Fall Activities
Fall Jokes
Fall Food
Fall Random
Fall Facts
100
This fall activity involves a pumpkin, a scoop, and a carving knife.
Pumpkin carving
500 X POINTS
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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
50 X POINTS
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.
GRAND PRIZE ENTRY
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
200
______ forget about the majority of nuts they bury, which helps regrow forests.
A. Squirrels
B. Ants
C. Rabbits
A. Squirrels
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.
5 X POINTS
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.
400
What is on TV every Saturday and Sunday of fall?
College and NFL football
400
Why shouldn’t you tell a secret in a cornfield?
Because the corn has ears
5 X POINTS
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
400
Free Response: Do you put up your Christmas decorations the day after halloween?
Everyone go around and answer
400
The largest pumpkin ever grown weighed .....
2,749 pounds
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
TRIPLE POINTS
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
True or False: Has it ever snowed on Thanksgiving in Arkansas?
True
1971, snowed 4 inches in Little Rock
GP X 2
500
Do all turkey's gobble
not all turkeys gobble, just males gobble, females cackle.
GRAND PRIZE ENTRY
600
Name some items that could be at a haunted house
people dressed up, strobe lights, scary decorations
600
What do you get when you divide the circumference of a jack-o-lantern by it's diameter?
Pumpkin Pi
GP X5
600
A pumpkin is made up of approximately how much water?
A. 45%
B. 60%
C. 80%
C. 80% Pumpkins are 80-90% water
GP
600
Are pumpkins a fruit or a vegetable?
Fruit
600
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