Games
Science
University of Pennsylvania
Halloween Candy
"Trick" or "Treat"
100

Regarded as one of the greatest video games of all time, what 1981 arcade game features the titular amphibian trying to cross a road without getting squashed by cars, and a river without getting eaten by predators?

Frogger

100

Whether a substance sinks or floats depends on this, symbol D

Density

100

It is a tradition for fans to throw this item onto the field during home football games

Toast

100

Commercials of this candy bar have featured Robin Williams, Rowan Atkinson, and Betty White, among others

Snickers

100

This was the agreement of peace signed on June 28, 1919, that ended World War I between Germany and the Allied Powers

Treaty of Versailles

200

A newer version of this board game allows you to solve the murder either at the mansion of the millionaire victim or on the boardwalk

Clue

200

Dying in a Pasadena hospital in 1985, he followed reports of a terrible earthquake off the coast of Mexico

(Charles) Richter

200

Penn was founded in this century, when a plan emerged to build a Philadelphia charity school that would double as a house of worship

18th (1740)

200

The sequence of three colors displayed on a candy corn, from bottom to top

Yellow, Orange, White

200

This is the concept that government economic policies that favor the wealthy will eventually benefit the economy as a whole

Trickle-down (economics)

300

What video game series released in 2000 (with sequels in 2004, 2009, and 2014) saw players watching and directing characters to mundane things like eating, sleeping, and cleaning their houses?

The Sims

300

Both discovered in 1610, Callisto & Io are 2 of its satellites

Jupiter

300

List 3 of the 67 counties in Pennsylvania

  1. Adams County

  2. Allegheny County

  3. Armstrong County

  4. Beaver County

  5. Bedford County

  6. Berks County

  7. Blair County

  8. Bradford County

  9. Bucks County

  10. Butler County

  11. Cambria County

  12. Cameron County

  13. Carbon County

  14. Centre County

  15. Chester County

  16. Clarion County

  17. Clearfield County

  18. Clinton County

  19. Columbia County

  20. Crawford County

  21. Cumberland County

  22. Dauphin County

  23. Delaware County

  24. Elk County

  25. Erie County

  26. Fayette County

  27. Forest County

  28. Franklin County

  29. Fulton County

  30. Greene County

  31. Huntingdon County

  32. Indiana County

  33. Jefferson County

  34. Juniata County

  35. Lackawanna County

  36. Lancaster County

  37. Lawrence County

  38. Lebanon County

  39. Lehigh County

  40. Luzerne County

  41. Lycoming County PA

  42. McKean County

  43. Mercer County

  44. Mifflin County

  45. Monroe County

  46. Montgomery County

  47. Montour County

  48. Northampton County

  49. Northumberland County

  50. Perry County

  51. Philadelphia County

  52. Pike County

  53. Potter County

  54. Schuylkill County

  55. Snyder County

  56. Somerset County

  57. Sullivan County

  58. Susquehanna County

  59. Tioga County

  60. Union County

  61. Venango County

  62. Warren County

  63. Washington County

  64. Wayne County

  65. Westmoreland County

  66. Wyoming County

  67. York County

300

In 1981, this candy became the first to go to space

M&Ms

300
Band with hit singles: "I Want You to Want Me", "Surrender", and "Dream Police"

Cheap Trick

400

What is thought to be the first video game, created in 1958 and becoming popular in the 1970s?

Pong

400

DAILY DOUBLE: The 2 chemical elements bearing the names of U.S. states are tennessine & this one

Californium

400

He served as the interim president of the University of Pennsylvania in 2022

Wendell Pritchett

400

This candy made in the 1880s was originally called "Chicken Feed" and was marketed as a candy that resembled such

Candy corn

400

Harvard Crimson quarterback drafted into the NFL in 2005, round 7, pick 250

Ryan Fitzpatrick

500

Abe Nathanson, the son of a fruit seller, created this a-peel-ing word game with his family

Bananagrams

500

Beetles, crabs & spiders are all members of this largest animal phylum whose name is from Greek words for "joint" & "foot"

Arthropod

500

Jon Huntsman Jr., whose family infamously built the Wharton School’s Huntsman Hall, served as the Governor of this state

Utah

500

This Mesoamerican civilization is credited with first turning cacao plants into chocolate in present day Mexico, roughly 4,000 years ago

The Olmecs

500

Process or approach to treating a condition that can include a variety of methods, such as drugs, psychotherapy, or surgery

Treatment paradigm