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100

This iconic Starbucks espresso beverage infused with cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove was first introduced in 2003 and became a massive seasonal obsession.

What is the Pumpkin Spice Latte?

100

These bushy-tailed rodents get sharper memory skills and hide thousands of nuts in the fall to prepare for winter.

What are squirrels?
100

This modern-day Halloween tradition originated centuries ago in Ireland, where people originally carved faces into root vegetables like turnips.

What is Halloween?

100

This European capital city is famous for its romantic autumn vibe, where the changing leaves along the River Seine draw millions of tourists.

What is Paris?

100

This massively popular sport kicks off its regular season in early September, dominating American television screens all autumn.

What is the NFL (American football)?

200

Pumpkins are classified as this part of a flowering plant and belong to the gourd family.

What is a fruit?

200

This species of butterfly embarks on a massive multi-generational migration from North America all the way down to central Mexico each autumn.

What is the monarch butterfly?

200

In Canada, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of this month.

What is October?

200

In the Southern Hemisphere, the meteorological season of autumn begins on the first day of this month.

What is March?

200

This iconic 1966 animated TV special features Linus waiting up all night in a patch for a mythical holiday figure who never arrives.

What is It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown?

300

Americans consume roughly this many pumpkin pies every single year during the autumn and Thanksgiving season.

What is 50 million?
300

Unlike deciduous trees, these evergreen trees keep their needle-like foliage green year-round because a waxy coating protects them from the cold.

What are evergrtend?

300

This 1993 stop-motion animated dark fantasy film features Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town.

What is The Nightmare Before Christmas?

300

This historic German region, famous for the Black Forest, is a premier European destination for viewing dramatic autumn foliage.

What is Bavaria?

300

This yearly Major League Baseball championship series takes place in October and is famously nicknamed the ”Fall Classic.”

What is the World Series?

400

This classic candy corn mixture is traditionally made primarily from sugar, corn syrup, and this fluffy confection.

What are marshmallows?

400

During the fall transition, many birds use cues like the changing angle of the sun and Earth's magnetic field to navigate this seasonal journey.

What is migration

400

This multi-day Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1st and 2nd honors and remembers deceased loved ones.

What is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)?

400

This major U.S. city hosts the historic and massive ”Autumn Drive“ festival every October, drawing thousands to its rural country roads.

What is Chicago (Woodstock, Illinois area)?

400

Set during autumn in New England, this 1998 romantic fantasy film stars Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman as magical sisters.

What is Practical Magic?

500

John Chapman was the real-life name of this American pioneer famous for planting apple orchards across the frontier.

Who is Johnny Appleseed?
500

This nocturnal forest bird becomes very vocal and active in autumn as juveniles scatter to find new territories.

What is an owl?

500

This global month-long awareness campaign encourages men to grow mustaches during November to raise funds and focus attention on men's health.

What is Movember?

500

This country's traditional autumn celebration, Chuseok, is a major three-day harvest festival where families travel home to give thanks to their ancestors.

What is South Korea?

500

Celebrated every autumn, the prestigious Booker Prize is awarded annually to the best sustained work of fiction written in this language.

What is English?