Baseball in October
Scary Stuff
Sounds Like: 90s Films
Very Aviary
Lyrical From The Musical
DD
200
The World Series has often been coined by this term/nickname - named for the season it takes place in.
The Fall Classic
200
This was a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts, between February 1692 and May 1693.
Salem Witch Trials
200
(1994) Identify the film in the audio clip.
The Shawshank Redemption
200
Approximately 2/3 of bird species on planet earth are located in these tropical areas, only found close to the equator.
Rainforests
200
"A Spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
The medicine go down-wown
The medicine go down"
Mary Poppins
200
This word is defined as: a meeting of people who are gathered to receive messages from ghosts or to listen to a spirit medium discourse with or relay messages from spirits.
Séance
400
The Anaheim Angels won their only World Series title in this year.
2002
400
The Puritans associated these animals with witchcraft, leading to their association with Halloween but in many other cultures, they are actually a sign of good luck.
Black Cats
400
(1997) Identify the film in the audio clip.
The Fifth Element
400
Growing up to 9 feet tall and 300+ pounds, this is the tallest and heaviest bird on planet earth.
Ostrich
400
"Ding-dong, the witch is dead!
For the house fell on her head and the coroner pronounced her dead
And thru the town the joyous news was spread
Ding-dong, the witch is dead!"
The Wizard of Oz
600
The only Game 7 walk-off home run in World Series history occurred in 1960 when Bill Mazeroski homered for this team, giving them their first championship since 1925.
Pittsburgh Pirates
600
After learning about this Romanian Ruler, Bram Stoker was inspired to create the character of Dracula in 1897.
Vlad The Impaler
600
(1995) Identify the film in the audio clip.
The Indian in the Cupboard
600
Endemic to New Zealand, these flightless birds are similar in size to chickens; also the same nickname that many New Zealanders are called by the rest of the world.
Kiwis
600
"Look at me, I'm Sandra Dee
Lousy with virginity
Won't go to bed
Till I'm legally wed
I can't, I'm Sandra Dee"
Grease
800
Before winning two World Series titles with the Yankees, "Mr. October" Reggie Jackson won three consecutive World Series with this team from 1972-1974.
Oakland Athletics
800
DAILY DINGER
DAILY DINGER
800
(1991) Identify the film in the audio clip.
The Rocketeer
800
Often used as a figurative expression in literature, having one of these large white sea birds "around your neck" means you have great problems from which you cannot escape.
Albatross
800
"Don't lecture me about the war, you didn't fight in it
You think I'm frightened of you, man?
We almost died in a trench
While you were off getting high with the French"
Hamilton
1000
Identify the nickname given to this iconic October baseball moment.
"The Shot Heard Round The World"
1000
Between 1920-1950 Universal Studios produced the most iconic monster characters in Hollywood, all with self-titled films at some point;
Identify 4 of these 6 characters/films that Universal defines as their "Core Monsters"
Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, The Wolf Man and The Creature From The Black Lagoon (Gil Man)
1000
(1995) Identify the film in the audio clip.
Crimson Tide
1000
The Sword-billed species of this bird is the only bird on earth with a bill/beak longer than its entire body.
Hummingbird
1000
"Life can be bright in America,
If you can fight in America
Life is all right in America,
If you're all-white in America"
West Side Story