Animals
This is the only mammal capable of true, sustained flight
Bat
WSU researchers helped develop this apple, released in 2019 and a cross of Enterprise and Honeycrisp
Cosmic Crisp
Michael Jackson’s 1982 album, the best-selling of all time, shares its name with this title track, featuring a Vincent Price rap
Thriller
This orange squash is carved into jack-o’-lanterns
Pumpkin
Kids say this three-word phrase at the door to get candy
“Trick or treat”
A group of these nocturnal birds is called a “parliament”
Owls
The WSU Creamery is famous for canning this type of cheese, sold as Cougar Gold
Cheddar
Ozzy Osbourne was the original frontman of this British band, pioneers of heavy metal
Black Sabbath
The autumnal equinox falls in this month
September
Black cats have long been associated with these spell-casting folks
Witches
A group of crows has this ominous collective name
A murder
This WSU class of 1930 graduate became a legendary CBS radio journalist, known for his WWII broadcasts from London
Edward R. Murrow
Bobby “Boris” Pickett had a 1962 hit about this dance craze
The Monster Mash
This American holiday is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November
Thanksgiving
This Mexican holiday on Nov. 1-2 honors deceased loved ones with ofrendas and marigolds
Día de los Muertos
This Mexican salamander can regrow limbs and even parts of its brain
Axolotl
WSU played in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1, 1998, led by QB Ryan Leaf, against this Big Ten team
Michigan
This 1976 Blue Öyster Cult song tells you not to fear the Reaper, and it’s the one with the cowbell
(Don’t Fear) The Reaper
Leaves change color in fall as this green pigment breaks down
Chlorophyll
“Halloween” is a shortened form of this phrase, the evening before All Saints’ Day
All Hallows’ Eve
In Madagascar, this lemur with a long, bony middle finger is considered an omen of death
Aye-aye
This cartoonist, creator of The Far Side, earned a communications degree at WSU in 1972
Gary Larson
Founded in Sweden in 1983 by Quorthon, this band helped define black metal on albums like Under the Sign of the Black Mark
Bathory
The full moon closest to the autumn equinox is given this name
Harvest Moon
This famous escape artist died on Halloween in 1926, exactly 100 years ago this year
Harry Houdini