Halloween Trivia
Vertex Form
Standard Form
Factored Form
Halloween/spooky Movies
100

Only one holiday surpasses Halloween in annual consumer sales. What is it?

CHRISTMAS!!!! (my favourite)

100

This parabola characteristic is easy to find in Vertex Form.

The Vertex

100

This parabola characteristic is easy to find in Standard Form.

Y-intercept

100

This parabola characteristic is easy to find in factored form.

Zeroes

100

What 2004 film started the long-running horror franchise centered on elaborate death traps?

Saw

200

How many pieces of candy does the average house give to each trick-or-treater?

Two

200

What is the vertex of 

y=-1(x+2/3) - 6

(-2/3,-6)

200

What is the requirement for a trinomial to be considered complex?

a does not equal 1

200

What are the zeroes of 

y=(x-6)(2x+3)

Zeroes: 6, -3/2

200

What horror comedy stars Michael Keaton as a mischievous ghost who helps haunt a house?

BeetleJuice

300

What famous magician died on Halloween?

Harry Houdini

300

RANDOM - What is the only mammal that can fly?

A bat

300

What are the zeroes of

y=x2 + 8x -16

Zeroes: 1.65, -9.66

300

How do we find the vertex from factored form? (there are two separate ways, there is one in specific I am looking for)

Way one - find zeroes. Find number between zeroes, we know that the vertex will lie on the x value. Sub that x value back into the equation to find the y value for the vertex.

Way two - expand to standard form and convert to vertex form.

300

Which horror movie takes place at the haunted Overlook Hotel?

The Shining

400

How many pounds did the world's largest pumpkin weigh?

3700 pounds

400

A Rocket launched from ground follows the path f(h) = -4(t-81)2 + 10000

where h is the height in meters an t is the time travelled. What is the highest point the rocket reached after how long will the rocket get there?

1000m, after 81 seconds

400

Expand the following to standard form:

y=-4(x-5/6)+ 3

y=-4x2+(20/3)x+(4/9)

400

What are the zeroes of:

y=((5/6)x - 2/3)((1/2)x+4/11)

Zeroes: 4/5, -8/11

400

This green monster is featured in a claymation movie staring Jack Skellington.

Mr. Oogie Boogie

500

In what country is said to be the birthplace of Halloween?

Ireland

500

Convert y=-42+12x-27 to vertex form and state the vertex.

y=-4(x-6)2+117

Vertex: (6,117)

500

When using the quadratic formula, how do we know whether there is one root, two roots, or no roots.

One root - the number under the square root is zero.

Two roots - the number under the square root is positive and not zero.

Zero roots - the number under the square root is negative.

500

Factor the following and state the zeroes:

y=6x2+11x-10

y=(2x+5)(3x-2)

Zeroes: -5/2, 2/3

500

What is the most commercially successful horror movie of all time?

It.