Spooky Science
Halloween Candy
Horror Movies
Basic Science and Math Concepts
Miscellaneous
100
Evolutionary biologists use this phrase for the physical response that automatically prepares your body to battle a threat or flee from it.
What is fight-or-flight?
100
This chewy, fruit-flavored candy invites snackers to "Taste the Rainbow."
What are Skittles?
100
By day, he looks like a colorful vintage children's toy, but a dark voodoo spell allows him to walk, talk, and hunt.
Who is Chucky?
100
The sum of any two odd numbers will always result in an integer of this classification.
What is even?
100
Scream in an empty haunted hallway, and this acoustic phenomenon will cause your voice to bounce right back to you.
What is an Echo?
200
The chilling, not-quite-right feeling triggered by humanoid robots or lifelike dolls is known by this psychological hypothesis.
What is the uncanny valley?
200
Its slogan famously warns consumers, "You're not you when you're hungry."
What is Snickers?
200
To survive the blind, predatory monsters in this 2018 film, a family must live in total silence to avoid being hunted.
What is A Quiet Place?
200
This fundamental force is responsible for pulling physical objects directly toward the center of the Earth.
What is gravity?
200
A blue cat named Gumball and his goldfish brother Darwin cause absurd chaos in this Cartoon Network series.
What is The Amazing World of Gumball?
300
Waking up entirely unable to move, often accompanied by the terrifying sensation of a "shadow person" in the room, is this medical condition.
What is sleep paralysis?
300
The name of this chocolate bar, introduced to the U.S. in 1979, is a blend of the words "twin" and "sticks."
What is Twix?
300
Five college students vacationing at an isolated cabin unleash ancient flesh-possessing demons after playing a recording of the Book of the Dead in this 1981 classic.
What is The Evil Dead or Evil Dead?
300
If the probability of a specific event occurring is exactly 25%, there is this percentage chance that it will not occur.
What is 75%?
300
Vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, and spices flavor the tangy sauce of this traditional Filipino meat dish.
What is Adobo?
400
Amplified by horror films like It, this is the clinical term for the irrational and intense fear of clowns.
What is coulrophobia?
400
This festive autumn treat is instantly recognizable by its white, orange, and yellow triangular layers.
What is Candy Corn?
400
In this 2023 A24 horror hit, teenagers use a creepy ceramic hand to invite spirit possessions, risking their souls if they stay connected past 90 seconds.
What is Talk to Me?
400
Ranking just before oxygen on the periodic table, this chemical element holds the atomic number 7.
What is nitrogen?
400
It is the only planet in our solar system that rotates clockwise on its axis, meaning the sun rises in the west and sets in the east.
What is Venus?
500
Scientists attribute the "mysterious" movement of Ouija boards to this psychological effect, where individuals move unconsciously.
What is the ideomotor effect?
500
The two iconic letters stamped onto candies in an M&M's bag stand for these two founders' surnames.
What are Mars and Murrie?
500
Though more of an adventure film than pure horror, this movie centers on an ancient attic board game that unleashes a chaotic jungle into a suburban home.
What is Jumanji?
500
Also known as the Fundamental Theorem of Linear Algebra, this theorem states that the dimension of a matrix's column space plus its null space equals its number of columns.
What is the Rank-Nullity Theorem?
500
If a ghost humming at 220 Hz decides to sing two octaves higher, its new pitch will vibrate at this frequency.
What is 880Hz?