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Trivia Challenge

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  1. On Oct. 27, 2004, for the first time in 86 years, what team won the World Series?
  2. How many “Get Out of Jail Free” cards are there in a game of Monopoly?
  3. What song has the line “I ain’t afraid of no ghost”?
  4. October 28 is National Chocolate Day; what film has the quote “Welcome my friends. Welcome to my chocolate factory”?
  5. What “dog” frequently lives in an underground colony?
  6. On Oct. 29, 1929, was an event known as “Black Tuesday” – what happened?
  7. According to Guinness World Records, Pepper X has beaten Carolina Reaper in what category?
  8. What kind of racing in northern Africa commonly uses robotic jockeys?
  9. What well-known author (whose middle name is also the name of a month) wrote a short story – originally published in 1885 – called “The Candy Country”?
  10. On Oct. 30, 1735, John Adams was born in Braintree; which consecutive president was he?
  11. What is a Bram Stoker award for? (It looks like a miniature house.)
  12. What U.S. city is known as “The Salmon Capital of the World”?
  13. What is a group of witches called?
  14. On Oct. 31, 2001, the Massachusetts Legislature cleared the names of what five victims from the 17th century?
  15. What muscle never tires?
  16. What locale in NYC – with a name including a color – hosts what is reportedly the world’s largest Halloween parade?
  17. On Nov. 1, 1913, during the first Notre Dame vs. Army football game, Notre Dame used what maneuver (also a first in football history) to win 35-13?
  18. What animal is most often associated with a pirate?
  19. In what movie does Winifred Sanderson say “Don’t get your knickers in a twist! We are just three kindly old spinster ladies”?
  20. November 2 is called by some The Commemoration of All The Faithful Departed – better known as what?

 

  1. The Boston Red Sox
  2. Two
  3. “Ghostbusters”
  4. “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory”
  5. Prairie dog (actually a rodent)
  6. 16 million U.S. stock market shares were sold – a precursor to the Great Depression
  7. World’s “hottest chilli pepper”
  8. Camel
  9. Louisa May Alcott
  10. Second
  11. An award for a published work of Horror (It looks like a haunted )
  12. Ketchikan, Alaska
  13. A coven
  14. Salem Witch Trials defendants
  15. The heart
  16. Greenwich Village
  17. The forward pass
  18. Parrot
  19. “Hocus Pocus”
  20. All Souls’ Day

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