Halloween (General)
What day of the week is Halloween this year?
Monday
Which famous horror writer was born in Providence and spent much time at the Ladd Observatory?
H.P. Lovecraft
What event takes place every Halloween at Sayles?
The midnight organ concert
Name the 3 first-year dorms of Keeney Quad.
Archibald-Bronson, Everett-Poland, Jameson-Mead
What are the 2 general types of leave?
Personal & Medical
Halloween originated from an ancient Celtic festival when people would wear costumes to ward off _____.
Ghosts
Famous poet Edgar Allan Poe frequently visited this niche library.
The Providence Athenæum
Where does the annual Brown Halloween party take place?
Faunce
What building did Smitty-B used to be?
A gym
True or False: .5’ers can only walk in the graduation ceremony after their December completion.
False: they can also participate in the graduation ceremony before their December graduation date!
Halloween marks the end of _____.
Summer (or harvest)
The local Roger Williams Zoo puts on a _____ Spectacular, where the highlight is an abundance of intricately carved pumpkins.
Jack-O-Lantern
What is the name of Brown University’s tomb?
Annmary Brown Memorial
Brown was the _____ Ivy League university to accept students regardless of religious background.
First
When is the deadline to request return for the next fall from personal leave (that you would request in the spring)?
April 1
Halloween is the United States’s _____ largest commercial holiday.
Second (after Christmas)
The Field of Screams is a well-known haunted house in _____, Rhode Island.
West Greenwich
What building is said to be haunted by ghosts of soldiers from the Revolutionary War?
University Hall
In what decade was Pembroke (the college for women) and Brown merged?
1970s (1971)
If you graduate in December, when will your diploma be issued?
The May following December completion
_____% of all the candy sold annually in the U.S. is purchased for Halloween.
25
A Rhode Island woman whose name was _____ Brown was deemed as America’s first vampire.
Mercy
The John Hay Library’s Special Collections houses four books bound in _____.
(Human) Skin
What was Brown’s very first building?
University Hall
What is the address of the Curricular Resource Center?
167 Angell St