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Quiz about Month of the Year October
Quiz about Month of the Year October

Month of the Year: October Trivia Quiz


There is nothing sacrosanct about twelve months in a year although most calendars have that number. The Ancient Romans got along quite well with only ten; the Tongans with 13. How well can you sort these questions about the month of October?

A multiple-choice quiz by FatherSteve. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
FatherSteve
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
408,815
Updated
Jun 19 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
291
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Last 3 plays: 4wally (9/10), Guest 82 (5/10), Guest 175 (7/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Tom Clancy's 1984 novel "The Hunt for Red October" (and the 1990 motion picture based on it) are about what?
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Question 2 of 10
2. Baseball great Mickey Mantle wrote a memoir entitled "All My Octobers" in 1994. What was significant about October? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Black History Month (also called African-American History Month) is observed in the United States and Canada in February. Where is its equivalent observed in October instead? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. The noun "Oktober" translates into the English October from which foreign language(s)? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. With which American institution is the 1978 play and 1981 motion picture "First Monday in October" concerned? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What are the two traditional birthstones for people born in the month of October? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Who wrote and sang "Well I'm-a going back down maybe one more time / Deep down home, October road / And I might like to see that little friend of mine / That I left behind once upon a time"? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. "The October Country" is a collection of nineteen short stories published in 1955 by which American writer?
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Question 9 of 10
9. "October" is the tenth in Daniel Parker's series of twelve YA novels called "Countdown." In it, ancient prophecy is found to predict recent events. How many days are there in October?
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Question 10 of 10
10. After what ancient deity, celebrity and/or celestial object was October named? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Tom Clancy's 1984 novel "The Hunt for Red October" (and the 1990 motion picture based on it) are about what?

Answer: nuclear submarines

Tom Clancy's first novel, "The Hunt for Red October, was a great success, in part because President Reagan said how much he enjoyed reading it. It is the story of a Soviet submarine captain who defects and brings an advanced nuclear submarine with him. The motion picture with Sean Connery was a great success, as well.
2. Baseball great Mickey Mantle wrote a memoir entitled "All My Octobers" in 1994. What was significant about October?

Answer: month of the World Series

The full title of Mantle's book is "All My Octobers: My Memories of Twelve World Series When the Yankees Ruled Baseball." The World Series is always played during the fall in North America, thus it is sometimes called "the Fall Classic." Almost all of the games in the World Series have been played in October; a very few in September; a very few in November.
3. Black History Month (also called African-American History Month) is observed in the United States and Canada in February. Where is its equivalent observed in October instead?

Answer: Ireland and the United Kingdom

Black History Month is a way of emphasizing the persons and events of the black diaspora from Africa. In the US, it began with Negro History Week in 1926. The first Black History Month in the US was kept at Kent State University in 1970. Black History Month was first observed in the UK in October of 1987, coincident with the African Jubilee Year.
4. The noun "Oktober" translates into the English October from which foreign language(s)?

Answer: Dutch, German, Swedish, Afrikaans

"Oktober" also means October in Danish, Frisian, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Slovak and Slovenian. The Modern English October came directly from the late Old English October which descended directly from the Latin meaning the eighth month of the Old Roman ten-month calendar. The Latin term displaced the early Old English "winterfylleğ."
5. With which American institution is the 1978 play and 1981 motion picture "First Monday in October" concerned?

Answer: the Supreme Court of the United States

American playwrights Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee wrote the play "First Monday in October." The play was promptly adapted to the screen starring Walter Matthau as Associate Justice Daniel Snow and Jill Clayburgh as Associate Justice Ruth Loomis. The title is a reference to the day on which the Supreme Court of the United States reconvenes following its summer recess. Issues of gender and politics drive this pleasant work. Both Matthau and Clayburgh were nominated for Golden Globes.
6. What are the two traditional birthstones for people born in the month of October?

Answer: opal and tourmaline

A birthstone is a gemstone which varies with the owner's month of birth or zodiacal sign. The two stones associated with October are opal and tourmaline. Both come in many colours. The English word "opal" derives from the Sanskrit word "upala" and the Latin word "opalus." The most productive opal mines in the world are in Australia.

The English word "tourmaline" derives from the Sinhalese word "toramalli" which means a stone with mixed colours. The most productive tourmaline mines are in Brazil; a few have been found in California and Maine.
7. Who wrote and sang "Well I'm-a going back down maybe one more time / Deep down home, October road / And I might like to see that little friend of mine / That I left behind once upon a time"?

Answer: James Taylor

"October Road" was the source of the title for James Taylor's fifteenth studio album. It was released in 2002. Months and days figure significantly in the tracks of this album: "October Road," "September Grass," "On the 4th of July," and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas."
8. "The October Country" is a collection of nineteen short stories published in 1955 by which American writer?

Answer: Ray Bradbury

Most of the short stories in "The October Country" were previously published in another collection ("Dark Carnival") in 1947. Some of those were omitted and others added to the 1955 collection. All of these stories are macabre. They include "The Dwarf," "The Next in Line," "The Emissary," "The Crowd," "The Wind," "The Man Upstairs," and "The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone." It was reprinted in 1999.
9. "October" is the tenth in Daniel Parker's series of twelve YA novels called "Countdown." In it, ancient prophecy is found to predict recent events. How many days are there in October?

Answer: 31

"Countdown" is a long story about the consequences of an event which instantly kills six billion people, leaving only teenagers to survive. Adults and small children are reduced to puddles of "black goo." Each of the twelve volumes tells of the aftermath in one month of 1999. Daniel Parker is the pen name of Daniel Ehrenhaft, who writes lots of children's and YA books.
10. After what ancient deity, celebrity and/or celestial object was October named?

Answer: none of these

In the original Roman calendar, October was the eighth month. I was named for the Latin word "octo" meaning eighth. When Rome expanded its calendar to twelve months, there were several attempts to name the month after a Roman emperor but there was insufficient support to overcome popular acceptance of "October".
Source: Author FatherSteve

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