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1. "Blood month" or "month of sacrifice". It was the month when animals were slaughtered and offered as sacrifices.

2. Croatian

3. Mike and Oscar

4. 9 November 1799

5. The German republic was proclaimed (by Philipp Scheidemann), and the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II was announced. Accept either.

6. The "November Criminals" (Novemberverbrecher)

7. The Forest of Compiègne

8. C.S. Lewis and Aldous Huxley

9. St Andrew (30 November, St Andrew's Day)

10. Russia still used the Julian calendar in 1917. The revolution happened on 25 October in the Julian calendar, which is 7 November in the Gregorian calendar.

11. Earliest 2 November, latest 8 November

12. "Franksgiving"

13. All Saints' Day (1 November)

14. Tutankhamun's (the discovery was led by Howard Carter)

15. The Melbourne Cup, at Flemington Racecourse

16. MF DOOM, on "Demon Days" (2005)

17. Monster

18. "Use Your Illusion I" (1991). The bride was played by Stephanie Seymour.

19. Anthony Newley

20. Thomas Hood (the poem is usually called "No!" or "November")