A Stately Fall
This US city (name the state as well) is home to the infamous witch trials that now draw massive crowds every fall.
What is Salem, MA?
Fall, or Autumn, lands between these months in the Southern Hemisphere.
What is March-May?
_______ to Fall by Queen
What is Hammer?
This was the UK title of the first Harry Potter book upon release in 1997.
What is Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone?
This is the original name for the yellow, orange, and white candy now called "Candy Corn".
What is Chicken Feed?
This US state typically produces the most apples.
What is Washington? (The PNW produced 63% of total US apple crop)
This tree's leaves are most famous for turning bright red in fall.
What is the maple tree?
I Fall to _____ by Patsy Cline
What is Pieces?
Name Hermione's cat.
What is Crookshanks?
This is the fictional town and state where Stranger Things is set.
What is Hawkins, Indiana?
This US state was home to the largest pumpkin on record.
What is Minnesota? (Grown by Travis Gienger. It weighed 2,749 lbs.)
Pumpkins have this ability when placed in water.
What is the ability to float?
Season of the _____ by Donovan
What is Witch?
In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, these two countries played the Quidditch World Cup final.
Ireland and Bulgaria
These are the dates on which Día de los Muertos is celebrated.
This US state produces the most pumpkins.
What is Illinois?
(Bonus 100 points if you can guess within 1,000 pounds of the pumpkins produced by Illinois alone in 2021.)
Name one of the three main reasons leaves change color in the fall.
What is leaf pigments: carotenoids, anthocyanin, & chlorophyll? (All three are present in the leaf before they fall off the tree. As days shorten, chlorophyll production slows and stops, leaving carotenoids and anthocyanin to produce the beautiful colors of fall :))
What is shorter days/longer nights?
What is weather conditions, specifically moisture and temperature?
Grand ____ Autumn/Where is Your Boy by Fall Out Boy
What is Theft?
Two wands that have the same magical substance at the core (given to them by the same animal) are said to be twins or brother wands. Name the core of Harry and Voldemort's brother wands.
What is a phoenix feather from Fawkes?
In Greek mythology, this goddess's movements are the reason for the fall season.
Who is Persephone?
This US state had the largest corn maze last year.
What is California? (42 acres)
Name the reason why it is typically more humid in the corn maze than in the pumpkin patch.
What is corn sweats?
A Hard _____ A-Gonna Fall by Bob Dylan
What is Rain's?
Name the 4 animals associated with each Hogwarts house.
What is
Gryffindor--Lion
Slytherin--Snake or Serpent
Hufflepuff--Badger
Ravenclaw--Eagle?
This famous author wrote this eulogy for a close friend:
"Best of all he loved the fall
the leaves yellow on the cottonwoods
leaves floating on the trout streams
and above the hills the high blue windless skies…now he will be a part of them forever.”
Who is Ernest Hemingway?