Happy Halloween! 4 Days Left

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Work hard so we come out ahead, just like this Pumpkin. Go make some phonecalls, offer to help someone get to their polling place, plan your own election day strategy for voting and assisting voters.

Need a little break? Here's a few Halloween Trivia questions for you.

1.The first Jack-o-Lanterns were made out of what?

Robin the mad photographer-- Has it right! TURNIPS (some sources also say Squash)


2. Which 1993 movie feature characters such as Max, Dani, and Allison?

GabeNichols-- YES Hocus Pocus



3. Who sings "Monster Mash"?

D. Potter gets a treat for... Bobby "Boris" Pickett (not related to Wicked Wilson). He died a couple years ago.


4. According to legend, how do you kill a Werewolf?

Punkster says..."you have to use a silver bullet to kill a werewolf, right? Or maybe Nair?"


5. What candy bar consists of layers of a peanut butter crunch center, coated in milk chocolate and made its debut in 1936?

Jude is correct, it is indeed....5th Avenue.




6. Why was candy corn revolutionary when it was created?

7. Who is the main character in Washington Irving's Halloween story "Legend of Sleepy Hollow"?

katster- gets candy for...Ichabod Crane is the main character in Irving's story. Well, him and the Headless Horseman of myth, but I think Crane is who you're looking for.


8. What candy bar was named for the Mars family's favorite horse?

DebR and Minstral Boy get it for: a horse named Snickers?



9. What phobia do you suffer from if you have an intense fear of Halloween?

10. In Medieval times, what was commonly used (eaten) as a cure for leprosy?

Put your answers in the thread. Virtual Candy Corn for correct answers.

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