October Happenings
This Disney Movie can be watched in both October and December, as the subject fits both of their big holidays
What is The Nightmare Before Christmas?
This is the spookiest date of the year for children.
What is October 31? Halloween is full of ghosts, goblins, and trick-or-treating. It began as a Celtic tradition marking the end of summer.
The number of days in October.
What is 31?
Apples dipped in this sweet, melted topping are a fall
favorite.
What is caramel?
Born October 28, 1974, he played the most recent live-action version of the Joker
a) Michael Landon b) Joachin Phoenix c) Guy Williams
Who is Joachin Phoenix?
Every year, Canada celebrates this holiday on the second Monday of October while the U.S. celebrates this holiday in November.
What is Thanksgiving?
This is the only holiday that surpasses Halloween in annual consumer sales.
What is Christmas?
The birth flower for October.
A. The Daisy
B. The Chrysanthemum
C. The Marigold
C. The Marigold
This orange king of winter squashes is used to make
jack-o-lanterns.
What is pumpkin?
Born October 28, 1967, this red-haired actress started in many late 90s movies, including Pretty Woman
Who is Julia Roberts?
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.
This famous Halloween candy was created in the 1880's and was originally named "Chicken Feed".
What is Candy Corn?
This is the Birthstone of October
What is Opal or Tourmaline?
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.
Bill Gates was born October 28, 1955 and co-founded this company.
What is Microsoft?
True or False: October was the eighth month in the Roman calendar.
True. October was the eighth month before January and February were added.
This vegetable is part of a tradition the night before Halloween.
a) Cabbage b) Carrot c) Acorn Squash
Cabbage is often used in pranks on Mischief Night, sometimes called Cabbage Night. People would sometimes leave stinky, rotten cabbage near neighbors' doors.
This is one of the zodiac signs for October.
What is Libra or Scorpio?
This is the generic name for a hot alcoholic beverage.
What is hot toddy? Hot buttered rum is an example of a hot toddy.
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.