Not all of these questions are spooky, but maybe they’ll send a chill down your spine anyway.
1. Why are flamingos pink
a. Shrimp
b. Oxygen
c. Exercise
d. Salmon
2. How many poetry books did I check out from the Archer Library on Sept. 10, 2026?
a. 3
b. 7
c. 14
d. 26
3. Which Ancient Greek philosopher founded the academy?
a. Aristotle
b. Plato
c. Sophocles
d. Academius
4. Where was the Lazy Owl – now known as the Study – originally located?
a. Luther College
b. Darke Hall
c. Riddell Centre
d. Classroom Building
5. Which writer dug up his wife’s grave to get a manuscript of his poetry back?
a. Allen Ginsberg
b. John Milton
c. Algernon Charles Swinburne
d. Dante Gabriel Rossetti
6. What is the first week of November called in the etymological tradition of Halloween?
a. All-Saints Day
b. Recovery week
c. Hallowtide
d. Al-halwe
7. Where did BUGS get their name from?
a. Crawling around in the university’s
engineering tunnels
b. Crawling around in the university’s
engineering department
c. Playing with chemicals
d. Flying around campus
8. What is another name for trick-or-treating, in Scottish and Irish tradition?
a. Plotting
b. Guising
c. Lurking
d. False facing
9. In what year was It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown released?
a. 1966
b. 1978
c. 1983
d. 1996
10. Who was the publisher of the first newspaper?
a. Rory Gilmore
b. Johann Gutenberg
c. Konrad Adenauer
d. Johann Carolus
11. What is the name of the mad scientist in The Nightmare Before Christmas?
a. Doctor Finkelstein
b. Sandy Claws
c. Doctor Hyde
d. Doctor Elfman
12. In what Canadian city was Catherine O’Hara born?
a. Saskatoon
b. Victoria
c. Toronto
d. Halifax
13. What was the name of the earlier theatre whose wood was used to build the original Globe Theatre?
a. The Red Lion
b. The Curtain Theatre
c. The Palace
d. The Theatre
