We are BC!
Founded in 1863, Boston College was originally established by this religious order.
Who are the Jesuits?
“Here’s Johnny!” is shouted by Jack Nicholson in this Stanley Kubrick film.
What is The Shining?
This physicist developed the theory of relativity and became famous for the equation E = mc².
Who is Albert Einstein?
Originally, Halloween masks were meant to hide from these, which were thought to roam freely on October 31st.
What are spirits or ghosts?
This animal is the only mammal capable of true flight.
What is a bat?
The annual BC–Notre Dame football matchup is nicknamed this.
What is the holy-war?
In Beetlejuice, you must say his name this many times to summon him.
What is three times?
She discovered both polonium and radium, and was the first person to win two Nobel Prizes.
Who is Marie Curie?
This orange-and-black color scheme is used for Halloween because orange represents harvest and black represents this.
What is death or darkness?
This letter does not appear in any US state name.
What is the letter Q?
Built in 1960, this residence was the first dormitory constructed specifically for undergraduate students at Boston College.
What is Roncalli Hall?
This hockey mask–wearing killer haunts Camp Crystal Lake.
Who is Jason?
This naturalist sailed on the HMS Beagle and developed the theory of evolution by natural selection.
Who is Charles Darwin?
This vegetable was originally carved by the Irish to create lanterns before pumpkins became popular in America.
What is a turnip?
This planet has the most moons in the solar system.
What is Saturn?
Before joining the ACC, BC was part of this collegiate athletic conference.
What is the Big East Conference?
This scary movie franchise is the longest.
What is Halloween?
This Greek mathematician is known for the theorem that relates the sides of a right triangle: a² + b² = c².
Who is Pythagoras?
The phrase “trick or treat” first appeared in print in this decade.
What is the 1920s?
This country, including its territories, has the most time zones?
What is France?
Before moving to Chestnut Hill in 1913, Boston College was originally located in this Boston neighborhood.
What is the South End?
This 1984 movie introduced a villain who attacks his victims in their dreams — and wears a red-and-green striped sweater.
What is a Nightmare on Elm Street?
This Greek mathematician is known as the “Father of Geometry.”
Who is Euclid?
This famous poem by Edgar Allan Poe is often associated with Halloween due to its dark and eerie theme.
What is The Raven?
This animal tastes food with its feet.
What is a butterfly?