Fall Holidays
The holiday that lands on October 31st each year.
Halloween
This activity involves a squash, scoop, and a carving knife
Pumpkin carving
Most popular fall fruit
Apples
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.
The month that contains the first day of fall
September
These are made for fun but also to scare off birds from damaging or eating crops
Scarecrow
Most common dish served at Thanksgiving
Turkey
______ 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.
Holiday celebrated by Canadians and Americans on different days.
Thanksgiving
This activity can involve pitching, roasting, grilling, fishing, and telling stories.
Camping
A popular baked pastry dish made with either fruit or meat and vegetables.
Pie
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."
Day after a holiday where people shop some of the best deals of the year.
Black Friday
Families most commonly go out to pick these two food items in the fall
Pumpkins and apples
Popular seasonal drink flavor in the fall
Pumpkin spice
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.
The month that contains the last day of fall
December
This "sporting event" happens over the Thanksgiving weekend
The Turkey Bowl
A sticky treat made specially during Halloween and fall harvest (Hint: it is served on a stick)
Candy apple
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).