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The Halloween Season
Halloween Movies
100

WUSC has a signal that reaches which two counties in South Carolina?

Lexington & Richland

100

This building is the only Old Campus building outside of the Horseshoe wall and was used as a hospital and morgue during the Civil War. I don't want to be thinking about that when I'm watching a show.

Longstreet Theatre

100

Columbia, SC is the first city in the United States to be named after this historic figure.

Christopher Columbus

100

According to USA Today, South Carolina’s most popular Halloween candy is this, a very controversial seasonal treat.

Cotton Candy

100

Taking into account inflation, this movie is considered the highest-grossing horror movie of all time. Don’t let it bite! 

Jaws

200

Garnet Media Group houses WUSC and these 3 other student media organizations.

The Daily Gamecock, Garnet & Black, and SGTV

200

This academic building is home to both the political science and history departments.

Gambrell Hall

200

Columbia, SC is home to the world's largest one of these. Fires don't stand a chance. 

Fire Hydrant
200

This Mexican holiday begins on Halloween, but lasts a couple days longer.

Day of The Dead

200

In this movie, which came out in 1982, one of the child actors almost died from a malfunction in the clown’s arm, almost strangling him to death.

Poltergeist

300

WUSC frequently plays Public Service Announcements for their listeners. As DJs, name 2 of your favorite PSAs.

N/A

300

You might look like a fool, but try clapping in the clapping circle outside of Russell House to hear this noise. 

Chirp of a baby Gamecock

300

At the State House, you can find these, which mark the spots where cannonballs hit the building during the Civil War.

Bronze stars

300

This household pet is believed to protect witches’ powers from negative forces.

Black Cat
300

In the movie The Addams Family, this character is played by Christopher Hart, but you don’t get to see much of him.

Thing

400

What is one way listeners can find information on how to donate to support WUSC as a college radio station?

1. Crowdfunding Website

2. WUSC Website

3. Social Media

400

This US Senator attended the University of South Carolina and graduated with a degree in Psychology.

Lindsey Graham

400

This is the largest building in Columbia and even the largest building in South Carolina. Hint: it's not student housing.

The Capitol Center

400

This famous magician died from a ruptured appendix on Halloween of 1926, but there are many mysteries surrounding his death.

Harry Houdini

400

This horror film is the first and only one in its genre to win an Oscar for Best Picture. Impressive for the main character only having 16 minutes of screentime. 

Silence of the Lambs

500

WUSC was founded in this year, the same year that the CIA was established. 

1947

500

Russell House is home to both Oath Pizza and Twisted Taco, which replaced these 2 chain restaurants.

Pizza Hut and Taco Bell

500

Synchronous fireflies, fireflies that light up all at the same time, can only be found in a few places in the entire world. One of those places is here, a park right outside of Columbia. 

Congaree National Park

500

What is one of the two most popular children’s costumes from 2019? Here’s a hint, they both have powers.

1. Spiderman

2. Elsa

500

This movie character from 1922 was supposed to be Dracula, but they had to change the name because the character would not be public domain until 40 years later, in 1962.

Nosferatu