Trick or Treat
Modern Monsters
October 31st
"F"isics
Spooky Action at a Distance
100

This candy company has not only its headquarters in Pennsylvania, but also its own theme park

Hersheys

100

Nosferatu, Edward, Dracula

Vampire

100

1941- Completion of this national monument in South Dakota 

Mount Rushmore

100

This type of particle, like electrons, possess half-integer spin.

Fermion
100

Who coined the term "Spooky action at a distance"

Albert Einstein

200

Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths used photography to trick others into believing they encountered these mythical creatures. 

Fairies

200

Casper, Slimer, Boo

Ghost

200

1950- Birth of this Canadian comedian known for his role in "Planes, Trains and Automobiles"

John Candy

200

Process in which the nucleus of an atom splits into smaller parts

Fission

200

What does the "spooky action" describe?

quantum entanglement

300

The Rose Bowl hoax of 1961 was a prank on the University of Washington by this California school.

CalTech

300

Elphaba, Minerva, Blair

Witch

300

2011- Day of seven billion celebrates what landmark event. 

Human population reaches 7 billion 

300

Any interaction that, when unopposed, will change the motion of a physical body

Force

300

What principle claims the only way that hidden variables could explain the predictions of quantum physics is if they are "nonlocal" and able to carry influences instantly between them. 

Bells theorem/ Bells inequality 

400

What do the 2 m's in M&M's stand for

MARS AND MURRIE

400

Paimon, Pazuzu, Azazel

Demon

400

1517- This man posts his 95 theses to the door of Castle Church in Wittenberg.

Martin Luther

400

Any motion of a body where its own weight is the only force acting upon it.

Free Fall

400

If "spukhafte Fernwirkung" is the original translation and Wirkung translates to effect, what does the prefix "fern" directly translate to?

distance/remote

500

On April 1st 1998, Burger King introduced a new menu item with the ingredients rotated 180degrees targeting this demographic.

Left Handed people

500

Scott, Remus, Tyler

Werewolf

500

1864- This "battle born" state is admitted as the 36th state in the US. 

Nevada

500

In the Standard Model, referring to one of the six species of an elementary particle.

Flavour

500

The original reference was in a correspondence with this physicist. 

Max Born

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