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October Trivia

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1. “____  ____  ____. Be Aware. Fires Can Happen Anywhere.” This is the slogan for Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 8-14, teaching the three basic but essential steps to reduce the likelihood of a fire and escape if one occurs. What are the three words?

a) Stop. Drop. Roll.                b) Don’t. Yell. Fire.           c) Look. Listen. Learn.     d) Safety. First. Always.

2. According to TheCandyStore.com, what is the most popular Halloween candy in Kansas?

a) Snickers           b) Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups         c) Skittles      d) M&M’s

3. According to TheCandyStore.com, what is the most popular Halloween candy in Missouri?

a) Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups        b) Tootsie Rolls  c) Milky Way      d) Circus Peanuts

4. The Battle of Westport, sometimes referred to as the “Gettysburg of the West,” was fought on Oct. 23 of what year?

a) 1864       b) 1858                 c) 1860                  d) 1862

5. Celebrate fall with Snoopy and the gang at Worlds of Fun on weekends in October. It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown debuted on Oct. 27 of this year:

a) 1966       b) 1970                 c) 1972                  d) 1958

6. The Coterie presents Electric Poe at Union Cemetery Oct. 19-Nov. 5, showcasing three pieces by famed poet Edgar Allan Poe, including “The Cask of Amontillado.” In this poem, a man takes revenge on a friend by:

a) decapitating him             b) entombing him within a stone wall in the catacombs           c) poisoning him with arsenic          d) framing him in a murder

Answer Key:

  1. c
  2. d
  3. c
  4. a
  5. a
  6. b
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