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The October Garden
Classic Snacks & Appetizers
October, October
Potpourri
100

What month does October come before?

November

100

This cruciferous vegetable has an ornamental version that adds color to the fall garden

kale

100

This is the meat ingredient in pigs in a blanket

Hot dog

100

Held in November in America, this holiday is always celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada

Thanksgiving

100

She was a first lady who later married a Greek shipping magnate and became a book editor for Viking Press and Doubleday

Jackie Kennedy-Onassis

200

What orange fruit is often harvested in October?

Pumpkin

200

When planted in October, this delicious, white, cruciferous vegetable overwinters and is ready for harvest in early summer

Cauliflower

200

This animal's "wings" are standard happy hour appetizers

Chicken

200

Red delicious, yellow delicious, and Roma varieties of this fruit are harvested in October

Apples

200

This is the shape of a yield sign in the United States

Triangle

300

What do kids say when they go trick-or-treating at someone’s door?

“Trick or Treat”

300

October is the perfect month to start this sweet Italian herb indoors to provide a year-round supply for making pesto

Basil

300

This Italian cheese is cut into sticks, coated with breading, and then deep fried

Mozzarella

300

This divided country was reunited in October 1990

Germany

300

With the tagline "A love story of today," this film stars Sidney Poitier and Katharine Hepburn as a young couple in love

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

400

What do people traditionally wear on Halloween?

Costumes

400

October is the best month to plant this stalky harbinger of spring. The hardy perennial will take two or three years to be ready for your kitchen table

Asparagus

400

Sour cream and a packet of onion soup mix have been the two ingredients of this standby dip since at least the 1960's

French onion dip

400

When it's not a harvest moon, the name of October's full moon is this

Hunter's moon (or sanguine or blood moon)?

400

The gland in the human body responsible for producing insulin

Pancreas

500

Traditionally, why do people wear costumes on Halloween?

To avoid attracting spirits’ attention.

500

These purple, daisy-like flowers can be found in the garden until the first frost

Asters

500

Tortilla chips are often served with salsa and this type of pepper

HINT: It's the state pepper of Texas

Jalapeno

500

These financial black swan events often happen in October

Stock market declines or crashes

500

This country is Europe's only remaining dictatorship

Belarus

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