Autumn Movies & TV
In this 1993 Disney movie, three witches return to Salem on Halloween night.
Hocus Pocus
Before becoming Halloween decorations, pumpkins were historically cultivated by Indigenous peoples of this continent.
North America
This word describes a fear of spiders.
Arachnophobia
This sport is traditionally associated with touchdowns, quarterbacks, and autumn in the United States.
American Football / NFL
In the Northern Hemisphere, the autumnal equinox is one of the two days each year when daytime and nighttime are approximately this length.
12 Hours
In The Nightmare Before Christmas, this character is known as the Pumpkin King.
Jack Skellington
A pumpkin is technically classified as a type of this fruit.
Berry
According to folklore, this nocturnal animal is often associated with witches.
Owls
The World Series is the championship series of this sport.
Baseball
If autumn begins on September 22 and winter begins December 21, approximately how many days long is autumn?
90 Days
This 1987 film starring Robin Williams and a young Kirsten Dunst involves a magical board game.
Jumanji
This popular autumn festival celebrates the gathering of crops after the growing season.
Harvest Festival
In classic folklore, a werewolf is traditionally said to transform under the light of this object.
The full moon
Held annually in late October or early November, this famous horse race is known as “The Run for the Roses.”
Kentucky Derby
The autumnal equinox occurs when day and night are approximately equal in length. What does “equinox” literally relate to?
Equal Night
In Fantastic Mr. Fox, the protagonist and his family face off against three farmers. Name any one of them.
Who is Boggis, Bunce, or Bean?
This process turns organic material such as leaves and food scraps into nutrient-rich material for soil.
Composting
The famous Salem witch trials took place in 1692 in this U.S. state.
Massachusetts
This international rugby competition involving six European nations is played partly during autumn, depending on the competition schedule.
Six Nations Championship
Why do deciduous trees drop their leaves?
To conserve water and energy during colder, darker conditions.
This 1998 film follows a young boy who becomes fascinated by the supernatural after moving into a new town and stars Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment.
The Sixth Sense
The giant pumpkin displayed at many agricultural competitions belongs to this species, also known as the giant squash.
Cucurbita maxima?
In Bram Stoker's Dracula, Dracula's castle is located in a region of present-day Romania historically associated with this name.
Transylvania?
This annual cycling race in Japan, one of the world's most prestigious stage races, is held in autumn and is known as the Japan Cup. What city hosts its famous road race?
Utsunomiya
The autumnal equinox does not necessarily produce exactly 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness. What atmospheric effect helps explain this?
Atmospheric refraction.