HALLOWEEN BIRTHS & DEATHS
D. 2020: THIS SCOTTISH ACTOR IS KNOWN FOR SUCH FILMS AS JAMES BOND, THE ROCK, AND THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER.
WHO IS SEAN CONNERY?
WHEN HOWARD CARTER OPENED THIS INDIVIDUAL'S TOMB IN 1923, HE SUPPOSEDLY RELEASED A CURSE THAT LED TO THE MYSTERIOUS DEATHS OF HIS EXPEDITION'S MEMBERS.
WHO IS TUTANKHAMUN?
THESE FLOWERS ARE USED TO DECORATE ALMOST EVERY SURFACE DURING THE HOLIDAY.
WHAT ARE MARIGOLDS?
KIDS ASK THIS ANIMAL HOW MANY LICKS IT TAKES TO GET TO THE CENTER OF A TOOTSIE ROLL POP.
WHAT IS AN OWL?
DESPITE BEING SHOT AT FORD'S THEATRE AND DYING NEXT DOOR, HE IS PERHAPS THE MOST FREQUENTLY SEEN WHITE HOUSE SPECTER.
WHO IS ABRAHAM LINCOLN?
THIS POPULAR GAMBLING CARD GAME INVOLVES CARVING UP A PUMPKIN.
WHAT IS BLACKJACK-O-LANTERN?
D. 1926: THIS ICONIC ILLUSIONIST AND ESCAPE ARTIST DIED OF APPENDICITIS AFTER GETTING PUNCHED IN THE STOMACH.
SUPPOSEDLY CAUSED BY A COVEN OF WITCHES CURSING IT IN 1606, UTTERING THE NAME OF THIS TRAGIC PLAY BACKSTAGE WILL DOOM A PRODUCTION.
WHAT IS MACBETH?
CALLED CALAVERAS, THESE SWEET (AND SOMEWHAT CREEPY) TREATS ARE THE SYMBOL OF THE HOLIDAY.
WHAT ARE SUGAR/CANDY SKULLS?
WHAT ARE REESE'S PEANUT BUTTER CUPS?
THIS AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE HAS BEEN SEEN PLAYING HIS VIOLIN IN THE YELLOW OVAL ROOM.
WHO IS THOMAS JEFFERSON?
THIS SPOOKY PLAYGROUND GAME WILL HAVE YOU WORKING LATE AT NIGHT.
WHAT IS GHOSTS IN THE GRAVEYARD SHIFT.
B. 1967: THIS RAPPER, WHOSE REAL NAME IS ROBERT MATTHEW VAN WINKLE, MADE THE HIT SONG ICE ICE BABY.
THE INFAMOUS CURSE OF THE CHICAGO CUBS BEGAN IN 1945 WHEN STADIUM STAFF KICKED OUT A MAN AND THIS ANIMAL, CAUSING HIM TO DOOM THE CUBS TO OVER A CENTURY OF LOSING.
WHAT IS A GOAT?
CALLED OFRENDAS, FAMILIES DECORATE THESE IN THEIR HOMES WITH PICTURES OF DECEASED LOVED ONES AND HEIRLOOMS.
WHAT ARE ALTARS?
WHAT ARE HERSHEY'S MILK CHOCOLATE BARS?
OUR SECOND FIRST LADY BUT THE FIRST TO INHABIT THE WHITE HOUSE, SHE IS SOMETIMES SEEN HANGING LAUNDRY.
WHO IS ABIGAIL ADAMS?
THIS AREA FOR GROWING GOURDS IS ALSO A TERM FOR BANDAGING A WOUND.
WHAT IS PUMPKIN PATCH (YOU) UP.
B. 1961: THIS NEW ZEALAND FILMMAKER DIRECTED THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY.
WHO IS PETER JACKSON?
STOLEN FROM A SITA IDOL IN INDIA, THIS LARGE JEWEL SUPPOSEDLY BRINGS ABOUT A HORRIFIC DEATH FOR ANY WHO COME TO POSSESS IT.
WHAT IS THE HOPE DIAMOND?
A SPECIAL TYPE OF SWEET BREAD PREPARED ESPECIALLY FOR DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS.
WHAT IS PAN DE MUERTO?
THIS IS THE COLORFUL SLOGAN FOR SKITTLES.
WHAT IS "TASTE THE RAINBOW?"
KNOWN DURING HIS TIME AS OL' HICKORY, THIS POPULIST PRESIDENT HAS BEEN OFTEN HEARD LAUGHING AND SWEARING IN THE ROSE ROOM SINCE THE 1860'S.
WHO IS ANDREW JACKSON?
SCORING THREE GOALS IN SOCCER WILL HAVE YOU SHOUTING THIS ICONIC HALLOWEEN REFRAIN.
B. 1887: THIS MILITARY COMMANDER WAS THE LEADER OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND OVERSAW HIS PARTY'S EVACUATION TO THE ISLAND OF TAIWAN.
WHO IS CHIANG KAI-SHEK?
THIS CURSE, NAMED FOR A BATTLE AGAINST NATIVE AMERICANS AND THEIR LEADER IN NORTHERN INDIANA, CAUSED PRESIDENTS ELECTED IN YEARS DIVISIBLE BY 20 TO DIE IN OFFICE.
WHAT IS THE TIPPECANOE/TECUMSEH CURSE?
DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS IS BELIEVED TO BE ADAPTED FROM A SIMILAR TRADITION CELEBRATED BY THIS CIVILIZATION.
WHO ARE THE AZTECS?
THIS HUMOROUSLY NAMED CANDY BAR WAS NAMED AFTER A HORSE OWNED BY THE MARS FAMILY.
WHAT ARE SNICKERS BARS?
OUR SHORTEST TENURED PRESIDENT AND THE FIRST TO DIE IN OFFICE, HE IS RUMORED TO HAUNT THE WHITE HOUSE ATTIC.
WHO IS WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON?
THIS VIRAL HALLOWEEN SONG IS ALSO A SECRET A FAMILY WOULD WANT TO KEEP HIDDEN.
D. 2010: THIS LAWYER WAS JFK'S SPEECHWRITER AND ONE OF HIS CLOSEST ADVISERS.
WHO IS TED SORENSEN?
THIS PAINTING OF A SMALL BOY AND ANY COPIES OF IT SEEM TO CAUSE WHATEVER BUILDING HOLDING IT TO BURN DOWN, BUT THE PIECE IS ALWAYS SPARED.
WHAT IS THE CRYING BOY?
IN THE FILM "COCO," MIGUEL IDOLIZES AND SEEKS OUT THIS FICTITIOUS DECEASED MUSICIAN.
WHO IS ERNESTO DE LA CRUZ?
BABY RUTH BARS ARE NAMED AFTER THIS NON-CONSECUTIVELY-TERMED PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER.
WHO IS GROVER CLEVELAND?
THIS SON OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN DIED IN THE WHITE HOUSE DURING HIS FATHER'S TERM AND WAS SEEN BY WHITE HOUSE STAFF THROUGHOUT THE 19TH CENTURY.
WHO IS WILLIE LINCOLN?
THIS ORIGINAL NAME FOR HALLOWEEN IS ALSO THE TITLE OF A FAMOUS PROTEST SONG FROM THE 1960'S DESCRIBING THE END OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION.
WHAT IS ALL HALLOWS' EVE OF DESTRUCTION?