October Happening
Halloween
October Babies
October Music
October, October
Fall Fare
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This October baby sang and danced The Twist.
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Red delicious, yellow delicious, and Roma varieties of this fruit are harvested in October
What are apples?
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The night before Halloween is when children would prank their neighborhood by throwing eggs, toilet papering property, soap car windows, and leave old, stinky cabbage by neighbors' doors.
What is Mischief Night?
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Bill Gates was born October 28, 1955. What company did he co-found?
a) Microsoft b) Apple c) Samsung
Microsoft
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This Jewish High Holy Day, which is the day of atonement, occurs on October 12 in 2024.
1) Hanukkah 2) Yom Kippur 3)Passover
What is Yom Kippur? The High Holy Days run for 10 days, starting with Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and ending with Yom Kippur.
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This orange king of winter squashes is used to make
jack-o-lanterns.
What is pumpkin? By the time October rolls around, you’ll see everything pumpkin in the stores—pumpkin beer, nuts, muffins, pumpkin spice latte, etc.
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The largest beer festival in the world which happens in Bavaria every fall
What is a Oktoberfest?
Held annually in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, it's a 16-18 day folk festival running from mid-September to around the first Sunday in October, with more than six million visitors attending the event.
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This is the only holiday that surpasses Halloween in annual consumer sales.
Christmas
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This October baby was a bigtime slugger, known as "The Mick".
a) Mick Donald b) Mickey Mantle c) Mick Jagger
Mickey Mantle
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These sprouts make their debut in fall.
What are brussels sprouts? Did you know they’re miniature cabbages?
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Henry Ford introduced the Model T on October 1, 1908. What color was it?
a) White b) Black c) Blue d) Red
Black. Henry Ford said, "Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black."
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This famous magician and escape artist passed away on Halloween, 1926 in Detroit, Michigan.
Who is Harry Houdini?
The bronze casket Houdini created for his stunt "Buried Alive" was used to transport his body from Detroit to New York following his death.
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This Beatles singer sued the US government, alleging that he and his lawyer were bugged and wiretapped.
a) John Lennon b) Paul McCartney c) Ringo Starr
John Lennon
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This squash can be used in place of pasta by the same name.
What is spaghetti? Spaghetti squash and butternut squash are examples of winter squash.
800
This famous Halloween candy was created in the 1880's and was originally named "Chicken Feed".
What is Candy Corn?
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Artist Pablo Picasso was born on October 25, 1881. What was his nationality?
a) French b) Italian c) Spanish
Spanish. He was Spanish but spent most of his adult life in France.
800
This is one of October’s birthstones.
What is opal? Opal derives from the Greek word opallios, which means “to see a change of color.”
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This is the generic name for a hot alcoholic beverage.
What is hot toddy? Hot buttered rum is an example of a hot toddy.
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This is one of the zodiac signs ruling October.
What is Libra or Scorpio? Libras are born in the earlier part of the month, and Scorpios are born in the latter part of the month.
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Lighter summer spaghetti dishes are fortified by adding this protein.
What is beef or meat? Meatballs added to spaghetti make it a heartier dish for colder days.