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Created by H.B. Reese in 1928, this is an iconic American confectionery consisting of a sweetened peanut butter filling encased in milk chocolate or dark chocolate.

What is Reese's Peanut Butter Cups?

100

In history, turnips used to be carved before this iconic Halloween fruit became popular to make jack-o'-lanterns.

What is pumpkin?

100

This film is a 1984 supernatural comedy involving three eccentric scientists who start a ghost-catching business in New York City.

What is Ghostbusters? 

100

Famous for their upright "praying" posture, THIS insect exhibits sexual cannibalism, where the females eat the males during or after mating to gain essential nutrients for egg production.

What is praying mantis? 

100

THIS virus is transmitted through a bite (saliva), and it uses retrograde transport in the central nervous system to stay undetected and replicate.

What is Rabies? 

200

Made by Mars Inc., this is an iconic chocolate bar featuring a crunchy biscuit base topped with a layer of smooth caramel and coated in creamy milk chocolate, and there's always either a right or a left bar.

What is Twix?

200

This practice evolved from medieval customs called "souling," where poor children went door-to-door offering prayers for the dead in exchange for small cakes.

What is trick-or-treating?

200

This slasher film follows Michael Myers as he stalks teenagers on Halloween night in Haddonfield.

What is Halloween? 

200

This marine creature in Australia has transparent tentacles that can stretch up to 10 feet and their sting can cause immediate cardiac arrest.

What is box jellyfish? 

200

This disease is caused by a mutated strain of the feline coronavirus that triggers widespread severe inflammation of the body tissues, affecting young cats and kittens.

What is Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP)?

300

This soft and chewy candy is known for their signature "Sour Then Sweet" taste profile.

What is Sour Patch Kids? 

300

Old superstitions villainize THIS animal, and therefore, they remain an iconic "silhouette" of the season.

What is black cats? 

300

This character in the Addams Family is Wednesday's younger brother.

Who is Pugsley? 

300

This marine predator species hunt great white sharks by flipping them upside down into a state of temporary paralysis, then ripping open their abdomens to only eat their livers.

What is orcas (killer whales)? 

300

A tiny fraction of THIS human medication can be fatal to cats because they lack the liver enzymes needed to process it, causing severe red blood cell damage and acute liver failure.

What is Tylenol (Acetaminophen)?

400

This fruit-flavored taffy candy brand is named after the slang term for a silly or foolish person.

What is Airheads? 

400

This Halloween confectionery was originally invented in the 1880s and was first sold under the name "chicken feed."

What is candy corn?

400

In the iconic stop-motion animated film, Coraline, the quote, "Mirrors are never to be trusted." is said from THIS character.

Who is Coraline?

400

Just 1 milligram of the toxin from THIS tiny frog can kill 10 to 20 humans.

What is Golden Poison Dart Frog?

400

THIS is a name for cranial nerve VI.

What is Abducens nerve?

500

This candy bar was originally named after the Mars family's beloved pet horse, and each standard-sized bar contains exactly 16 peanuts.

What is Snickers? 

500

Halloween began over 2,000 years ago as the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain in THIS country, where people lit bonfires and wore costumes to ward off roaming ghosts.

What is Ireland?

500

This plant is part of the Veratrum spp., and if ingested, can cause cyclopia in sheep after day 14 in gestation.

What is Corn Lily? 

500

The 'H' in the WISE COACH model stands for THIS.

What is Hold both client & patient interests in mind?