UNLV Resources
COLA 100LA
Horror Films
Halloween History
Wildcard
100

This office assists students with essay writing and review.

What is the UNLV Writing Center?

100
COLA's semester-long project
What is Project Success?
100

The silent slasher in the 1978 movie Halloween.

Who is Michael Myers?

100

This ancient Celtic festival is considered the origin of Halloween.

What is Samhain?

100

In Mexico, this multi-day celebration honors deceased loved ones and shares Halloween's roots in ancestor rememberance.

What is Dia de los Muertos?

200

This office provides information on tuition, financial aid, and FAFSA.

What is UNLV Financial Aid & Scholarships?
200

This is a studying technique that takes 20 minutes of focus and a 5 minute break, repeated four times

What is the Pomodoro technique?
200

In The Nightmare Before Christmas, this character tries to take over Christmas.

Who is Jack Skellington?

200

The Celts believed that on this night, the boundary between the living and the dead became blurred.

What is Samhain Night/ What is the night of October 31st?

200

This website is where you find UNLV clubs and organizations.

What is the UNLV Involvement Center?

300

This is the official name of the College of Liberal Arts Advising Center.

What is "The Wilson Advising Center"?

300

This mindset helps you overcome failure and allows you to think about progressing forward.

What is Growth Mindset?

300

This filmmaker directed classic horror movies such as The Thing (1982), Christine (1983), They Live (1988), and Halloween (1978).

Who is John Carpenter?

300

The name "Halloween" is short for this phrase referring to the day before All Saint's Day.

What is All Hallows' Eve?

300

The director of Barbarian recently released this film where 17 kids go missing in a small town.

What is Weapons?

400

This office provides resources for getting involved with research on campus.

What is the Office of Undergraduate Research?

400

We are presenting our projects in this campus building at the end of the semester.

What is the Tam Alumni Center?

400

This franchise features a possessed doll named Chucky.

What is Child's Play?

400

This country is credited with beginning the Halloween tradition.

What is Ireland?

400

Nicole is getting her degree in this.

What is a PhD in Educational Psychology?

500

This center provides resources for mental health, personal care, and relationship management.

What is the UNLV CARE Center?

500

The full name of COLA's common read book.

What is The Moth Presents: A Point of Beauty?

500

This filmmaker directed classic films such as Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) and Scream (1996).

Who is Wes Craven?

500

Pumpkins weren't the original vegetable used for Jack-o-Lanterns-- this root vegetable was.

What is a turnip?

500

We saw the skeleton of this cactus when we had our class outside last week

What is a Saguaro Cactus?