Spotlight Autumn/Winter 2023

A Halloween, and all things scary and creepy, quiz!
If you can’t take part in our Fright Night, why not test your knowledge
of all things ghostly with our quiz?
Halloween is also known as All Hallows Eve, what is another name
for Hallows?
Hometime
Winter vegetable & lentil soup
When it's cold outside, treat
yourself to a healthy homemade
vegetable soup, packed with
immunity-supporting vitamin C and
it's four of your 5-a-day
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Serves 2
Method
Tip 85g dried red lentils,
2 quartered and diced carrots,
3 sliced celery sticks and 2 sliced leeks
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Ingredients
85g dried red lentils
2 carrots, quartered
lengthways then diced
3 sticks celery sliced
2 small leeks, sliced
2 tbsp tomato purée
1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves
3 large garlic cloves,
chopped
1 tbsp vegetable bouillon
powder
1 heaped tsp ground
coriander
into a large pan with 2 tbsp tomato purée, 1 tbsp fresh thyme
leaves, 3 chopped garlic cloves, 1 tbsp vegetable bouillon
powder and 1 heaped tsp ground coriander.
Pour over 1½ litres boiling water from the kettle, then stir well.
Cover and leave to simmer for 30 mins until the vegetables and
lentils are tender.
Ladle into bowls and eat straightaway, or if you like a
really thick texture, blitz a third of the soup with a hand
blender or in a food processor.
Which game involving fruit is commonly played at Halloween?
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a story set around the time of
Halloween. Who is the author?
Who are Dr. Peter Venkman, Dr. Raymond Stantz, and Dr. Egon
Spengler better known as?
Thing was a character from The Addams Family TV series. What
was the only part of the character ever seen?
What is the name for a ghost responsible for physical disturbances,
such as loud noises and objects being moved?
Which TV series had the characters Fred, Velma, and Daphne?
Answers on page 22
We all “remember, remember the 5th of November” but what exactly
are we celebrating. Here’s are 5 fascinating facts about Bonfire Night.
1. Guy Fawkes wasn’t actually the leader of the plot to blow up the
Houses of Parliament, it was Robert Catesby. Fawkes had the job of
lighting the fuse on the 36 barrels of gunpowder in the cellars.
2. November 5th – was originally known as Gunpowder Treason Day
3. The tradition of burning an effigy of Guy Fawkes didn’t actually
start until the 18th century
4. Until 1854 it was actually illegal not to celebrate Bonfire Night
5. Fawkes was a pupil at St Peter’s School in York, and it is the one
place where a guy is never burnt out of respect for their former pupil.
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