Things That Happened in October other than Halloween
This made headlines when it crashed October 29, 1929, affecting the entire world
What is the stock market?
Cavities in the skull called orbits house these organs
What are the eyes?
If authentic, the diaries of this dictator would have been worth billions...too bad that they were crude forgeries
Who is Hitler?
Two of this king's six wives are said to haunt Hampton Court Palace
Who is Henry the 8th?
What are fangs?
In October 1991, this theme park celebrated its 20th anniversary
What is Walt Disney World?
This '90s horror anthology series was hosted by a talking skeleton
What is Tales from the Crypt?
In 1730 Ben Franklin printed a made-up account of the trial of these, including testing whether they floated
What are witches?
This ghost supposingly sails into port every 7 years on his ship to seek true love
Who is The Flying Dutchman?
Before Rachel Wiesz was casted, Sigorney Weaver was supposingly approached to voice this dragoness
Who is Saphira?
In October 1783, a man first ascended in one of these and in October 1797, a man 1st jumped from one with a parachute
What is a hot air balloon?
The number of bones a spider has
What is zero?
In 1991 2 Englishmen said they'd spent 13 years sneaking around fields creating these
What are crop circles?
Glamis Castle in this U.K. country has several ghosts, including an earl who gambled with the devil, & lost
What is Scotland?
The animator's reference material for Maleficent's movements wasn't a lizard but this type of reptile
What is a snake?
A new theory says this author died of rabies, not alcoholism or opium abuse on October 7, 1849
Who is Edgar Allen Poe?
This lower jawbone is the strongest & largest bone of the face
What is the mandible?
"Clues" on records & album covers spurred rumors about this Beatle's death in 1969 & replacement by a double
Who is Paul McCartney?
This was the first ghost to haunt Ebenezer Scrooge
Who is Jacob Marley?
Dragon's absence from the majority of Shrek 2 wasn't planned...she was originally going to transform into this type of mythological creature
What is a pegasus?
Gandhi's birthday is October 2 and is observed as the international day of this philosophy of his
What is non-violence? (Pacifism is also acceptable)
In the 1980s over 80 skeletons of people who apparently died during this event were discovered at Herculaneum
What is the eruption of Mount Vesvius?
British zoologist George Shaw claimed that this mammal was a hoax in 1799, thinking he was being tricked
What is a platypus?
2 of the 4 Shakespeare plays in which ghosts appear on stage
What is Hamlet, Macbeth, Julius Caeser or Richard III? (2 of 4)
Ginko-Who-Soars from this film was originally written as a male dragon but was rewritten once Frances de la Tour was cast
What is Dolittle?