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This holiday is celebrated on October 31st
What is Halloween?
This fruit is traditionally associated with autumn and used in pies and ciders
What is apples?
This bird is commonly associated with Thanksgiving
What is turkey?
This event marks the beginning of fall in the northern hemisphere
What is Autumnal Equinox?
This literary work is set during the Salem with trial, a historical event in the fall of 1692
What is The Crucible?
This holiday is celebrated in America on the fourth Thursday of November
What is Thanksgiving?
This is a spice, named for a gourd, that is especially popular in fall drinks and desserts
What is pumpkin spice?
This is the direction of bird migration in the northern hemisphere
What is south?
This is the name given to the full moon that appears closest to the autumnal equinox
What is Harvest Moon?
This song, by Michael Jackson, is often associated with Halloween
What is Thriller?
The term the UK uses for what the US refers to as fall
What is autumn?
This type of crop is celebrated during Oktoberfest
What is barley?
This animal is known for gathering and storing food for the winter during fall
What is squirrel?
This is the name of the atmospheric condition that traps cold morning air in valleys and creates autumn fog
What is temperature inversion?
In Greek mythology, this goddess's descent into the underworld is mythological explanation for the fall season
Who is Persephone?
This is a traditional fall festival that celebrates the season's produce
What is Harvest Festival?
This is a type of deciduous tree that loses its leaves in the fall
What is maple?
Animals like elk, moose, and white-tailed deer grow these during the fall season at an accelerated rate of up to one inch per day
What are antlers?
This constellation becomes more visible in the northern hemisphere during the autumn months
What is Orion?
This John Carpenter horror film, released in 1978, introduced the masked killer Michael Myers in the fictional town of Haddonfield
What is Halloween?
This country celebrates the "Mid-Autumn Festival" with mooncakes
What is China?
This is the chemical in leaves that causes them to change colors in the fall through the process of breaking down
What is chlorophyll?
This is the act of intense eating in the fall in order to gain weight leading into winter sleep for brown and black bears
What is hyperphagia?
This is the term given to the unexpected stretch of warm, hazy weather that sometimes happens right after the first autumn frost
What is an Indian Summer?
This novel features the following line: "I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers"
What is Anne of Green Gables?