Fall Food & Harvest
What fruit is traditionally used to make cider?
Apples
What bird is famous for migrating south in large flocks during fall?
Canada Goose
What day of the week is Canadian thanksgiving
Monday
What color is a pumpkin before it ripens and turns orange?
Green
What is another name for fall?
Autumn
What spice is made from the dried inner bark of certain trees?
What is the name of the seasonal movement of animals from one region to another?
Migration
What percentage of a pumpkin is water?
A) 25%
B) 94%
C) 50%
B) 94%
What is the name of the classic party game where players try to grab floating apples from a tub of water using only their teeth?
Bobbing for apples
What fall month will you see a full corn moon?
September
What process turns grapes into raisins?
Drying or dehydration
What mammal stores food such as nuts for winter?
Squirrel
Name one fall zodiac sign
Libra, Scorpio, or Sagittarius
What country started the tradition of pumpkin carving?
True or False cranberries grow in water?
False they grow on vines in the wetlands.
What type of squash is traditionally used to make pumpkin pie?
Butternut squash is the most popular type of Winter squash
Monarch butterflies migrate to which country from Canada and the United States?
Mexico
Harvest
Who wrote and recorded the classic Halloween novelty song 'Monster Mash"
Bobby Boris Pickett & the crypt kickers
Daylight saving time ends each November. Do we gain an hour or lose an hour?
We gain an hour because we set out clocks back
What is the name of the process in which yeast converts sugars into alcohol?
Fermentation
What is the term for an animal entering a state of reduced activity and metabolism during winter?
Hibernation
In colonial times, what were apples called?
Winter bananas or a melt-in-the-mouths
What was candy corn originally named when it was first created in the 1880s?
Chicken feed
True or False more babies are born in September than in any other month.
True