How did early New Englanders protect their homes from evil spirits?

What is the significance of bobbing for apples during Halloween?

Which Halloween candy was originally referred to as chicken feed?

What is having a fear of Halloween called?

Vincent Price provides the spooky monologue in which popular Halloween song?

What’s another name for a lycanthrope?

Is the pumpkin a fruit or a vegetable?

What’s the heaviest pumpkin ever recorded?

How many Halloween movies has Jamie Lee Curtis appeared in?

Why do some people wear their clothes inside out on Halloween?

How did you do?

Answers

By hiding their shoes in the walls.

It was originally a fortune-telling game, where it was believed that the first person to catch an apple would be the next to marry.

Candy corn

Samhainophobia

Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”

A werewolf

Fruit

2,749 pounds in Minnesota

Seven

They believe they’ll see a witch at midnight

Till next time…stay sharp!

Today is the first day of Autumn and that means PUMPKINS!  I found some pumpkin trivia (yup, bonus trivia this month…lol). Enjoy!

The biggest pumpkin pie ever was made in 2010. But how much did it weigh?

Pumpkins were first domesticated in what is now Mexico. Roughly how many years ago?

Where is the pumpkin capital of the U.S.?

Pumpkin spice uses no pumpkin flavoring. Instead, what are the three main ingredients?

Pumpkins grow in every continent except where?

What percentage of a pumpkin is water?

What U.S. state grows the largest number of pumpkins?

What is the only part of the pumpkin that you can’t eat?

Pumpkins are a part of what food family, including zucchini, gourd, watermelon, and cucumber?

What are the two best months for planting pumpkin seeds?

Besides food, what did Native American Indians use pumpkins for?

Pumpkins are high in what vitamin?

Some people will put teal pumpkins on their doorstep to convey what message on Halloween?

Pumpkins were once believed to cure what kind of animal bite?

ANSWERS

Answer: 3,699 pounds

Answer: 9,000 years

Answer: Floydada, Texas.

Answer: Cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger.

Answer: Antarctica.

Answer: 90%.

Answer: Illinois.

Answer: The stem.

Answer: Cucurbits.

Answer: May and June.

Answer: Medicine.

Answer: Vitamin A.

Answer: They have non-food treats available, including those for kids with allergies or other conditions.

Answer: Snake bites. (it didn’t work.)

HAPPY FALL!

In honor of 9/11, today’s trivia is all about that fateful day.

From TIMESNOWNEWS.COM:

This 9/11 quiz has been designed for students to test their understanding of one of the most significant events in recent history. The quiz covers dates, locations, and key facts.

1. On which date did the 9/11 attacks occur?

2. In which country did the 9/11 attacks happen?

3. Which city’s Twin Towers were attacked on 9/11?

4. What was the name of the terrorist group responsible for 9/11?

5. How many airplanes were hijacked during the 9/11 attacks?

6. Which other building, besides the Twin Towers, was hit on 9/11?

7. One of the planes crashed in Pennsylvania. What was the reason?

8. Approximately how many people died in the 9/11 attacks?

9. Which of the following was a direct result of 9/11 in the U.S.?

10. What is the name of the memorial built at Ground Zero in New York?

11. Who was the U.S. President during the 9/11 attacks?

12. Which airline flights were involved in the attacks?

13. What was the main target of the Pentagon attack?

14. What global initiative was started by the U.S. after 9/11?

15. Which symbol of freedom was near the Twin Towers?

How did you do?

Answers

1. b) September 11, 2001

2. b) United States

3. b) New York City

4. a) Al-Qaeda

5. c) Four

6. b) Pentagon

7. b) Passengers fought back against hijackers

8. c) 3,000

9. b) Stricter airport security rules

10. b) 9/11 Memorial & Museum

11. b) George W. Bush

12. a) American Airlines and United Airlines

13. a) Military headquarters

14. a) War on Terror

15. b) Statue of Liberty

Till next time…stay sharp!

