UMD Culture
This is the name of UMD's mascot.
What is Testudo?
Día de los Muertos takes place on this date.
What is November 1st?
This is what a pumpkin with a carved out face is traditionally called.
What is a Jack-O-Lantern?
“This is Halloween” is an iconic song featured in this Tim Burton Disney film.
What is the Nightmare before Christmas?
Name the three hunters from the movie “K-Pop Demon Hunters”.
Who are Rumi, Zoey and Mira?
The three main dining halls at UMD are the Y/Yahentamitsi, South Campus and this last one.
What is 251 North?
The giving of red envelopes is seen in this country's culture.
What is China?
This Halloween tradition of going door to door for candy started in the 1930s and is called this.
What is Trick or Treating?
This is the villain of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.
Who is Freddy Krueger?
This Puerto-Rican artist was announced to be performing for the Super Bowl halftime show in 2026.
Who is Bad Bunny?
This is who the Stamp Student Union is named after.
Who is Adele H. Stamp?
Diwali is a religious holiday primarily for this faith tradition.
What is Hinduism?
This small northeastern state is known to have over 6,000 Jack-O-Lanterns at their "Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular".
What is Rhode Island?
This director directed Jaws. He/She also directed E.T., Raiders of the Lost Ark and Poltergeist.
Who is Stephen Spielberg?
This actor played the twins Smoke and Stack in the movie Sinners.
Who is Michael B. Jordan?
This is the total number of College Park Scholars programs at UMD (e.g. Justice and Legal Thought, International Studies, etc.).
What is 13?
The Filipino dance of Tinikling requires sticks made of this specific solid grass.
What is bamboo?
This famous American magician and illusionist died on Halloween, supposedly after a college student punched him and accidentally triggered appendicitis.
Who is Harry Houdini?
This is the state that the Blair Witch Project takes place in.
What is Maryland?
Joseph Quinn, who played Eddie in Stranger Things, recently played this superhero in Fantastic Four: First Steps.
Who is the Human Torch?
Name the first three football teams UMD played against. (Acronyms or full names accepted).
What are FAU, Northern Illinois and Towson?
La Tomatina is a festival where you throw tomatoes, that takes place in this Southern European country.
What is Spain?
Halloween originates from Samhain, a centuries-old festival celebrated by Celtics in this modern-day country.
What is Ireland?
The first Final Destination movie is centered around this kind of deadly accident.
What is a plane crash?
This famous gaming Youtuber recently got married to his girlfriend Amy on September 20th, 2025.
Who is Markiplier?