Fall-idays (fall holidays)
This holiday is celebrated on October 31st
Halloween
Name two ways nature changes in fall.
Poss. answers: days get shorter, night gets longer, leaves change on trees, weather gets cooler, some birds fly south
Name two Halloween traditions
Poss. answers: trick or treating, carving pumpkins, roasting pumpkin seeds, passing out treats/candy, dressing up, putting up spooky decorations
This sport starts its season in early August and goes until February.
What is another word for fall?
Autumn
This holiday started at the first harvest in the "New World," after European settlers came over on the Mayflower.
Thanksgiving
True or false: Some animals' brains grow in the fall.
True. Squirrels and black-capped chickadees, to name a couple, have their hippocampus grow 15-30%. This helps their memory & storing food for the winter
Name two Thanksgiving traditions
Poss. Ans: turkey dinner, gathering with family, naming what you're thankful for, Thanksgiving day parade, watching football game, playing football in the yard
This sport has its playoffs season in the fall
True or false: fall is the most common time to have your birthday
True. September, specifically, is the most common month to be born in.
Thanksgiving is celebrated on this day every year (though the DATE changes)
The 4th Thursday in November (sometimes there are 5 Thursdays in Nov!)
The season in the Southern Hemisphere during Fall in the Northern Hemisphere
Spring
This German beer festival starts in September.
Octoberfest
This fall sport also goes by "football" in most countries, though we call it ___.
Soccer
Pumpkins grow on every continent except this one
Antarctica
Unofficial start of the holiday shopping season.
Black Friday
Fall "officially" begins on this day each year.
Autumn Equinox
This fall activity originally started as a game for young people looking for romance and marriage.
Bobbing for apples
Which baseball team holds the record for most World Series wins?
The New York Yankees
Farmers refer to fall as this.
Harvest
Name one Jewish holiday that occurs in September (there are two)
Rosh Hashanah and/or Yom Kippur
These types of trees don't change colors in the fall
Evergreen/Pinetree
This European Isle started the tradition of carving pumpkins.
Ireland
These two NFL teams have the most Super Bowl wins.
New England Patriots and Pittsburgh Steelers
These two states do not have to change their clocks in November
Arizona and Hawaii