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All About Pumpkins & Autumn
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Autumn food and flavor
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This friendly white ghost wears a smile and lives in Whipstaff Manor.

Who is Casper?

100

Carving a face into a pumpkin and placing a light inside creates one of these classic Halloween decorations.

What is a Jack-o'-lantern?

100

In folklore, a witch rides through the night sky on this household cleaning tool.

What is a Broomstick?

100

This 1982 Michael Jackson music video featured dancing zombies, a famous red jacket, and voiceover narration by Vincent Price.

What is "Thriller"?

100

Originating in French Canada, this cold-weather comfort food consists of french fries topped with fresh cheese curds and warm brown gravy.

What is Poutine?

200

In The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy and her friends are attacked in a forest by these flying creatures sent by the Wicked Witch.

What are Flying Monkeys?

200

This traditional fall activity involves taking a ride through fields on a wagon filled with dried plant stalks.

What is a Hayride?

200

In Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," Ichabod Crane is pursued through the woods by this headless apparition.

Who is the Headless Horseman?

200

In Stranger Things, the terrifying, dark parallel dimension that exists right beneath the real world is known by this title.

What is the Upside Down?

200

While cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger make up most of the blend, this single dried berry provides the distinct woodsy, clove-like kick in pumpkin spice mix.

What is Allspice?

300

You say his name three times to summon this trickster "bio-exorcist" played by Michael Keaton.

Who is Beetlejuice?

300

What type of food is a pumpkin: a fruit or a vegetable?

What is a fruit?

300

Silver bullets are the traditional weapon used to dispatch this nocturnal shapeshifter, also known as a lycanthrope.

What is a werewolf?

300

In Monsters, Inc., the city of Monstropolis powers itself using energy generated from this human sound.

What are Screams?

300

This thick, dark spread is made by slow-cooking apples with cider and spices for hours until the natural sugars caramelize into a deep brown, butter-like consistency.

What is Apple Butter?

400

In Ghostbusters, this massive, sugary monster stomps through the streets of New York City.

Who is the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man?

400

Leaves change color in the autumn because trees stop making this green pigment.

What is chlorophyll?

400

Mary Shelley subtitled her 1818 masterpiece Frankenstein with the name of this figure from Greek mythology who stole fire from the gods.

Who is Modern Prometheus?

400

Played by Catherine O'Hara in Beetlejuice, Delia Deetz famously gets possessed at a dinner party to sing this Harry Belafonte song.

What is "Day-O" (The Banana Boat Song)?

400

Native to North America, this orange fruit ripens late in autumn after the first frost, but eating it underripe leaves an intensely sour, mouth-puckering bite.

What is a Persimmon?

500

Set at the fictional Overlook Hotel, this Stephen King adaptation features the famous line, "Here's Johnny!"

What is The Shining?

500

The full moon closest to the autumnal equinox is traditionally known by this name, as its bright light helped farmers harvest late crops.

What is the Harvest Moon?

500

In Scottish folklore, this water spirit inhabiting lochs can take the shape of a horse to lure unsuspecting riders into the water.

What is a Kelpie?

500

In Hocus Pocus, the Sanderson Sisters are accidentally resurrected when Max lights this specific candle.

What is the Black Flame Candle?

500

In Italian cooking, this delicate yellow-orange flower harvested from squash plants in early autumn is commonly stuffed with ricotta and fried.

What is a Squash Blossom (or Zucchini Flower)?

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