Fall in Pop Culture & Literature
This Washington Irving story features Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman.
What is The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?
Pomology is the scientific study of this.
What is Fruit? (especially apples)
This outdoor activity is the practice of traveling to admire colorful autumn foliage.
What is leaf peeping?
This author wrote The Raven and The Tell-Tale Heart.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
Pumpkin spice does not actually contain this vegetable.
What is pumpkin?
Author Ray Bradbury wrote this novel about two boys encountering a mysterious autumn carnival.
What is Something Wicked This Way Comes?
A bushel of apples can make approximately this many pies.
What is 21 pies?
The full moon closest to the autumn equinox is known by this name.
What is the Harvest Moon?
This Romantic poet wrote the ode To Autumn.
Who is John Keats?
This spice, often found in pumpkin pie spice, comes from dried flower buds.
What are cloves?
This Edgar Allan Poe poem begins, "Once upon a midnight dreary..."
What is The Raven?
The squash variety known for its dark green skin and orange interior originates from this country.
This word describes the sound of leaves rustling in the wind.
What is Psithurism?
This famous Shakespeare play includes the line, "Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble."
What is Macbeth?
Before pumpkin spice became popular, this apple-flavored fall beverage dominated autumn menus.
What is apple cider?
The band Earth, Wind & Fire asks listeners to remember this date in September.
What is the 21st night of September?
This spice comes from the inner bark of tropical trees.
What is Cinnamon?
This constellation, known for its large square shape, is commonly seen in autumn skies.
What is Pegasus?
In Anne of Green Gables, Anne says, "I'm so glad I live in a world where there are _____."
What are Octobers?
The unofficial start of fall, according to social media.
What is when the Pumpkin Spice Latte returns?
This 1987 film stars Cher, Susan Sarandon, and Michelle Pfeiffer as three women enchanted by a mysterious man.
What is The Witches of Eastwick?
The squash variety often used to make canned "pumpkin" filling is actually this type of squash.
What is Dickinson squash?
This Colorado tree species famously turns mountainsides gold every September.
What is the Quaking Aspen?
This author wrote The October Country, a collection of eerie short stories.
Who is Ray Bradbury?
This phrase describes someone who becomes unreasonably excited when pumpkin spice season begins.
What is "basic"?