It's Fall Y'all!

Fall Holidays

1

Which month contains the first day of Fall?

September

2

What holiday honors people who fought for our country (USA)?

Veterans Day

3

What is a holiday celebrated by Canadians and Americans on different days?

Thanksgiving

4

Which month contains the last day of fall?

December

5

What Mexican Holiday is celebrated on November 1st and November 2nd each year in the USA and across Latin America?

Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead)

Fall Activities

1

What fall activity involves a squash, a scoop, and a carving knife?

Pumpkin carving

2

What things are made for fun but also to scare off birds from damaging or eating crops?

Scarecrow

3

What activity involves pitching, roasting, grilling, fishing, and telling stories?

Camping

4

Which of the following 2 fall activities can promote heart health?

a) visiting a haunted house

b) eating candy corn

c) watching scary movies

d) carving pumpkins

A &C

Some medical professionals believe that an innocent scare now and then (say while visiting a haunted house or watching a scary movie) can, in fact, promote heart health. 

Michael Castine, cardiologist at Ochsner Medical Center, explained that when scared, a person's adrenaline triggers the blood vessels to contract and re-direct blood toward the heart and lungs, in a "flight or fight" response. The result? "This can train your heart to pump more blood with every stroke—increasing your cardiac output up to eight times its resting capacity," Castine explained.

5

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.

Fall Food

1

What is the most popular fall fruit, that comes in over 2,500 varieties in America alone?

Apples

2

What is the most common main dish served at Thanksgiving?

Turkey

88% of Americans surveyed by the National Turkey Federation eat turkey on Thanksgiving.

3

What is one of the most popular baked pastry dish that can be made with either fruit, meat or vegetables.

Pie

4

How much water is a pumpkin made up of?

A. 45%

B. 60%

C. 80%

C. 80% Pumpkins are 80-90% water

5

What is a sticky treat made specially during Halloween and fall harvest?

Candy Apple

Fall Random

1

Which country invented bobbing for apples?

a) America

b) Australia

c) England

d) Germany

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.

2

What fluttering fella is the only insect that migrates up to 2,500 miles for nicer weather?

A) Monarch Butterfly

B) Raven

C) Flamingo

D) Bald Eagle

A - 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

3

What one type of tree never loses it's leaves or color?

A) Pine tree

B) Palm Tree

C) Evergreen Tree

D) Apple Tree 

C - An evergreen tree

4

Besides pies, what were pumpkins also used for in the old days? (You must pick 2 answers)

a) remove freckles

b) cure snake bites

c) soothe a tooth ache

d) help fingernails shine

A & B) To remove freckles and cure snake bites.

5

How many countries call it fall instead of autumn?

a) 1

b) 3

c) 5

d) 7

1. Good ole USA

The season was originally just called harvest and autumn came around much later in the 1300s, according to CNN. When English poets started using the phrase “the fall of leaves” it became very fashionable to call the season fall. But by the mid-1800s, after the split of the colonies from England led to language change,  England reverted back to Autumn and the American upstarts retained fall. 

Fall Facts

1

What is Foliage?

A) Foil

B) The different colors of leaves to a tree or plant 

C) To fool someone

D) To know someone's age

B) The different colors of leaves to a tree or plant

2

______ forget about the majority of nuts they bury, which helps regrow forests.
A. Squirrels

B. Ants

C. Rabbits

D. Gophers

A. Squirrels

 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.

3

As it gets colder in the Fall, what is the degrees at which water freezes?

32 degrees Fahrenheit

4

Babies born in the fall are more likely to live to be?

A) 65 Years old

B) 77 Years old

C) 89 Years old

D) 100 Years old

110 Years old

D) 100 Years old

In a 2011 study published in the Journal of Aging Research, researchers analyzed the birth months of 1,574 American centenarians and compared them to the birth months of their shorter-lived siblings. The data showed that people born between September and November were more likely to become centenarians.

5

Americans buy enough candy during Halloween to fill six _______. 

A. Titanics

B. Football Fields

C. Grocery Stores

D. Buses

A - Titanics