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What does it mean when someone places a teal pumpkin on their porch for Halloween?
The house is handing out non-food treats to make sure that kids with food allergies can still participate.
50
What year did Christopher Columbus get lost?
1492
50
Oktoberfest takes place every autumn in which German city?
Munich
50
Are pumpkins technically a fruit or a vegetable?
Fruit
50
Who wrote Frankenstein?
Mary Shelley
50
Some mammals store up on food and fat reserves to prepare for this during fall/winter.
Hibernation
100
Which month contains the last day of fall?
December
100
What insect migrates south to Mexico for the winter during the fall months?
Monarchs (or just butterflies)
100
Which Hindu festival takes place in the fall?
Diwali
100
What process refers to soaking poultry in a saltwater solution before cooking it?
Brining
100
Who wrote Dracula?
Bram Stroker
100
What ancient siege weapons are used for "Punkin Chunkin"
Trebuchet
150
When is Día de los Muertos celebrated?
November 1st & 2nd
150
If you want to visit Transylvania (not the one in PA), what country do you need to fly to?
Romania
150
What country started the tradition of pumpkin carving?
Ireland
150
In what country were pumpkin pies first made?
Mexico
150
What two American Football teams play on every Thanksgiving?
Detroit Lions and the Dallas Cowboys(boooooooo!)
150
What is a female Turkey called?
Hen
200
Which US state first adopted Thanksgiving as an annual holiday?
New York
200
Where can you see the world's largest bat colony?
Bracken Cave in San Antonio
200
Which Jewish holiday, celebrating the Jewish near year, takes place in the fall?
Rosh Hashanah
200
What are the traditional ingredients in a hot toddy?
Whiskey, lemon juice, honey, and hot water
200
Bowling has a Thanksgiving/Fall themed term. What is the name and what does it signify?
Turkey, three strikes in a row.
200
What is this part of the turkey called?
Wattle
250
What does the “11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month” signify?
On November 11, 1918, at 11 a.m. in France, German forces formally agreed to a cease-fire, thereby ending World War I.
250
Black Friday is the biggest day of the year for what trade profession?
Plumbers
250
Who was the first group of people in history to use scarecrows?
The Egyptians
250
Which U.S. state has named apple cider their official state drink?
New Hampshire
250
What movie holds the record for the highest-grossing weekend in Thanksgiving history? Other movies need to just let it go.
Frozen 2
250
What is the smell of the first rain of fall called?
Petrichor
300
What year was the first Thanksgiving?
1621
300
What other holiday is celebrated on Black Friday?
Native American Heritage Day
300
Why is Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November in America?
So the Christmas shopping season is longer. President Roosevelt did this to aid in the country's financial recovery from the Great Depression.
300
In colonial times, what were apples called?
Winter bananas or "melt-in-the-mouths"
300
Where does the popular rhyme ‘double, double toil, and trouble’ originate?
Macbeth
300
What pigment is responsible for trees with red and purple leaves?
Anthocyanins