Fall Holidays
The month that contains the first day of fall
September
Actions speak louder than _____
words
This man was our tallest president and he was listed as 6' 4.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
Another name for fall
Autumn
What might you "BOB" for on Halloween?
Apples
The holiday that lands on October 31st each year.
Halloween
Find a penny and pick it up and all day long you will have good ______
Luck
Which president founded the University of Virginia?
Answer: Thomas Jefferson
Four most common colors associated with fall
What is red, yellow, orange and brown
In which country did Halloween originate?
Ireland
John F. Kennedy was the first President to pardon this animal during Thanksgiving
An eye for an eye and a _________
tooth for a tooth.
Which president succeeded the first president to ever resign from office?
Answer: Gerald R. Ford
These are made for fun but also to scare off birds from damaging or eating crops
Scarecrow
Americans buy enough candy during Halloween week to fill six ____.
A. Titanics
B. Football Fields
C. Grocery Stores
A. Titanics
On Halloween, we spend an estimated $9 billion on it. In fact, according to Vox, "If you took all the candy that's sold during Halloween week and turned it into a giant ball … it'd be as large as six Titanics and weigh 300,000 tons."
Day after a holiday where people shop some of the best deals of the year.
Black Friday
your enemies closer.
Which president had turned down offers to play professional football?
Gerald Ford (1913-2006), 38th President.
Families most commonly go out to pick these two food items in the fall
Pumpkins and apples
This candy was handed out to soldiers during the Korean War?
Tootsie Rolls
they were accidentally air-dropped in 1896 to American troops in battle in the Korean War.
This holiday honors people who fought in the war
Veterans Day
A chain is only as strong as ____________
its weakest link.
Which president got stuck in a bathtub?
Answer: William Howard Taft
Besides pies, what are pumpkins also know to help cure?
To remove freckles and cure snake bites.
This popular Halloween candy was originally called chicken feed...
What is candy corn?