Fall Science
The two days of the year that have equal amounts of day and night
Bonus - the months these occur in
The Equinox
March & September
The most sold and distributed Halloween candy for the last 50+ years
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
The Pagan festival celebrating the end of the Harvest season that modern Halloween traditions are based on
Samhain
The first American Halloween special that was aired in 1966
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
A pumpkin
From August to November, these butterflies migrate from Canada to Mexico
Monarch butterflies
Real or urban legend: Halloween candy has been poisoned and/or filled with razorblades for trick-or-treaters
Real (trick question) - one guy in the 70s poisoned his own child's candy stash with cyanide to collect life insurance money
This famous magician died on Halloween in 1926
Harry Houdini
This brought the Sanderson Sisters back to life
The black flame candle
This author created the Goosebumps series
R L Stein
Leaves change color in the fall because they stop producing this
Chlorophyll
Candy corn colors from bottom to top
Yellow - orange - white
This root vegetable was carved in Europe before pumpkins were more available
Turnips
This classic horror movie was originally called "The Babysitter Murders"
Halloween
This festival, honoring lost loved ones, is known as _____ in Latin American countries
Día de los Muertos
Day of the Dead
This is the reason the days get shorter in the fall
The Earth's axis tilts
The original name for Sour Patch Kids
Mars Men
This was the original purpose of carving Jack-O-Lanterns and lighting them on Samhain
To ward off evil spirits
This was the killer in the first Friday the 13th movie
Jason's mom
Number of bones usually in the adult human body
Bonus - do adults or babies have more bones
206
Babies - around 300
This popular fall produce is a member of the rose family
Apples
This candy was the first to be individually wrapped for trick-or-treating
Tootsie Rolls
Trick-or-treating became a widespread tradition in America by this decade
1950s
(Would be the 40s but WWII rationed sugar)
Psycho, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Silence of the Lambs were based off this serial killer
Ed Gein
This state grows the most pumpkins
Illinois