General Halloween Trivia
What are the traditional colors of Halloween?
What are Black and Orange
What is the term for "fear of enclosed spaces"
What is Claustrophobia
This 1993 film features the Sanderson sisters, who are resurrected on Halloween night in Salem, Massachusetts.
What is the primary region of the brain responsible for processing and regulating fear responses?
What is the amygdala?
This neurodegenerative disease is characterized by tremors, muscle rigidity, and bradykinesia.
What is Parkinson's disease?
What fruit is consumed the most during Halloween and fall in general?
What is the term for "fear of making decisions"
What is Decidophobia
In "The Nightmare Before Christmas," this Pumpkin King becomes enamored with another holiday town.
Who is Jack Skellington?
Where is the amygdala located and what system is it apart of?
What is the temporal lobe and limbic system?
What is the term for the bundle of nerve fibers that connects the two hemispheres of the brain?
What is the corpus callosum?
What is the Mexican holiday celebrated on the two days following Halloween?
What is the term for "fear of clusters of holes"?
What is Trypophobia
In this Disney Channel original movie, Marnie discovers her grandmother is a witch, and she herself comes from a family of witches. She later visits a magical place where it's Halloween every day.
What nervous system activates the fight-or-flight system?
What is Sympathetic Nervous System
What is the term for the process by which the brain selectively strengthens or weakens synaptic connections in response to experience and learning?
What is synaptic plasticity?
What decade did trick or treating begin?
What is 1930s
What is the term for "fear of dogs"
What is Cynophobia
What state is Transylvania located in?
What is North Carolina?
What stress hormones are released during fight or flight?
What is cortisol and adrenaline?
This term describes the brain's ability to reorganize and adapt by forming new neural connections throughout life.
What is neuroplasticity?
What does the word Halloween translate too?
What is Saints' evening?
What is the term for "fear of Halloween"
What is Samhainophobia
This lesser-known 1983 Disney animation is an adaptation of a Halloween-themed poem by a famous American writer and tells the story of a schoolteacher's ill-fated confrontation with the Headless Horseman.
What is "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?"
When experiencing fear, the body's hypothalamus activates the pituitary gland. Explain how this activation cascades into the release of cortisol and its role in the body's response to fear.
When the hypothalamus activates the pituitary gland, it leads to the release of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). ACTH, in turn, stimulates the adrenal glands to produce cortisol, a stress hormone. Cortisol helps the body maintain energy by increasing blood sugar levels, suppresses non-essential functions like digestion and the immune system, and aids in prolonged vigilance during a fear response.
What does the acronym "B.R.A.I.N" stand for?
What is "Building Research, Advocacy, and Innovation in Neuroscience?"