Fall Holidays
Fall Activities
Fall Jokes
Fall Food
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Fall Facts
100
The holiday that lands on October 31st each year.
Halloween
100
This fall activity involves a squash, a scoop, and a carving knife.
Pumpkin carving
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100
Why do trees hate going to school?
Because they're easily stumped
100
What is the most popular fall fruit, that comes in over 2,500 varieties in America alone
Apples
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100
Which country invented bobbing for apples?
a) America
b) Australia
c) England
d) Germany
England
Although the modern version is now typically played by people bobbing into buckets of water to catch an apple with their mouth, the original game was actually once a British courting ritual. Males were assigned an apple, whilst the female would bob for them, hoping to get the right apple from the man she wanted. If she did, it was a sign that they were destined to be together.
100
How many varieties of apples are there?
A. 2,500
B. 5,200
C. 7,500
C. 7,500 types in total.
There are about 2,500 varieties grown in the US and 7,500 varieties grown worldwide.
200
Which month contains the first day of fall
September
200
These are made for fun but also to scare off birds from damaging or eating crops
Scarecrow
200
How do you fix a pumpkin?
With a pumpkin patch
200
What is the most common main dish served at Thanksgiving?
Turkey
88% of Americans surveyed by the National Turkey Federation eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
200
This fluttering fella is the only insect that migrates up to 2,500 miles for nicer weather
Monarch butterfly
The Monarch butterfly dislikes winter so much that it’ll fly South from America to the warmth of Mexico and parts of California at a speed between 12 and 25 miles per hour
200
______ forget about the majority of nuts they bury, which helps regrow forests.
A. Squirrels
B. Ants
C. Rabbits
A. Squirrels
Throughout the fall, squirrels spend their days collecting and "caching" nuts, meaning they hide the tasty treasures away in spots where they hope to find them later. One 1998 study by the University of Richmond found that squirrels fail to recover up to 74 percent of the nuts they bury, which is likely responsible for oak forest regeneration.
300
What is a holiday celebrated by Canadians and Americans on different days?
Thanksgiving!
In Canada it is on October 9th, while here it will be on November 23rd
300
This activity can involve pitching, roasting, grilling, fishing, and telling stories.
Camping
300
What kind of vest do you wear in the fall?
Har'VEST'
300
What is one of the most popular baked pastry dish that can be made with either fruit, meat or vegetables.
BONUS: What is America's favorite type of this dish?
Pie
BONUS: Apple. The clear winner for the United States as a whole was (not surprisingly) apple pie with more than 27% of sales going to the traditional flavor.
300
The one type of tree that never loses it's leaves or color (Hint is in the name)
An evergreen tree
300
Americans buy enough candy during Halloween week to fill six ____.
A. Titanics
B. Football Fields
C. Grocery Stores
A. Titanics
On Halloween, we spend an estimated $9 billion on it. In fact, according to Vox, "If you took all the candy that's sold during Halloween week and turned it into a giant ball … it'd be as large as six Titanics and weigh 300,000 tons."
400
What is the name of the day where people shop some of the best deals of the year?
Black Friday
400
On how many continents can you grow pumpkins?
a) 1
b) 3
c) 4
d) 6
6!
No matter where you are in the world, you'll be able to find a pumpkin (unless you plan to visit Antarctica). These squash grow on every single continent except the southernmost one. The top producers of pumpkins include China, India, Ukraine, the United States, Egypt, and Mexico. And, fun fact, the top pumpkin-producing U.S. state is Illinois.
400
Why shouldn’t you tell a secret in a cornfield?
Because the corn has ears
400
Popular seasonal drink flavor served in the fall that came about in 2003 from Starbucks. Today, Starbucks reports over 20 million are sold in latte form each year
Pumpkin spice
The pumpkin spice flavour profile has been around for centuries. The earliest-known “pumpkin spice” reference dates back to a British recipe from 1675 with pepper, cloves, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Other recipes also contain ginger and/or all spice
400
This spooky hit was originally released by Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt Kickers in 1962.
Lyric Hint, "It was a graveyard smash"
Monster Mash
400
The smell of the first rain of the season has a name.
A. Petrichor
B. Monsoon
C. First Fall
A. Petrichor
Petrichor is "a distinctive, earthy, usually pleasant odor that is associated with rainfall especially when following a warm, dry period and that arises from a combination of volatile plant oils and geosmin released from the soil into the air and by ozone carried by downdrafts.
500
Which month contains the last day of fall?
December
500
What are the two most common food items that families/friends most commonly go out and pick during September and October
Pumpkins and apples
500
How do trees get onto the internet?
They 'log' in
500
A sticky treat made specially during Halloween and fall harvest (Hint: it is served on a stick)
Candy apple
500
In colonial times, what were apples called?
Winter Bananas or Melt-In-The-Mouths
500
Which one of the words below is associated with the sound of wind in the trees and rustling leaves.
A. Psithurism
B. Praire
C. bract
A. Psithurism
The sound of leaves and trees rustling in the wind is considered one of the most satisfying noises of the season. And the next time you hear it, you'll know it has a name: psithurism, which comes from the Greek word psithuros, meaning whispering (the s is silent).
600
This holiday honors people who fought for our country
Canada: Remembrance Day
US: Veterans Day
600
Which country has the largest corn maze in the world?
The US!
Cool Patch Pumpkins in Dixon, California
600
What do you get when you divide the circumference of a jack-o-lantern by it's diameter?
Pumpkin Pi
600
A pumpkin is made up of approximately how much water?
A. 45%
B. 60%
C. 80%
C. 80% Pumpkins are 80-90% water
600
What was the first group of people in history to use Scarecrows?
Egyptians
600
The largest pumpkin pie ever weighed nearly ____ pounds.
A. 3,700
B. 2,500
C. 1,000
A. 3,700
According to Guinness World Records, the pie measured 20 feet in diameter, weighed 3,699 pounds, and required 440 sheets of dough. It was made by the New Bremen Giant Pumpkin Growers in Ohio in September 2010.