Thankful for Fall
Fall Facts
Ghosts and Ghouls
Fall'owing History
Pumpkin Spice and All Things Nice
100
This thanksgiving tradition can be bone cracking and often leaves one person with wishful thinking.
What is cracking the wishbone?
100
Another name for heat waves, or summer weather that can happen, later into the fall season.
What is an Indian Summer?
100
This is another name for a decorative pumpkin?
What is a gourd?
100
Thanksgiving became an official holiday in Canada in this year? (or decade)
What is 1957?
100
What is the main ingredient in pumpkin pie?
What is pumpkin?
200
Thanksgiving in the United States is not in October, but in this month.
What is November?
200
Despite it's name, this fall holiday is celebrated at the end of September.
What is Oktoberfest?
200
Which animal do you not want to cross on Halloween?
What is a black cat?
200
The destruction of this famous wall was the beginning of a new Germany on November 9, 1989.
What is the Berlin Wall?
200
This vegetable is a mix of turnip and cabbage and is harvested in the fall.
What is a rutabaga?
300
Not all provinces in Canada celebrate Thanksgiving as a statutory holiday. In fact there are four, name me one.
What is Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, PEI and Newfoundland
300
These trees stay the same colour during fall.
What is the Evergreen tree? Evergreen trees will not lose their leaves like deciduous trees. Their leaves, also called needles, are covered with a thick wax. This wax protects the inner components of the needles, preventing them from freezing.
300
This popular Halloween movie is based on three witch sisters that come back to suck the souls of poor little children... do not worry it is not scary, actual quite comical.
What is Hocus Pocus?
300
The 2nd youngest Prime Minister in Canada was sworn into parliament on November 4, 2015.
Who is Justin Trudeau?
300
This coffee drink is most popular at chain coffee shops during the fall, especially Starbucks.
What is Pumpkin Spice Latte?
400
Thanksgiving Day is not the only holiday we should be thankful for during fall. This is the other holiday we observe during fall.
What is Remembrance Day?
400
True or False, do squirrels hibernate after they collect all their nuts for the winter?
What is False? Contrary to popular belief, squirrels who have spent the entire autumn collecting acorns and other foods do not hibernate for the winter. Rather, they spend the majority of their time in nests they built to shelter them from harsh weather. When squirrels do come out in winter, they are usually tunneling under the snow to find the food they buried during the fall.
400
In which famous country is Dracula from?
What is Transylvania?
400
On the first Sunday of November, everyone in Alberta will get an extra hour of sleep that day, and everyday until Sunday, March 11, 2018 because of this.
What is Daylight Savings/Time change?
400
Often a salty, spice up water mixture, often called a turkey "bath" is this.
What is a brine?
500
Not often hearing the term 'poult' it is another name for this.
What is a baby turkey?
500
Fall is very important for birds. They begin to do this?
What is migrate south for the winter?
500
This famous author has created some scary characters, to spook anyone and everyone during Halloween... especially Penny Wise.
Who is Stephen King?
500
Often referred to as open season, this time during fall is heavily regulated by Alberta's Fish and Wildlife Conservation sector.
What is Hunting season?
500
When having candied yams at thanksgiving, these are roasted on top.
What is marshmallows?