🎃 Announcing the Halloween Trivia winner! 👻
See below for the drawing results, and their correct response and source!
Research 1 of 2 Halloween Trivia Options (below)
- Find at least 1 credible source for your answer. You’ll need to provide a citation!
- By midnight Halloween Eve (Oct. 30th) enter your answer and source citation into our I-Know Halloween Trivia survey, using either the QR code or url link further down
- Remember to enter your name and email address in the survey, if you want to collect your swag
- Check back on the I-Know blog on Halloween for the winners! Only your first name will be announced, we’ll contact you by email also.
Choose One Option below to answer
Question Option 1:
How did the Irish use starch to play a cupid-like role to help their unmarried find their true love during 18th-century Halloween celebrations? What is one of the names given to this traditional matchmaking dish?
Question Option 2:
How and why did pumpkins become the modern choice for carving during Halloween celebrations? What was the go-to vegetable for carving before the switch to pumpkins was made?
Survey link and instructions
Access the survey to enter your responses by midnight October 30th, using either the QR code or link below:
Link: Halloween Trivia Challenge Survey
same link full text: https://tamucc.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0dFYYFHGn8Hb51s
Instructions for your response:
If your answer is accurate and you provide at least one complete reference for your source (in APA, MLA, or Chicago citation style), and provide your Islander student email address:
- You’ll win a free I-Know T-Shirt (all participants).
- You’ll be entered into our October 31st raffle for a chance to win an I-Know branded tumbler and a brainiac stress ball! 🏆
Tip: You can try searching the Bell Library Quick Search, one of the library’s databases, or your favorite web search engine.
Recap: To enter the trivia raffle and claim your prize, you’ll need to enter:
- An accurate answer to one of the question options
- A complete reference citation for at least one credible source for your answer
- For this trivia raffle, your source cannot directly cite an AI tool (e.g. ChatGPT, Perplexity, MS CoPilot, or any other!); if you use an AI tool, you’ll need to double check the information in a credible source and provide that
- Your student email address
I-Know Treats & Swag
All participants will get an I-Know T-shirt & some Halloween treats!
Win the drawing and get an I-Know tumbler and some other swag items!
Announcing our prize raffle winner!
Congratulations, Kaitlyn!
We’ll email you with where you can pick up your swag and treats!
Kaitlyn’s response to Option 2:
The tradition of carving pumpkins originally started in early 17th century Ireland. The Gaelic tradition of Samhain had the Irish carving root vegetables like turnips and potatoes to acts as lanterns to help guide celebrators during the Samhain tradition of visiting houses for food and drinks. When the Great Potato Famine hit Ireland in the 1840’s, many Irish people immigrated to the United States where they were introduced to the winter squash, most famous of which is the pumpkin. Pumpkins were bigger and easier to carve, as well as in great abundance in the United States compared to potatoes or turnips, thus they became the standard for Samhain traditions as the Irish continued their celebrations of the holiday.
Their source:
Huntley, A. (n.d.). The jack-o-lantern’s origins. Carnegie Museum of Natural History. https://carnegiemnh.org/the-jack-o-lanterns-origins/
Thank you to all who participated and put their research skills to the test!
Check back on the I-Know Blog periodically for helpful and fun research tips!
Happy Halloween from the I-Know Team!
