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Trivia Challenge

  1. On Oct. 18, 1648, what government authorized the “Shoemakers of Boston” – the first U.S. labor organization?
  2. How are Casper, Hamlet and the Flying Dutchman similar?
  3. Necrophobia means fear of what?
  4. What is Betelgeuse?
  5. In what play that ends with “Et tu, Brute?” is the quote “And graves have yawn’d, and yielded up their dead… And ghosts did shriek and squeal about the streets”?
  6. October 19 is Black Monday, which refers to what?
  7. Reportedly, the word “zombie” comes from what U.S. state’s culture?
  8. On Oct. 20, 1931, what baseball player nicknamed “the Mick” was born?
  9. Who was the first convicted witch in Salem: Anne Sexton, Bridget Bishop or Mary May?
  10. What NYC street is known for its advertising companies?
  11. On Oct. 21, 1797 “Old Ironsides” was launched; what is its other name?
  12. What food can get “bloomy”?
  13. What painter had a gardener that dusted his water lilies?
  14. On Oct. 22, 1883, NYC’s the MET opened with “Faust” which was composed in French and based on a German poem; what language was it sung in?
  15. How are “Psycho” (1960), “The Shining” (1980) and “Cat People” (1942) similar?
  16. On Oct. 23, 1850, the first National Women’s Rights Convention began in what city known as the Heart of the Commonwealth?
  17. What candy was originally called chicken feed?
  18. How are Golden Bear, Kung Fu Panda and Raging Bull similar?
  19. What suffragette born in Mass. said, “Someone struggled for your right to vote. Use it”?
  20. October 24 is United Nations Day; what was the first world-wide organization of nations called?
  1. Massachusetts Bay Colony (The shoemakers wanted to set quality standards.)
  2. They are ghosts. (The Flying Dutchman is a 17th-century ship that haunts the high seas.)
  3. Dead things or death
  4. A supergiant red star in the Orion constellation
  5. Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar”
  6. The stock market fell 508 points on Oct. 19, 1987 – its largest one-day decline.
  7. Louisiana Creole (or Haitian Creole zonbi from Bantu)
  8. Mickey Mantle
  9. Bridget Bishop
  10. Madison Avenue
  11. USS Constitution
  12. Cheese (when it gets a thin, white rind from mold exposure)
  13. Claude Monet
  14. Italian
  15. They are horror movies.
  16. Worcester
  17. Candy corn
  18. They are sportsmen’s nicknames (for golfer Jack Nicklaus, World Series MVP Pablo Sandoval and boxer Jake LaMotta, respectively)
  19. Susan B. Anthony (from Adams)
  20. League of Nations

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