Quizzes & Puzzles Eek! How Much Do You Know About Creepy-Crawly Big Red History? Take our spook-tacular Cornell Halloween trivia quiz! DIFFICULTY LEVEL: MEDIUM Test your knowledge of eerie Cornell trivia! How many of these 10 questions can you answer? 1) What year did a pumpkin appear atop McGraw Tower? 1989 1997 2009 2016 2) How many former Cornell presidents are buried in the Sage Chapel crypt? 0 1 3 7 3) What spooky movie prop was briefly on display in Kroch Library in 2018? The Wicked Witch’s crystal ball from “The Wizard of Oz” The sorting hat from “Harry Potter” Freddy Krueger’s glove from “A Nightmare on Elm Street” Michael Myers’s mask from “Halloween” 4) What former Collegetown spot was named for a 19th-century murderer? Oliver’s Dunbar’s Rulloff’s Johnny’s 5) What Cornellian actor appeared in the 1988 horror film “Child’s Play” as the character who first purchases the evil “Chucky” doll? Catherine Hicks, MFA ’74 Jimmy Smits, MFA ’82 Jane Lynch, MFA ’84 Christopher Reeve ’74 6) What bygone campus landmark is memorialized with a pair of tombstone-like markers? Ezra Cornell’s farmhouse Boardman Hall The Ostrander Elms The old Armory 7) What on-campus murder mystery did “History of Cornell” author Morris Bishop 1913, PhD ’26, write under a pen name? “A Hill to Die On” “The Widening Stain” “Diploma: Deadly” “Dial ‘M’ for Matriculate” 8) What human organs are on display in Uris Hall? Hearts Kidneys Brains Eyes 9) What spooky campus “decoration” first appeared on Halloween 1936? Orange pumpkin faces on the McGraw Tower clocks A giant spiderweb between Olin and Uris libraries Bats in the Sage Chapel choir loft Painted footsteps between the Arts Quad statues 10) What is the subject of a scholarly collection in the University Library? Ghost stories Witchcraft Mummification Vampire fiction Time is Up! Time’s up Published October 20, 2022 Leave a Comment Cancel replyOnce your comment is approved, your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment * Name * Class Year Email * Save my name, email, and class year in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ Other stories You may like Alumni Meet the New Chairman of the University’s Board of Trustees Cornelliana The Engineering Quad’s Iconic Sundial Marries Art and Science Alumni Preserving Central Park, Manhattan’s Urban Oasis