Fall Break Jeopardy

Fall Facts

100

What is the other name for Fall?

Autumn

200

What season is it in Australia?

Spring

The tilt of Earth's axis causes the seasons to be switched depending on which side of the equator you are on!

300

This sport usually wraps up in the fall, ending with it's World Series.

Baseball

400

What type of tree produces acorns?

Oak Trees

500

What month is named after the Latin word for "eight"?

October

October was once the eighth month in the Roman calendar.

Fall Foods

100

This vegetable is traditionally served with marshmallows.

Sweet potato or Yams

200

What fruit is most commonly used to make a warm cider?

Apples

300

What food is made by popping dried corn kernels?

Popcorn

400

What type of pie is traditionally served at many Thanksgiving dinners?

Pumpkin Pie

500

What spice that usually comes shaped as a stick is traditionally used as an ingredient for pies or apple cider?

Cinnamon

What Am I?

100

Falling to the ground in many colors, you are likely to hear crunching below you from this.

Leaves

200

Throw a spiral with one of these and you might score some points in the endzone.

Football

300

You call lanterns made of this fruit by their first name Jack.

Pumpkin

400

The President pardons one of these creatures every year, helping them stay off of Thanksgiving plates.

Turkey

500

Corn is not just good as a side dish, but can also be found as the walls of one of these.

Maze

Higher or Lower

100

There are more or fewer than 5,000 known species of mammals.  

HIGHER  

Scientists have identified more than 6,000 species of mammals.

200

A turkey can run faster or slower than 10 miles per hour.

HIGHER 

Wild turkeys can run around 15–18 mph, which is surprisingly fast for a bird that looks like it belongs on a Thanksgiving table.

300

The average adult human has more or fewer than 300 bones.

LOWER 

Adults typically have 206 bones. Babies actually start with more bones that later fuse together.

400

A pumpkin can have more or fewer than 500 seeds.

LOWER 

Most pumpkins have hundreds of seeds, but 500 is usually more than you'll find in an average pumpkin.

500

A cloud can weigh more or less than 100,000 pounds.

HIGHER

A cloud can weigh well over 1,000,000 pounds!

True or False

100

Pumpkins can float in water.

TRUE 

Their structure makes them less dense than water.

200

All leaves change to red before they fall.

Leaves can turn yellow, orange, red, brown, or other colors.

300

The days generally become longer during fall.

FALSE

Daylight decreases as winter approaches.

400

Thanksgiving in the United States is always on a Thursday.  

TRUE

It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November.

500

Halloween always occurs on the last Friday of October.

FALSE

Halloween is always October 31.