Halloween Trivia Quiz 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 None 2) How many former Cornell presidents are buried in the Sage Chapel crypt? 0 1 3 7 None 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” None 4) What former Collegetown spot was named for a 19th-century murderer? Oliver’s Dunbar’s Rulloff’s Johnny’s None 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 ’76 Jimmy Smits, MFA ’82 Jane Lynch, MFA ’84 Christopher Reeve ’74 None 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 None 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” None 8) What human organs are on display in Uris Hall? Hearts Kidneys Brains Eyes None 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 None 10) What is the subject of a scholarly collection in the University Library? Ghost stories Witchcraft Mummification Vampire fiction None Time's up