Pirates of the Caribbean
In the first film, Jack Sparrow laments this missing beverage with the line "Why is it always gone?"
What is rum?
This three-word Halloween demand is essentially a candy invoice delivered by someone dressed as a dinosaur.
What is “trick or treat”?
You deliver a brilliant explanation, only for a colleague to say these four words—the unofficial slogan of video meetings.
What is “You’re on mute”?
Johnny Depp is famously afraid of these.
What are clowns?
In this 1984 supernatural comedy, the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man demonstrates why you should never think about snacks during a crisis.
What is Ghostbusters?
Every September 19, landlubbers celebrate this unofficial holiday by growling "Arrr!" at their coworkers.
What is Talk Like a Pirate Day?
Barbossa's crew hides its cursed treasure on this island, whose Spanish name means "Island of the Dead."
What is Isla de Muerta?
In a familiar superstition, this animal crossing your path means bad luck. In reality, it probably just has somewhere to be.
What is a black cat?
This email button turns one person’s “Thanks!” into everyone’s problem.
What is Reply All?
These Halloween favorites are the only mammals capable of true, powered flight. Capes remain unnecessary.
What are bats?
Winifred, Sarah, and Mary Sanderson return to cause trouble in Salem in this 1993 Halloween comedy.
What is Hocus Pocus?
In the 1987 film The Princess Bride, Westley takes on this mysterious seafaring identity.
What is Dread Pirate Roberts?
Elizabeth invokes this word, meaning a pirate truce for talks, to stop Barbossa's crew from harming her.
What is "parley"?
In this traditional Halloween game, you retrieve floating fruit with your teeth. Hands apparently failed the interview.
What is bobbing for apples?
The deadline stays fixed, but the project keeps gaining “just one more little thing.” This two-word phenomenon is the monster responsible.
What is scope creep?
A typical adult human skeleton contains this many bones. Your plastic lawn skeleton may have cut corners.
What is 206?
The Overlook Hotel offers mountain views, a hedge maze, and a truly unacceptable winter stay in this 1980 film.
What is The Shining?
Sailors' "grog" is named for Admiral Edward "Old Grog" Vernon, who ordered the Royal Navy's rum ration to be cut with this.
What is water?
Because of the curse, this fruit tastes like ash to Barbossa.
What is an apple?
The name “Halloween” comes from this phrase meaning the evening before All Saints’ Day.
What is All Hallows’ Eve?
This two-word Latin phrase disguises a terrifying request: stand up and present something you did not prepare.
What is "ad hoc"?
An octopus has eight arms but this many hearts. Plenty of capacity for heartbreak.
What is three?
Freddy Krueger makes sleep a terrible idea in this horror film franchise.
What is A Nightmare on Elm Street?
Once called the "wickedest city on Earth," this pirate-friendly Jamaican port was largely destroyed by an earthquake in 1692.
What is Port Royal?
The Pirates of the Caribbean ride opened at Disneyland in this year, the last attraction Walt Disney personally oversaw.
What is 1967?
Before pumpkins became the stars, Irish lantern-carvers used this root vegetable. Making mashed versions afterward was optional.
What is a turnip?
Named after a novel by Joseph Heller, this predicament means you need system access to submit the ticket requesting system access.
What is a Catch-22?
One traditional collective noun for a group of crows is this word, which also sounds like the start of a crime investigation.
What is a murder?
Michael Myers terrorizes Haddonfield in this 1978 film, whose title is also the occasion for tonight’s game.
What is Halloween?
In 1984, explorer Barry Clifford found the wreck of the pirate ship Whydah Gally off this Massachusetts cape.
What is Cape Cod?