1 Who ruled England when the Colonies established independence?

2 How many people were estimated to be living in the Colonies when they gained independence?

3 Which city hosted the first official Independence Day celebration on July 4, 1777?

4 When was the first 4th of July celebration held at the White House?

5 How many times does the Liberty Bell ring on each Independence Day?

6 What is the location of the nation’s oldest 4th of July parade?

7 What was the first state to declare the 4th of July a state holiday?

8 What year was the 4th of July declared a national holiday?

9 Which three U.S. presidents died on the 4th of July?

10 On the flip side, which president was born on the 4th of July?

So, how did you do?

Answers:

King George III

2.5 million

Philadelphia

July 4, 1801, when Thomas Jefferson was president

13 times

Bristol, Rhode Island

Massachusetts

1870

John Adams (July 4, 1826), Thomas Jefferson (July 4, 1826) and James Monroe (July 4, 1831)

Calvin Coolidge (July 4, 1872)

Until next month…stay sharp!

What color are flamingos when they’re born?

What animal is known for having 32 brains?

Which animals have rectangular pupils?

What do you call the underside of a horse’s hoof?

What percentage of their lives do cats spend sleeping?

What’s the primary food source for koalas?

What item do toucans toss back and forth using their beaks during their mating ritual?

Which animal can distinguish the greatest variety of smells?

What possession do otters hold onto?

Which sea creature can be broken into five pieces and still survive?

What’s the main way cats show they trust someone?

What animal can only eat when its head is upside down?

How do honeybees communicate to one another that they’ve found the best pollen?

Where are the only two places in the world where lions live in the wild?

Which aquatic animal is the most poisonous in the world?

So, how did you do?

ANSWERS

White-gray

Leech

Many hoofed animals, including goats, sheep, deer, antelope, horses and cattle

The frog

60% to 80%

Eucalyptus leaves

A piece of fruit

African elephant

A rock

Sea star (aka starfish)

By headbutting

Flamingo

By dancing

Africa and India

Pufferfish

Until next month…stay sharp!

What is the main reason frogs croak?

Where are a cricket’s ears located

What is the only insect that can turn its head 180 degrees?

What’s the loudest insect in the world?

How many flowers do honey bees have to visit to produce one pound of honey?

What animals have teeth that never stop growing?

What sea creatures have the ability to clone themselves?

What color is a hippo’s sweat?

Which crustacean can growl when intimidating its enemies?

Which animal in a pride does the majority of the hunting?

Which animal is known to plant thousands of trees across the world?

Which animal is known for spending 80% of its day sleeping?

What shape do the tails of mating dragonflies make?

How many facial expressions can a horse make?

What animal squirts blood from its eyes as a defensive mechanism?

So, how did you do?

ANSWERS

To attract a mate

On the tibia of its forelegs

Praying mantis

The African cicada

Two million

Rabbits and rodents (mice, voles, squirrels, chipmunks, hamsters, guinea pigs, gophers, muskrats, beavers and porcupines)

Jellyfish

Red-orange

Ghost crab

The lioness

Squirrel

Koala bear

A heart

17

Horned lizard

Until next month…stay sharp!

In which Irish city will you find the Blarney Stone?

What is the term for a young Irish woman or girl?

In an Irish wedding, a bride dressed in blue symbolizes what?

Often referred to as a “Fisherman’s sweater,” this Irish sweater is typically off-white and water-resistant.

True or false: Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland was Irish.

What’s the tagline for the breakfast cereal Lucky Charms?

What Irish phrase means “Ireland Forever?”

What are the three colors of the Irish flag?

What three pieces of equipment are necessary to play the Irish sport of hurling?

According to folklore, what’s a leprechaun’s occupation?

What do the three leaves of a shamrock represent according to Irish tradition?

True or false: The first known St. Patrick’s Day parade occurred in Ireland.

Why is St. Patrick’s Day celebrated on March 17?

What North American waterway did the Irish immigrants help build?

True or False:St. Patrick was known to wear the color green.

So, how did you do?

