History
The color orange is associated with Halloween because it represents this, a major element of the harvest season.
What is the fall harvest or autumn leaves?
In Beetlejuice (1988), this mischievous ghost is summoned to help a recently deceased couple haunt their former home
Who is Beetlejuice?
This classic novel by Mary Shelley features a scientist who creates a living being from dead body parts, often considered the first science fiction novel.
What is Frankenstein?
This legendary creature is known for its insatiable thirst for blood and is often depicted as a pale figure with fangs.
What is a vampire?
In Oracle ERP, this type of "phantom" cost may haunt your financials if costs are not allocated correctly.
What is an "unallocated or unapplied cost"?
What country celebrates "Day of the Dead" around the same time as Halloween?
Mexico
In The Nightmare Before Christmas, what is the name of the Pumpkin King who rules Halloween?
Jack Skellington
This horror novel by Stephen King tells the chilling story of a family staying in a haunted hotel and features the infamous character Jack Torrance.
What is The Shining?
In folklore, this creature is said to transform from a human into a wolf during the full moon.
What is a werewolf?
In Oracle HCM, this term refers to employees who have left the company but whose data remains, haunting your employee records.
What is a "terminated employee" or "ex-employee record"?
Who brought the Halloween tradition to the United States?
The Irish
Which famous Halloween movie features the line “Do you like scary movies?”
Scream
In Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven," this mysterious bird symbolizes death and loss, repeatedly uttering a haunting word.
What is "Nevermore"?
This undead creature is typically portrayed as a reanimated corpse that feeds on human flesh.
What is a zombie?
This financial process can feel like raising the dead when you generate reports on old transactions from archived data.
What is "reporting on historical data" or "using Archive Retrieval"?
This famous Halloween candy, originally called "chicken feed," was introduced in the 1880s and has remained a popular treat ever since.
What is candy corn?
In Hocus Pocus (1993), these three Sanderson sisters come back to life in Salem and need a child’s soul to survive.
Who are Winifred, Mary, and Sarah Sanderson?
In Washington Irving's short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," this headless character haunts the town of Sleepy Hollow.
Who is the Headless Horseman?
In folklore, this large, hairy creature is said to roam the wilderness and is often referred to as:
What is Sasquatch or Bigfoot?
In SQL, which keyword can be used to bring back the "dead" or hidden records from your data?
What is UNION (or JOIN)?
The tradition of carving pumpkins comes from an Irish legend about a man named Jack who tricked the devil. What are these carved pumpkins called?
What are Jack-o'-lanterns?
This 1999 horror movie, filmed in a found-footage style, follows three students as they get lost in the woods searching for a legendary witch.
What is The Blair Witch Project?
In "Something Wicked This Way Comes" by Ray Bradbury, two boys encounter a sinister carnival that comes to their town, led by this dark character.
Who is Mr. Dark?
In Celtic mythology, this creature is often depicted as a tiny woman with wings, associated with nature and magic.
What is a fairy?
This terrifying error in Oracle EPM can strike during the financial close process when the system fails to pull all data into consolidation.
What is "consolidation failure" or "missing consolidation data"?