Scary Literature
Acronyms
Word Origins
The City by Team Nicknames
Breakfast Mascots
100

Decades before Bram Stoker, J. Sheridan le Fanu wrote "Carmilla", a tale about a female one of these creatures. 

What is a vampire? 

100

The FE in FEMA, the organization that provides assistance during natural disasters, stands for this. 

What is Federal Emergency?

100

The name of this heavy hooded jacket favored by skiers & hunters is from the Russian for "pelt"

What is a parka?

100

Celtics, Bruins, Red Sox

What is Boston?

100

Tony the Tiger. 

What is Frosted Flakes?

200

In a Neil Gaiman novel, this title girl meets the alternate reality "other mother" who has buttons for eyes

Who is Coraline? 

200

According to the initials, a remark that isn't PC, isn't this. 

What is "politically correct"?

200

A ship in the desert? No, it's just this optical illusion from the French for "to look at"

What is a mirage?

200

Kings, Lakers, Rams, Dodgers

What is Los Angeles? 

200

Captain Horatio Magellan Crunch. 

What is Cap'n Crunch?

300

"The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories" is by this "Beetlejuice" movie director

Who is Tim Burton?

300

When in New York City, be sure to visit MoMA, short for this

What is the Museum of Modern Art? 

300

This term for one who willfully destroys another's property comes from the name of a Germanic tribe

What is vandal?

300

Flyers, Eagles, 76ers

What is Philadelphia?

300

Toucan Sam. 

What is Froot Loops?

400

Titles of this author's book series include "Say Cheese and Die" and "Night of the Living Dummy". 

Who is R.L. Stine? 

400

In the office called USPTO for short, the P is for patent & the T is for this. 

What is trademark?

400

Used to describe stately mansions of the old south, it's from the Latin for "before the war"

What is antebellum? 

400

Nuggets, Avalanche, Broncos, Rockies

What is Denver?

400

The first name of the Leprechaun from Lucky Charms. 

What is Lucky? 

500

This 19th century American writer's scary short stories include "The Sphinx" & "The Oblong Box"

Who is Edgar Allen Poe?

500

Established after World War II, NATO stands for this. 

What is North Atlantic Treaty Organization?

500

The general agreement is that this word meaning a majority of opinion is from the Latin for "to feel together"

What is consensus?

500

Ravens, Orioles

What is Baltimore?

500

Fred Flintstone

What is Fruity Pebbles?