Celebrate Good Times
This festival originated in Munich, Germany, and is the world’s largest beer festival.
What is Oktoberfest?
Fall is a typical harvest time for one of 7,500 species of this fruit; contrary to popular canon, it is not identified anywhere in the Book of Genesis
What is an apple?
This 1989 romantic comedy starring Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan features one of cinema’s most memorable autumn walks through New York’s Central Park.
What is When Harry Met Sally?
Taylor Swift sings of autumn leaves falling "like pieces into place" in her song "All Too Well" from this colorful album.
What is Red?
Besides orange, pumpkins can come in 4 other colors
(must name at least 2)
What are green, yellow, white and blue?
Considered the precursor to modern-day Halloween, this festival began thousands of years ago as a Celtic festival marking the end of the summer harvest season
What is Samhain?
A popular dessert normally eaten around Thanksgiving that is spiced and has a crust with a custard filling (it ain't Sweet Potato)
What is pumpkin pie?
In the cozy autumn series Gilmore Girls, what is the name of the local diner where Lorelai and Rory get their daily coffee?
What is Luke's Diner?
Mixing red with this primary color creates autumn's signature orange.
What is Yellow?
Trick-Or-Treaters originally received this instead of candy
What is fruit?
This major Hindu festival falls between October and November and signifies the triumph of light over darkness and good over evil.
What is Diwali?
This is the most-sold chocolate "bar" around Halloween
What is Reese's Peanut Butter Cups?
In the sitcom Friends, which main character famously hates Thanksgiving and refuses to eat typical holiday food?
Who is Chandler Bing?
There are seven colors in the traditional fall color palette: red, orange, yellow, green, plum, cream, and this.
What is brown?
A weed pollen that causes the most common fall allergies
What is ragweed?
Grab your broom! In Spain, Halloween is often called El Día de las ______
What is Brujas (Witches)?
This classic Halloween candy was originally called Chicken Feed.
What is candy corn?
In this 1998 romantic comedy, Tom Hanks tells Meg Ryan, “Don’t you love New York in the fall?”
What is You've Got Mail?
When fall arrives, this pigment begins to degrade in leaves, allowing them to turn shades of red, yellow, and orange.
What is Chlorphyll?
The Great Square, a prominent pattern in the autumn night sky, forms the body of this winged-horse constellation.
What is a Pegasus?
The Mid-Autumn Festival, also called this, is celebrated in China, Vietnam, and other East Asian countries, and falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month - no eclipse needed!
What is the Moon Festival?
Native Americans introduced early colonists to this method of preparing a fall fruit, which involved drying it and pounding it into cakes called “pemmican”; sailors later carried the fruit because it helped prevent scurvy.
What are cranberries?
In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, what specific creature is accidentally let loose into the Hogwarts dungeons during the Halloween feast?
What is a mountain troll?
This pigment gives carrots, sweet potatoes and pumpkins much of their orange color.
What is beta-carotene?
In the Southern Hemisphere, fall takes place during these 3 months
What is March, April, and May?