Halloween#1
This Catholic observance, held on November 1st, was established to honor all saints and helped give Halloween its name.
What is All Saints’ Day (or All Hallows’ Day)?
This 1993 Disney movie follows three resurrected witches—Winifred, Sarah, and Mary Sanderson—in Salem, Massachusetts.
What is “Hocus Pocus”?
This professional organization, founded in 1950, sets the standards for education and certification of athletic trainers in the U.S.
What is NATA (National Athletic Trainers’ Association)
This organ is responsible for filtering blood, removing wastes, and maintaining fluid balance through urine production.
What is the kidney?
This stud of a quarterback currently leads the nation in total touchdowns at a whopping 27. He also has the greatest veneers on team.
Who is "Brendan Sorsby"?
The medieval practice of souling—where the poor offered prayers for the dead in exchange for food—was an early form of this modern Halloween tradition.
What is trick-or-treating?
Jamie Lee Curtis stars as Laurie Strode, the babysitter stalked by Michael Myers, in this 1978 horror classic.
What is “Halloween”?
Athletic trainers often perform these exercises to maintain strength in an injured limb without movement at the joint.
What are isometric exercises?
This type of muscle tissue is involuntary and found only in the walls of the heart.
What is cardiac muscle?
This hometown star overcame a pulmonary embolism and received All-Big12 honors in 2024.
Who is "Dante (The Godfather) Corleone"?
This fruit, once used for fortune-telling games at Halloween parties, was floated in water as participants tried to bite it without using their hands.
What is an apple (as in bobbing for apples)?
In this 1984 slasher, Freddy Krueger haunts teenagers in their dreams.
What is “A Nightmare on Elm Street”?
When evaluating an injury, this acronym—HOPS—guides assessment steps.
What are History, Observation, Palpation, and Special Tests?
This part of a neuron receives incoming signals from other cells.
What are dendrites?
This athlete transferred from Charlotte and his leg has not let the Bearcats down once this season.
Who is "Steven Rusnak"?
Halloween’s association with bats likely stems from their connection to this medieval creature, believed to feed on blood and shapeshift into a bat.
What is a vampire?
Tim Burton’s stop-motion musical tells the story of Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town.
What is “The Nightmare Before Christmas”?
This type of injury results from a single, forceful impact—like a sprained ankle or torn ligament.
What is an acute injury?
This protein in red blood cells binds oxygen for transport throughout the body.
What is hemoglobin?
This captain has held it down for UC in the secondary, and recently came up with a forced fumble and recovery against Baylor.
Who is "Logan Wilson"?
The color pairing of orange and black represents more than festivity—orange symbolizes harvest and fire, while black symbolizes this.
What is death or the approaching darkness of winter?
This 2000 horror/comedy popularized the meme "WAZZZAAAPPPPP".
What is "Scary Movie"?
A concussion is classified as this type of injury, affecting brain function without structural damage visible on imaging.
What is a traumatic brain injury (TBI)?
In the sliding filament theory of muscle contraction, the cross-bridge forms between these two types of filaments.
What are actin and myosin?
Who is "Coach Brad Glenn"?