The Candy Aisle
Fall Science
Famous Moms in Books
Fall Movies
Fall Potpourri
100

Which divisive tri-color, triangle-shaped candy is the most debated Halloween treat?

What is candy corn?

100

Which green pigment helps plants capture sunlight for photosynthesis?

Chlorophyll

100

This mother of four March sisters works hard to keep her family together while her husband serves in the Civil War in Little Women.

Who is Marmee?

100

In this movie, these two rival bookstore owners fall in love through anonymous emails.

What is You've Got Mail?

100

The name "Black Friday" is often traced to police describing post-Thanksgiving traffic chaos in which Pennsylvania city?

What is Philadelphia?

200

In the 1982 film E.T., which candy does Elliott use to lure the alien?

What is Reese's Pieces?

200

What are trees that drop all their leaves every year, like maples and oaks, called?

Deciduous

200

This mother in Pride and Prejudice is determined to get her five daughters married.

Who is Mrs. Bennet?

200

In Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Steve Martin and John Candy play two travelers trying to get home for this holiday.

What is Thanksgiving?

200

The pumpkin spice blend (containing no pumpkin) is cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and which pungent dried flower bud?

What is clove?

300

What candy gets its name from the sound a horse makes, according to its brand's origin story?

What is Snickers?

300

What is the full moon closest to the autumnal equinox called?

What is the Harvest Moon?

300

In Anne of Green Gables, this woman and her brother Matthew adopt Anne, although she initially expected a boy.

Who is Marilla Cuthbert?

300

In "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown," which Peanuts character waits all night in the pumpkin patch for the Great Pumpkin to appear?

Who is Linus (Van Pelt)?

300

Which president proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863?

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

400

This candy, first sold commercially by the Hershey Company in 1907, is famous for its little chocolate drops and brown paper packaging.

What are Hershey Kisses?

400

How do the lengths of day and night compare on the autumnal equinox?

What is they are nearly equal?

400

This mother placed her baby in a basket among the reeds of the Nile to save him from Pharaoh’s order.

Who is Jochebed?

400

In October Sky, Homer Hickam and his friends are inspired to build rockets after seeing this historic event.

What is the launch of Sputnik?

400

While the Pumpkin Spice Latte was in development, Starbucks gave it the code name "Liquid ___."

What is Autumn?

500

Despite the name, this candy bar’s maker claimed it was named after a former U.S. president’s daughter, not a famous athlete.

What is Baby Ruth?

500

Pumpkins belong to which plant family, along with cucumbers, squash, and melons?

What is the gourd family?

500

In The Sound of Music, this religious leader encourages Maria to follow her heart and sings “Climb Ev’ry Mountain.”

Who is the Mother Abbess?

500

Which 1995 film features a friendly ghost who just wants someone to play with?

What is Casper?

500

What is the safe internal temperature for cooked turkey, in degrees Fahrenheit?

What is 165 degrees farenheit?

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