Foliage
autumnal equinox happens on?
September 22nd/23rd
This company is credited with popularizing the most iconic coffee drink of the fall
Starbucks (added bonus for what the drink is: PSL)
This popular fall activity has grown in popularity over recent generations, involving a trip to a farm to pick this iconic symbol of the season.
pumpkin picking
This 1960s sitcom featured a spooky family with characters named Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, and Pugsley.
The Addams Family?
Commonly known as the “Festival of Lights,” this celebration takes place during the autumn season in North America.
Diwali
These trees are especially famous for producing brilliant red, orange, and yellow foliage in autumn.
Maple Trees
This tea-based beverage originating in India combines black tea, aromatic spices, and milk, and is traditionally enjoyed hot.
Chai
This root vegetables traditionally hits peak harvest in late autumn, developing a much sweeter and nuttiness-rich flavor only after being exposed to a light frost?
Parsnip
In The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Ichabod Crane is famously frightened by this mysterious rider.
The Headless Horseman
Thanksgiving is an official statutory Holiday in all provinces except these 4
PEI, Newfoundland, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia
The yellow and orange pigments hidden in leaves throughout the summer become visible when this green pigment breaks down.
Chlorophyll
Despite its name, pumpkin spice traditionally contains no pumpkin; this baking spice is commonly one of its main ingredients alongside cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg.
allspice
Before carving pumpkins was the norm, what did the Irish carve?
Turnips/Potato
Michael Jackson's famous Halloween-season hit features a music video with zombies and werewolves.
Thriller
Celebrated in Mexico on November 1 and 2, this holiday honors deceased loved ones with altars, marigolds, food, and photographs.
Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
This environmental factor, along with shorter days, helps trigger the changing of leaves in many deciduous trees.
Cooler Temperature
This red fruit is commonly paired with apple in fall punches and can also be used to make a tart seasonal cocktail.
Cranberry
In ancient Britain, this activity associated with fall/harvest season was first used as a courtship ritual before it was turned into a party game.
Bobbing for apples
This TV family lived at 1313 Mockingbird Lane.
The Munsters
During Rosh Hashanah, apples are traditionally dipped into this sweet food to symbolize hopes for a sweet new year.
Honey
Unlike deciduous trees, these trees generally retain their foliage throughout the year.
evergreens/conifers?
This baking ingredient introduced by Procter & Gamble in 1911, became a popular "secret ingrident" for making pie crusts flaky and tender.
Crisco
a bushel of apples weighs...
42 pounds
This author wrote the 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.
Mary Shelley
This 19th-century Irish-American tradition helped popularize the practice of going door-to-door for food or treats around Halloween.
Souling
Souling was a medieval Christian tradition, especially associated with parts of England, where people—often children or the poor—would go door-to-door on or around All Souls’ Day (November 2).