Fall Holidays & Observances
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Symbols
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National Knock Knock Joke Day coincides with this holiday in which there's a lot of door knocking going on.
What is Halloween?
100
The pigment that transports oxygen in the blood, it is in the red blood cells & gives blood its red color.
What is hemoglobin?
100
This title character speaks for the trees.
What is the Lorax?
100
Invented in 1948, the first dispenser for this candy resembled a lighter, to encourage people to quit smoking.
What is Pez?
100
Used when cross referencing, this symbol can also call attention to a listing, like a questionable home run total.
What is an asterisk?
200
Wright Brothers Day, December 17, commemorates their historic 1903 flight from near this North Carolina town.
What is Kitty Hawk?
200
The solid parts of blood--the red & white blood cells & platelets--are suspended in this, the liquid portion.
What is plasma?
200
When thinking of his father's advice, Marco's imagination runs wild while walking home from school on this avenue.
What is Mulberry Street?
200
These "tiny, tangy crunchy" candies from Wonka have a geeky name.
What are Nerds?
200
A "lazy eight" is a nickname for the symbol that denotes this mathematical quantity.
What is infinity?
300
Explore the calendar & you'll discover that this federal holiday is celebrated on the second Monday in October.
What is Columbus Day?
300
Red blood cells start in this and are released into the bloodstream after approximately 7 days of maturation.
What is bone marrow?
300
Total number of tops on the Cubbins kid.
What is 500?
300
The streetlights in the town of Hershey are shaped like these candies that were introduced in 1907.
What are Kisses?
300
From the Latin for "title", it's the little line over certain N's in Spanish to indicate a nasalized pronunciation.
What is a tilde?
400
In Taiwan, Teachers' Day (September 28) falls on the birthday of this great teacher & philosopher.
Who is Confucius?
400
Some kinds of white blood cells produce these, proteins that destroy bacteria, viruses & other invaders.
What are antibodies?
400
Young Gerald McGrew speculates on "If I Ran" this place.
What is the zoo?
400
It calls itself the "crispety, crunchety" candy bar.
What is Butterfinger?
400
This punctuation mark can also be called a screamer or a bang.
What is an exclamation point?
500
On November 30 the people of Scotland celebrate the feast day of this patron saint.
Who is St. Andrew?
500
Large numbers of abnormal white blood cells multiply out of control & do not fight infection in this disease.
What is leukemia?
500
A rhyming title: "Mr. Brown Can" do this! "Can You?"
What is moo?
500
This British chocolatier makes a dairy milk bar as well as a milk tray.
What is Cadbury?
500
A writer can indicate a lingering or unfinished thought using this symbol... represented by... 3 dots...
What is an ellipsis?
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