Fall Food & Drinks
What spice blend is most commonly associated with fall lattes and desserts?
Pumpkin Spice
What activity involves children dressing in costumes and going door to door for candy?
Trick-or-treating
Which tree is famous for its bright red leaves in autumn, especially in New England?
Maple Tree
What American sport is most associated with fall weekends and Thanksgiving Day?
Football
What popular autumn activity involves picking fruit straight from the orchard?
Apple picking.
What fruit is the star of the traditional drink mulled cider?
Apple
What vegetable was originally carved in Ireland before pumpkins became the U.S. tradition?
Turnips
What bird is commonly associated with fall in North America because it migrates south for winter?
Canada Goose
Major League Baseball’s postseason, including the World Series, is nicknamed what?
The Fall Classic
What fall farm activity involves navigating through tall stalks of maize?
What type of pie is the classic Thanksgiving dessert made from a bright orange squash?
Pumpkin Pie
Which black animal is commonly associated with witches and Halloween superstition?
Black cat
What animal famously grows a thicker coat in fall to prepare for winter hibernation?
Bears
Which sport begins its regular season in October and is often played indoors during fall?
Basketball
What do families often carve into jack-o’-lanterns during October?
Pumpkins
Which nut is used in the classic holiday pie that originated in the southern U.S.?
Pecan
What plant, often dried and bundled, is associated with witches’ flying in folklore?
A broomstick
What flower, often blooming in fall, is a popular seasonal decoration for porches and gardens?
Chrysanthemums (mums)
Which sport, popular on college campuses in the fall, features marching bands and tailgating?
College Football
What fall festival activity often involves hay bales and a wagon pulled by a tractor or horses?
Hayride
In North America, what fruit is often harvested and used in sauce served at Thanksgiving dinner?
Cranberry
In Mexico, the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) is celebrated around the same time as Halloween — what food is traditionally offered to the dead?
Pan de muerto (bread of the dead)
The fall equinox marks what natural event?
Equal length of day and night.
The New York City Marathon is traditionally held in which fall month?
November
What drink is often enjoyed warm during fall festivals, made from pressed fruit?
Hot Apple Cider
What hot beverage made from chocolate is a classic fall and winter comfort drink?
Hot Chocolate
What phrase do children traditionally say at a door to receive candy on Halloween night?
“Trick or treat!”
What migratory insect travels thousands of miles to Mexico during the fall?
Monarch butterfly.
What sport’s professional league season overlaps fall and winter, starting in October?
Ice Hockey
What nighttime fall activity involves gathering around a fire for warmth and roasting marshmallows?
Bonfire
Which warm alcoholic drink, often served at fall festivals, combines red wine with spices like cinnamon and cloves?
Mulled Wine
What color pair is most associated with Halloween?
Orange and black
Which season do squirrels typically gather and store nuts to prepare for winter?
Fall
Which Major League Baseball team has the most World Series championships, many of them won in the fall?
New York Yankees
What popular fall baking activity uses apples, cinnamon, and crust?
Making Apple Pie
Cornbread is a common fall comfort food — what ingredient gives it its yellow color?
Cornmeal
What sweet treat, made of sugar, corn syrup, and honey, is shaped like a tri-colored triangle and is popular at Halloween?
Candy Corn
What bird, often heard in autumn, makes the familiar “hoot” sound?
Owl
In American football, what is the term for the championship games leading up to the Super Bowl that take place in the fall?
The Playoffs
What spooky fall activity involves visiting staged haunted attractions for scares?
Haunted Houses
What orange vegetable is the main ingredient in butternut squash soup, a fall favorite?
Butternut Squash
What type of lantern is carved from a pumpkin and lit with a candle on Halloween?
A Jack-o’-lantern
In fall, deer often enter what seasonal behavior tied to mating?
The nut
Which fall sport requires athletes to run through wooded courses, fields, and trails?
Cross-Country Running
What spooky fall activity involves visiting staged haunted attractions for scares?
Pumpkin chunkin’ (or pumpkin launching).
Which spiced cake roll, filled with cream cheese frosting, is a popular autumn dessert?
Pumpkin Roll
Halloween originated from which ancient Celtic festival marking the end of the harvest season?
Samhain
What spiny fruit, common in fall, contains edible nuts prized by squirrels and humans?
Chestnuts
What college football rivalry game is traditionally played in late November between Ohio State and Michigan?
“The Game.”
What fall activity involves walking through fields or forests to admire the changing leaf colors?
Leaf Peeping