Native American History
Christopher Columbus sailed across the Atlantic for the first time this year, marking the start of European settlement of the western hemisphere.
What is 1492? Columbus sailed for the Kingdom of Spain, which in 1492 was still fighting the Moors for control over what is now southern Iberia.
Henry Ford first sold this car model in October 1908.
What is Model T?
The original Model T cost around $825 and could reach speeds of 40 mph.
This is the study of the entire universe beyond Earth— planets, stars, dark holes, and galaxies.
What is astronomy?
According to Merriam-Webster, it is “the study of objects and matter outside Earth’s atmosphere.”
Who started "Halloween"
The Celts
Halloween's origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain. The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago, mostly in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom and northern France, celebrated their new year on November 1.
What is the measurement and study of time called:
audiology, horology, or calorimetry?
Horology
An expert in horology is someone who makes clocks and watches.
President Andrew Jackson relocated many of the Creek and Cherokee natives westward along a route that now has this infamous name.
What is the Trail of Tears? Though the relocation was deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, Andrew Jackson’s attitude is usually expressed through the likely apocryphal quote, “Chief Justice Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it.”
In October 1990, this country was reunited after 45 years of division between the east and west.
What is Germany?
The fall of the Berlin Wall and reunification of Germany are celebrated on “Unity Day”
every October 3.
At sunset, the sky can appear to be this primary color
What is red?
During sunrise and sunset, the sun’s light must travel a longer distance and the blue light rays scatter, allowing red, orange, and yellow colors to be seen more easily.
This Jewish High Holy Day, which is the day of atonement, occurs on October 4 in 2022
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
What does the phrase in a New York minute refer to?
A very short period of time.
The phrase was popularized by Johnny Carson.
This war saw Native Americans fighting for either the French or the British in the hopes of securing their homeland from the other’s encroachment.
What is the French and Indian War? The British won, though the financial strain caused the British to raise taxes on American colonists, later triggering the American Revolution.
It was October 1957 when this motto first appeared
on U.S. paper currency.
What is “In God We Trust”?
The motto had been used on coins since the days of the Civil War.
This is the pseudoscience of how stars and planets influence our lives.
What is astrology?
Astrologers rely on the positions of the planets and the signs of the zodiac to interpret your horoscope
This annual German festival originated in Munich and usually ends on the first Sunday in October.
What is Oktoberfest?
It began in 1810 as a celebration of the marriage of a crown prince. Now it’s a festival celebrating Bavarian food, drink, and culture. Festivalgoers consume around two million gallons of beer during Oktoberfest
Who is the famous serial killer that terrorized the
East End of London in the late 1800s?
Jack the Ripper
His true identity is still unknown.
It was possibly the largest city built in what is now the contiguous United States, hundreds of years before European contact.
What is Cahokia? Part of the Mississippian culture, the high-status residents of Cahokia built lodgings on top of earthen mounds of varying heights, which are the only part of the city still visible today.
This Florida tourist attraction first opened in October 1971 with a theme park, golf courses, and resorts.
What is Walt Disney World?
Magic Kingdom is the oldest of Walt Disney World’s theme parks, having since been joined by Epcot, Hollywood Studios, and Animal Kingdom.
This is where astronauts from many nations live and conduct experiments during extended visits to space.
What is the International Space Station (or ISS)? The longest stay on the station has been 355 days
This month is the meteorological equivalent of October in the southern hemisphere.
What is April?
The seasons are reversed in the southern hemisphere
Addams family pets include Homer, who is this kind of creature.
What is a spider?
Homer is a black widow spider, to be precise. Other Addams’ pets include the family lion, Kitty Kat, and brother Pugsley’s octopus, Aristotle.
This conflict in the 1670s saw a great chief of the Narragansett, Metacomet, unite his people in an attempt to eliminate British colonization.
What is King Phillip’s War? The Nipmuck and Pocumtuck joined the Narragansett in their fight, though the Mohawk and Mohegan tribes fought on the side of the British.
This Vice President resigned on October 10, 1973.
Who is Spiro Agnew? He plead no contest to a
charge of federal income tax evasion on the same day.
This is one of the two October full moons, both of which begin with an “H.”
What is hunter’s or harvest?
It’s called the harvest moon if it occurs at the beginning of the month and the hunter’s moon if it occurs at the end of the month.
This is one of October’s birthstones.
What is opal or tourmaline?
Most people consider opal the October birthstone, and it derives from the Greek word opallios, which means “to see a change of color."
Released in October 1992, the film A River Runs Through It centers on the Maclean brothers and their love of this type of sport fishing.
What is fly fishing?
As part of his training for the role, Brad Pitt
learned to fly fish– from the top of a Los
Angeles rooftop!