Halloween
What date is Halloween celebrated on each year?
When is October 31st?
This gas makes up about 78% of Earth’s atmosphere and essential for life but invisible to the naked eye.
What is nitrogen?
This playwright, often called the “Bard of Avon,” wrote Titus Andronicus, The Tempest, and The Merchant of Venice.
Who is William Shakespeare?
In the book Of Mice and Men, This character dreams of owning a piece of land and is famously told, “A guy needs somebody—to be near him.”
Who is George Milton?
This supercontinent, which existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras, eventually broke apart to form the continents we know today.
What is Pangea?
Which vegetable was originally used to make Jack-o’-lanterns before pumpkins became popular?
What are turnips?
The glow of some jellyfish and fireflies is caused by this chemical reaction that produces light without heat.
What is bioluminescence?
This 20th-century abstract painter is known for drip painting and large-scale works that helped define the Abstract Expressionist movement.
Who is Jackson Pollock?
In literary terms, this is a recurring theme, symbol, or motif used to reinforce the central idea of a work.
What is a leitmotif?
The ancient city of Petra, known for its rock-cut architecture, is located in this modern-day country.
What is Jordan?
What famous magician died on Halloween in 1926?
Who is Harry Houdini?
In physics, this term describes the tendency of an object to resist a change in motion.
What is inertia?
This Japanese theatrical form combines music, dance, and elaborate costumes, often featuring supernatural themes.
What is Kabuki?
This is the official name for the symbol “#,” also commonly called the pound sign or hash.
What is an Octothorpe?
This empire, ruled by Mansa Musa in the 14th century, was one of the richest in African history.
What is the Mali Empire?
In what country did the tradition of Halloween originate? Double points if you name the original name of the festival.
What is Ireland, and what is the festival of Samhain?
This tiny structure, located deep within the temporal lobe, plays a key role in processing emotions, particularly fear, and is heavily involved in forming emotional memories.
What is the amygdala?
In opera, this term describes a solo performance by a singer, usually revealing a character’s inner thoughts.
What is an aria?
In English etymology, this term describes a word borrowed from another language without translation, like “déjà vu” from French.
What is a loanword?
This ancient city, located in modern-day Turkey, was the capital of the Hittite Empire and a major center of diplomacy and trade in the second millennium BCE.
What is Hattusa?
This ancient civilization’s festival of the dead, held on November 1st and 2nd, shares many similarities with Halloween and influenced its modern customs.
Who are the Aztecs?
This fungus famously turns insects into “zombies” by taking over their bodies and controlling their movements.
What is Ophiocordyceps?
This early 20th-century American art movement, founded by Stanton Macdonald-Wright and Morgan Russell, focused on the harmonization of color and rhythm in abstract compositions, aiming to create a “visual music.”
What is Synchromism?
Nick Carraway mentions this subtle detail about Gatsby’s smile, which reflects his ability to inspire trust in others, an almost hypnotic charm that sets him apart from other characters. FULL QUOTE.
What is "It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life."
This ancient civilization developed the first known system of writing, called cuneiform, around 3200 BCE.
What is Sumer (in Mesopotamia)?