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Who is the Greek Goddess of the Harvest?
Demeter
What is the offical name (danish or english) for our autumn holiday?
Kartoffelferie/Potato week
Pumpkins grow on every continent except...?
Antarctica
Now used to represent fall, this cheerful icon was originally built to scare birds from crops.
Scarecrow
This machine revolutionized wheat farming by combining reaping, threshing, and winnowing.
The Combine Harvester
This farming tool, often held by The Reaper, is one of the earliest tools still used today
Scythe
Where is rice harvest celebrated?
Bali, Indonesia
The world's heaviest pumpkin weighed over how many thousand pounds?
Over 2,000 pounds; the heaviest pumpkin weighed just a bit over 2,700 pounds
This full moon is closest to the autumn equinox and provides extra nighttime light for farmers.
Harvest Moon
Used when producing high-quality wine, what non-mechanical method is used for harvesting grapes?
Picking by Hand
how many potatoes are harvested a year? (in metric tons)
(hint: its a LOT more than you think, Like a LOOOOT more)
300 million metric tons
In canada, when is thanksgiving celebrated?
October
or
the 2nd monday of October
What are the three most common colors of a pumpkin?
Orange, White, Yellow
This symbol of fall is said to have been used at the first Thanksgiving, featuring a goat's horn overflowing with fruits, vegetables, and flowers.
Cornucopia
These berries are harvested by flooding bogs, causing the berries to float to the top for easy collection.
Cranberries
Pumpkins are rich in this vitamin.
Vitamin A
What is the name of the major three-day harvest festival celebrated on the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar under a bright full moon, and where is it celebrated?
Chuseok, South Korea
About how many months do pumpkins take to grow?
3-4 months; 90-120 days
Horn of Plenty & Originating in Greek mythology from the goat Amalthea who nursed Zeus
Olives in Mediterranean regions are harvested by doing what to trees so that they fall into nets?
Shaking the Tree
A 1942 classic romantic drama film starring Ronald Colman and Greer Garson, based on the 1941 best-selling novel by James Hilton.
What is Random Harvest?
Thanksgiving (US) is celebrated when and to remember the successful harvest of what year?
Fourth Thursday of November & 1621
Pumpkins are what percent of water?
90%
Who is the celtic goddess of harvest?
Tailtiu
The word harvest comes from the Old English "haerfest" which means what?
Autumn