🎃 FALL FAVORITES
What orange vegetable is commonly carved into a jack-o'-lantern?
PUMPKIN
What nut is the main ingredient in a traditional Southern pie often served during the fall?
PECAN
What do we call an animal's seasonal journey from one region to another?
MIGRATION
Thanksgiving always falls on which day of the week in the United States?
THURSDAY
What Peanuts character believes in the Great Pumpkin?
LINUS
What fall activity involves riding in a wagon filled with straw or hay?
HAYRIDE
What warm drink is commonly made from apples and flavored with spices?
APPLE CIDER
What pigment gives healthy leaves their green color?
CHLOROPHYLL
Thanksgiving is celebrated on which Thursday of November?
THE FOURTH THURSDAY
Which actress played Dorothy in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz?
JUDY GARLAND
During the autumnal equinox, day and night are approximately how many hours each?
12 HOURS
What vegetable is used to make the Southern dish commonly called "candied yams"?
SWEET POTATOES
What tree produces acorns?
OAK
The famous 1621 harvest feast associated with the first Thanksgiving took place in what present-day state?
MASSACHUSETTS
In The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, what is the name of the schoolteacher pursued by the Headless Horseman?
ICHABOND CRANE
What is the name of the full moon that occurs closest to the autumn equinox?
HARVEST MOON
What spice gives many fall desserts their distinctive warm flavor and comes from tree bark?
CINNAMON
What three crops were traditionally planted together by many Native American peoples and became known as the "Three Sisters"?
CORN, BEANS, & SQUASH
Which president proclaimed a national Thanksgiving celebration in 1863 during the Civil War?
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
What famous crooner recorded the classic song "Autumn Leaves" on his 1955 album Sings for Two in Love?
NAT KING COLE
What two months can the first day of autumn fall in within the Northern Hemisphere?
SEPTEMBER
What tart red berry is commonly turned into a sauce for Thanksgiving dinner?
CRANBERRY
What is the name of the process by which plants use sunlight to make food?
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Which president signed the law establishing Thanksgiving as the fourth Thursday of November?
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
What 1944 musical introduced the song "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," starring Judy Garland?
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