Potatoes", a mnemonic for these objects, is no longer accurate, as the "Potatoes" ceased to be one in 2006
What are planets?
"Oh baby // Why don't you just meet me in Blank Space // I'm losing my mind just a little"
What is The Middle?
Despite being one of the most famous serial killers of all time, this murderer active in Victorian East London was never identified
Who was Jack the Ripper?
An urban legend about this former Vice President under Clinton and Democratic nominee for the 2000 US Presidential election detailed how he once claimed that he "invented the Internet"
Who is Al Gore?
This short story collection by James Joyce is also a term for residents in a certain European capital
What is Dubliners?
PEMDAS and BODMAS are mnemonics for this math concept
What are order of operations?
"You want me, I want you baby // My sugarboo, I'm Blank Space"
What is Levitating?
The superhero baby from "The Incredibles" can do a whole lot of things, including teleportation, laser eyes, and turning into a literal demon, for some reason
Who is Jack-Jack?
This bizarre musician and comedian is mostly known for his parody songs, and more recently was played by Daniel Radcliffe in a completely fictional 2022 biopic
Also known as the Chronicles of the Stone, this Qing dynasty epic is one of the Four Great Classical Novels in Chinese literature
What is Dream of the Red Chamber?
"How I Wish I Could Calculate" this, a unique mnemonic in that the things to remember correspond to word length instead of initials
What is pi?
"'Cause baby you're a Blank Space // Come on, show them what you're worth"
What is Firework?