- On Oct. 20, 1973, what opera house opened that includes sail-like structures in its design?
- What namesake of a Massachusetts university said of the press, “It ought to serve as a forum for the people, through which the people may know freely what is going on. To misstate or suppress the news is a breach of trust”?
- What non-state residents can vote in presidential elections?
- Medford-borne abolitionist Lydia Maria Child in 1845 published “The New-England Boy’s Song about Thanksgiving Day,” which is better known as what?
- On Oct. 21, 1960, the fourth debate between what senator and VP was broadcast?
- What Salem-borne author stated, in an 1842 “Notebook,” “I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house”?
- A Japanese bullet train has a theme of what popular fictional cat?
- On Oct. 22, 1964, what northern country had a new flag design approved?
- What U.S. state gave African Americans and single women the right to vote from the late 1700s to early 1800s: New Jersey, New York or Vermont?
- Why do some animals cry?
- On Oct. 23, 1941, what Disney animated musical film about an elephant premiered?
- Who created a fictional scarecrow and witches in a 1900 novel?
- What country has a village named Westward Ho! after an 1855 historical novel of the same name: Australia, England or USA?
- On Oct. 24, 1861, Western Union completed the first transcontinental telegraph system; two days later what transport company ended?
- Which president ran unopposed during the “era of good feelings” and got 80% of the popular vote?
- How many legs does a spider have?
- On Oct. 25, 1780, what “John” became the first Massachusetts elected governor?
- In what unincorporated U.S. territory is the capital city Pago Pago?
- In what New England state is the town of Grover’s Corners in Edward Albee’s 1938 play “Our Town”?
- October 26 is National Pumpkin Day; Guinness World Records’ largest pumpkin pie (in 2010 in New Bremen, Ohio) had a diameter of how many feet: 5, 10 or 20?