Harvest Season
This popular tractor manufacturer's signature colours are green and yellow
What is John Deere
A New Jersey confectioner created this Halloween candy by mistake when he dropped some fruit into a cinnamon glaze
What is a candied apple
A sticky version of sugar that can be used on top of ice cream, fruits, inside candy bars or eaten by itself
What is caramel
Survey says this is the most watched Halloween movie of all time
What is Hocus Pocus
This famous film studio has transformed their theme park into a spooky Halloween night since 1991
What is Universal Studios
Farmers feed cities! This piece of farming equipment, often used during harvest season, is critical and saves time for farmers through amalgamation of processes
What is a combine
Mary Shelley, novelist and daughter of famous defender of women's rights Mary Wollstonecraft, wrote this story in 1816 during a ghost-writing contest - the resulting novel is considered the first piece of science-fiction
What is Frankenstein
This fruit may be overlooked, but it is delicious, sweet and at it’s peak sweetness is during the fall months
What is a pear
Approximately 72% of parents admit to taking this from their kids after Halloween night
What is Halloween candy
This living horror author has the most adaptations made from their bestselling books
Who is Steven King
Farmers often rotate between crops they plant each year to improve soil health, reduce pest and disease pressure, and increase yields
This crop is most commonly rotated and planted on the opposite year as corn
What are soybeans
In a 1966 TV special from this popular television show, the iconic lead character says, "I got a rock" while trick-or-treating
Who is Charlie Brown
Pumpkin is a fruit that is considered one species of this overall category (or genus)
What is squash
Statistically speaking, this is the highest selling Halloween candy, which is sad when you consider that it is banned at most schools
What are Reese's Pieces
This is the infamous black cat from cult classic Halloween movie, Hocus Pocus
Who is Thackery Binx
Sharing an acronym with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, this is the name of the marketing group that represents the largest sector of Ontario agriculture
What the Dairy Farmers of Ontario – or DFO
Most people consider this ancient Celtic festival, a pagan celebration of the fall harvest, to be the origin of modern-day Halloween
What is Samhain (pronounced “SAH-win”)
North Americans love to hate this age-old Halloween candy, yet it remains one of the best-selling candy during the Halloween season
What is candy corn
According to a survey conducted by NPR, two in five Americans believe in this anomaly
Bring up this hot debate on October 31 and you may be surprised what spooky stories float up
What is a ghost
This actor made their film debut in A Nightmare on Elm Street
Who is Johnny Depp
This is the world's most consumed crop by humans
What is sugarcane
A trio of witches recite this famous phrase: “double, double toil and trouble…”, now often associated with Halloween, in which Shakespeare play
What is Macbeth
This candy bar originally had three ( yes, THREE) layers of candy filling: vanilla, chocolate and strawberry
What is the 3 Musketeers Bar
This Prairie State grew 564 million pounds of pumpkin in 2020, as much as the next top five pumpkin-producing states —California, Indiana, Texas, Virginia, and Michigan— combined.
What is Illinois
In the movie Casper, this is what the ghostly trio refers to humans as
What are fleshies