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100

What animal is most associated with Halloween and said to bring bad luck if it crosses your path?

A black cat

100

What is the name of the parade that Americans watch on Thanksgiving?

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

100

What fall fruit is often used to make a traditional sauce served with Thanksgiving dinner?

Cranberries

100

What was Autumn/Fall originally known as?

Harvest 

100

What sport do folks gather together to watch every weekend in the fall months?

Football

200

The leaves on the trees change colour due to a lack of what?

Chlorophyll 

200

What is the term for the annual beer festival and traveling funfair held in Munich, Germany, each autumn?

Oktoberfest 

200

Name three things found in pumpkin spice?

Cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, allspice, ginger

200

What is the Halloween-themed town where the infamous Witchcraft Trials of 1692 took place?

Salem, Massachusetts

200

Daylight Saving Time ends each November. Do we gain an hour or lose an hour?

We gain an hour because we set our clocks back.

300

What do you call a male turkey?

Gobblers

300

Which Pagan holiday is observed on the autumnal equinox?

Samhain

300

Which popular autumn drink is created by fermenting apple juice?

Hard Cider

300

An annual pumpkin regatta has been held in what Nova Scotia town since 1999?

Windsor

300

What is the name of the full moon that occurs closest to the start of autumn?

Harvest Moon

400

What bird migrates south in a “V” formation during autumn?

Geese

400

Jewish New Year is celebrated annually in the autumn. But what is this holiday called?

Rosh Hashanah

400

What is the name of the famous Starbucks drink with a pumpkin flavor?

Pumpkin Spice Latte

400

What country started the tradition of pumpkin carving?

Ireland

400

The poem “To Autumn” was written by which poet, famous for his odes?

John Keats

500

What bug flies south to Mexico for the winter during the fall months?

Butterflies

500

What Hindu festival of lights is celebrated at the end of October or early November

Diwali

500

What are the 4 traditional ingredients in a hot toddy?

Whiskey, lemon juice, honey, and hot water

500

Who was the first group of people in history to use scarecrows?

Egyptians

500

When is fall in the Southern Hemisphere?

March through May

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