Halloween
Which of the following candies is the favorite of trick-or-treaters according to recent surveys:
A. Sour Patch Kids
B. M&M's
C. Candy Corn
D. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
D. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
Give me the definition of an organism.
Any free-living thing or any independent living thing.
There are 3 categories of living things called "Domains." Which of the following Domains has nuclei
A. Prokaryotes
B. Bacteria
C. Archaea
D. Eukaryotes
D. Eukaryotes
Back in my day, there were 8 planets in our solar system. What is the name of the planet that was removed?
Pluto
What is Mr. Raymond's favorite Halloween chocolate candy?
A. Snickers
B. Twix
C. Peanut M&Ms
D. Milk Way
C. Peanut M&Ms
In the U.S., what is the most common greatest fear?
A. Fear of public speaking (glossophobia)
B. Fear of spiders (arachnophobia)
C. Fear of the dark (nyctophobia)
D. Fear of heights (acrophobia)
A. Fear of public speaking (glossophobia)
Who invented the term "cell"?
Robert Hooke
Like blood in our veins, what transports nutrients throughout the body of a plant?
A. Chloroplasts & chlorophyll
B. Cytoplasm & organelles
C. Xylem & phloem
D. Stromata & stamen
C. Xylem & phloem
Back in my day, this was the ONLY social media app that existed before myself or Mr. Raymond were born:
A. Facebook
B. Twitter
C. Myspace
D. Reddit
E. None of the Above
E. None of the Above
Mr. Toler frequently wears a onesie of this comic book character as his Halloween costume:
A. Black Panther
B. Batman
C. Iron Man
D. Spider-Man
B. Batman
Released earlier this year (and is still showing in some theaters), this spooky movie by Tim Burton boasts the longest sequel gap in movie history. What movie is it?
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
What are the 3 claims of Cell Theory?
1. All living things are composed of cells.
2. Cells are the basic unit of structure and function in living things.
3. All cells come from other cells.
What is the largest organ in your body?
A. Skin
B. Lungs
C. Large Intestine
D. Stomach
A. Skin
Back in my day, we did long division. What's 51,468 divided by 3? Show your work.
17,156
Mr. Raymond won the costume contest his junior year of high school. What did he dress up as?
A. Shrek
B. Goku
C. A gorilla
D. The Hulk
C. A gorilla
Halloween is a pagan harvest holiday renamed by Christians around the 9th century. What did Christians call this holiday before it became known as Halloween?
All Hallow's Eve
Which of the the following is NOT ALWAYS an example of a unicellular organism?
A. Paramecium
B. Euglena
C. Protists
D. Amoeba
C. Protists (while mostly unicellular, there are multicellular protists like kelp)
Which of the following animals is NOT self-aware?
A. Dolphins
B. Newborn humans
C. Elephants
D. Pigeons
B. Newborn humans
Back in my day, we watched movies on these kinds of tapes, and we would need a specific device to play them. What is the kind of tapes we had?
Bonus: What is the kind of device we used to watch them?
VHS tapes on a VCR
Which of the following is a scary lie about Mr. Toler:
A. I have watched a real-life spirit possession.
B. I have preached at a local church about sexual demons in Indonesia.
C. I have gone last at every haunted house I've been to with a group.
D. I stopped having nightmares when I reached high school.
C. I have gone last at every haunted house I've been to with a group.
Adjusted for inflation, which of the following is the highest grossing Horror movie of all time?
A. It
B. The Exorcist
C. The Conjuring
D. Scream
B. The Exorcist
Which of the following organisms is classified as a heterotroph, and what is its specific mode of obtaining energy?
A. Cyanobacteria - Utilizes photosynthesis to convert sunlight into chemical energy.
B. Fungi - Absorbs nutrients from decomposing organic matter through external digestion.
C. Green plants - Fix carbon dioxide through photosynthesis to create their own energy.
D. Some protists - Engage in chemosynthesis to obtain energy from inorganic molecules.
B. Fungi - Absorbs nutrients from decomposing organic matter through external digestion.
All organelles from your parents' cells (sperm and egg) were broken down and reconstructed for your own cells except for ONE organelle.
Which organelle is transferred from parent to child?
Bonus: Whose organelle is it, father's or mother's?
Maternal Mitochondria
Back in my day, this item in the classroom was still here when Mr. Raymond attended SMPA (other than the boards and bookcases).
Pencil sharpener
What is Mr. Raymond's favorite Halloween movie(s)?
A. Freddy vs. Jason
B. Halloween series (Michael Myers)
C. Beetlejuice
D. Hocus Pocus
E. Friday the 13th series (Jason)
B. Halloween series (Michael Myers)