Answers:

Cork

Colleen

Purity

Aran

False. St. Patrick was said to have been born in Britain.

“They’re magically delicious.”

Erin go bragh

Green, white and orange.

A hurley (stick), sliotar (ball) and helmet.

Shoemaker

The Holy Trinity (Father, Son and Holy Spirit)

False. The first recorded parade took place in St. Augustine, Florida.

It marks the day St. Patrick died in 461 A.D.

The Erie Canal

False. In renderings, the saint was often pictured in blue, otherwise known as “St. Patrick’s blue.”

Until next month…stay sharp!

In the Victorian era, mean-spirited Valentine’s Day cards were called “___ Valentines.”

From where was the oldest-known Valentine’s Day message sent?

Who invented the first Valentine’s Day candy box?

On average, how many marriage proposals are there on every Valentine’s Day?

What brain chemical is known as the “cuddle” or “love hormone”?

How many people typically buy Valentines for their pets?

What state produces most of America’s red roses?

Women purchase what percentage of all Valentines sold?

What major invention was patented on Valentine’s Day?

What is the Guinness World Record for the longest marriage ever recorded?

What do yellow roses symbolize?

What insanely popular website debuted on Valentine’s Day in 2005?

Why did women and girls eat bizarre foods on Valentine’s Day in medieval times?

What fruit was once known as a “love apple” for its alleged aphrodisiac properties?

So, how did you do?

Answers:

Vinegar

Prison

Richard Cadbury

220,000

Oxytocin

9 million

California

85 percent

The telephone

86 years, 290 days

Friendship

YouTube

To dream about their future spouses

Tomatoes

Until next month…stay sharp!

Question: What is the main reason frogs croak?

Question: Where are a cricket’s ears located?

Question: What is the only insect that can turn its head 180 degrees?

Question: What’s the loudest insect in the world?

Question: How many flowers do honey bees have to visit to produce one pound of honey?

Question: What animals have teeth that never stop growing?

Question: What sea creatures have the ability to clone themselves?

Question: What color is a hippo’s sweat?

Question: Which crustacean can growl when intimidating its enemies?

Question: Which animal in a pride does the majority of the hunting?

Question: Which animal is known to plant thousands of trees across the world?

Question: Which animal is known for spending 80% of its day sleeping?

Question: What shape do the tails of mating dragonflies make

Question: How many facial expressions can a horse make?

Question: What animal squirts blood from its eyes as a defensive mechanism?

How did you do?

ANSWERS:

To attract a mate

On the tibia of its forelegs

 Praying mantis

The African cicada

Two million

Rabbits and rodents (mice, voles, squirrels, chipmunks, hamsters, guinea pigs, gophers, muskrats, beavers and porcupines)

Jellyfish

Red-orange

Ghost crab

The lioness

Squirrel

Koala bear

A heart

17

Horned lizard

Till next time…stay sharp!

In what year did the ball-lowering celebration in Times Square first take place?

How much confetti drops in Times Square on New Year’s Eve?

In what country is it a tradition to jump off a chair at midnight on New Year’s Eve to avoid having bad luck in the new year?

Which city drops a giant chocolate kiss at midnight on New Year’s Eve?

On which day do many people give up on their New Year’s resolutions?

What are the triangles on the Times Square ball made of?

In Italy, what color underwear do people wear on New Year’s Eve to bring good luck and love?

Which city drops a giant peach instead of a ball to ring in the new year?

In Greece, what object is baked into a New Year’s cake to bring good luck?

In Spain, what fruit do people eat 12 of when midnight strikes?

 In what two years did the Times Square ball not drop?

After Russians write down their New Year’s wish on a piece of paper, what do they do with it?

How did you do?

ANSWERS:

1907

More than 1 ton

Denmark

Hershey, PA

The second Friday in January, informally known as Quitters Day

Waterford crystals

Red

Atlanta Georgia

A coin

 12 Grapes

1942 and 1943 because of World War II light restrictions

Burn it

Till next time…stay sharp!