Garden Harvest
Warm it Up!
True or False: Fall Tales
Fall-idays
100
This root vegetable, Daucus carota, is most commonly orange, but can also be red, purple, black, yellow, and white.
What are CARROTS
100
This hot drink includes hot water or milk, cocoa powder, sweetener... and sometimes whipped cream or marshmallows
What is HOT CHOCOLATE
100
All turkeys gobble
What is FALSE -> only male turkeys gobble
100
October 11th (this year): Turkey dinner, autumn decorations, giving thanks
What is THANKSGIVING
200
This root vegetable, Solanum tuberosum, can be eaten boiled, baked, fried, and mashed, to name a few...
What are POTATOES
200
This drink is made by pouring hot or boiling water over dried leaves, most often in a small bag. Types include Earl Grey, Darjeeling, Orange Pekoe, and Green
What is TEA
200
Butterflies fly south for the winter
What is TRUE -> butterflies can fly up to 2,500 miles for warmer weather in autumn and winter
200
October 31: costumes, candy, trickery
What is HALLOWEEN
300
This leafy green, Spinacia oleracea, "is full of vitamin A an' tha's what makes hoomans strong and helty", according to Popeye.
What is SPINACH
300
This drink is made by pouring hot water through ground beans of the Coffea plant
What is COFFEE
300
All trees lose their leaves in fall
What is FALSE -> some trees, like pine, cedar, or spruce trees, stay green year-round
300
Sept 23 - Oct 3: 10 day celebration of beer in Germany
What is OKTOBERFEST
400
86 million tonnes of this fruit, Malus domestica, are grown every year.
What are APPLES
400
This drink is made by combining spices with heated apple juices
What is APPLE CIDER
400
Eating pumpkin can get rid of freckles
What is FALSE -> pumpkin was used as a folk cure for freckles, but it DOESN'T WORK!
400
November 2-6 (this year): Festival of Light, thought to have started as a combined Harvest Festival in India more than 2,500 years ago
What is DIWALI
500
Cucurbita is the scientific name of this kind of vegetable, which include pumpkins, butternut _____, and acorn _____
What is SQUASH
500
In 2019, Starbucks sold 424 million of this fall coffee drink, also known as a "PSL"
What is PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE
500
An animal's heartbeat slows down when it's hibernating
What is TRUE -> the hearts of hibernating chipmunks only beat about 5x per min. Normally it's over 200!
500
September 30: our newest holiday, focused on developing truth and reconciliation with Canada's Indigenous peoples
What is NATIONAL DAY FOR TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION