Autumn Colors
Autumn Animals
Autumn Random
Autumn Sports and Activities
All things Autumn
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What is the color of an Apple?
Red, Green or Yellow
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Animals that hibernate will eat lots of food. The extra fat on their bodies keeps them warm and gives them energy. Name an animal that hibernates.
bears, bats, skunks, chipmunks, and groundhogs
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Riddle: What Vegetable is yellow
Is shucked before cooking
Has Ears and stalks
Corn
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What activity is this?
Autumn Hiking
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Why do many favorite fall fruits like pumpkins, apples, and cranberries float?
Many favorite fall fruits have a lot of air. This is why pumpkins, apples, and cranberries will float.
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What is the color of pumpkins?
Orange
100
Riddle:
Who lives in the Scary Hundred Acre Woods?
Winnie the BOO!
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What is the number one food eaten on Thanksgiving?
Turkey
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What fruit do families trend to pick in the fall?
Apples, Grapes or Pumpkins
100
Name 2 Holidays that occur in Autumn
Halloween, Thanksgiving, Veteran Day, Rosh Hashanah, Dia De Muertos/Day of the Dead, Columbus Day,
150
What is the color of a pinecone?
Brown
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What do animals do in the Autumn?
gather and store food
migrate
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In what month does Autumn Start?
September
150
Where do you go to pick a pumpkin?
A Pumpkin Patch
150
A favorite sticky sweet crunchy autumn treat made with an apple at its core?
Candy/Caramel Apple
200
What are the colors of Halloween?
Orange and Black
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What do bees do to prepare for Winter?
Bees are busy in the fall. They need to make and store enough honey for winter.
200
Autumn is known or referreed to as what other season by farmers?
Harvest Season
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What Favorite sport do people watch on TV or attend in a stadium in the Autumn? Take part in tailgating parties.
Football
200
What holiday do family and friends gather to eat and give thanks?
Thanksgiving
250
Color of leaves (name 2)
Green Gold/Yellow Brown
Red/Crimson Orange
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What Butterfly migrates to Mexico in the Autumn?
Monarch Butterfly
Unlike other butterflies that can overwinter as larvae, pupae, or even as adults in some species, monarchs cannot survive the cold winters of northern climates.
250
Superstition says that catching a falling leaf is?
Good Luck
250
What sport plays in the World Series in October?
Baseball
250
True or False
Pumpkin spice drinks like lattes contain no actual pumpkin, just all the spices you find in pumpkin pie.
True: There is no actual pumpkin in them
300
Color of Frost
White
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Furry animals fur in autumn changes how to keep them warm through winter. This is called their 'Winter Coat'
Grow thicker fur
300
Riddle:
If money really did grow on trees, what would be everyone’s favorite season?
Fall
300
What activity is this?
Go to a Corn Maze
300
Where was the first Thanksgiving celebrated?
Bonus: What year was the first Thanksgiving? (300 points)
Plymouth, MA (1621)
350
Color of Cranberries
Red
350
Why do Birds migrate to warmer places in autumn?
They migrate because cold weather means no seeds or insects for them to eat.
350
True or False
People who live near the equator don’t have an autumn season.
True
The temperature stays almost the same all year.
350
people Crave Pumpkins
Make Jack-o-lanterns
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The Autumn Equinox marks the start of fall. Autumn lasts until the Winter Solstice in December.
What is the Autumn Equinox?
There is less sunlight during autumn, so days are shorter and nights are longer.
500
Color of Candy Corn
yellow, orange, white
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When squirrels are hiding nuts for winter, their brains get bigger. Why do their brains grow bigger?
This helps them remember where they hide their food.
500
In autumn, the leaves finally turn into their real colors. The real colors hide behind the green in spring and summer. What causes the leaves to change colors?
Leaves get less sun in autumn and stop making chlorophyll. Reduction in Chlorophyll.
Autumn leaves are also different colors because of sugar. Sugar from the tree gets trapped in leaves. More sugar means brighter red and purple colors.
500
What Moon happens around the Autumn Equinox. Its bright moonlight helped farmers harvest crops before there was electricity.
Harvest Moon
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Why were orange and black chosen as the colors of Halloween?
Orange respresents Harvest/Pumpkins
Black respresents Night/ Darkness/Cold of Winter Coming