Fall Facts
What is another name for fall?
What is autumn?
What day of the week is Halloween this year?
What is Saturday?
What is the most popular candy sold for Halloween?
What is Reeses?
What food family do pumpkins belong to?
What is squash?
How many pounds is the biggest pumpkin?
What is over 2,000 pounds?
Exact number is 2,749
What equinox marks the beginning of fall?
What is the autumnal equinox?
What percentage of Americans say Halloween is their favorite holiday?
What is 23%?
What is the second most sold candy for Halloween?
What are M&M's?
Are pumpkins a fruit or a vegetable?
What is a fruit?
What US state produces the most pumpkins?
What is Illinois?
How many pumpkin pies are eaten a year in America?
What is about 50 million?
How much money is spent a year on Halloween costumes for pets?
What is 700-900 million dollars?
How much candy corn is made each year in pounds?
What is 35 million pounds?
How many seeds on average does a pumpkin have?
What is 500?
What state produces the most candy?
What is California?
True or False: Squirrels get smarter in the fall.
True
Bonus points for getting why.
Before pumpkins what food was carved into Jack-o-Lanterns?
What are turnips and/or potatoes?
How much money is spent in October on candy?
What is 4.6 billion?
What percentage of a pumpkin is water?
What is 90%?
What is the record for most pumpkins smashed in a minute?
What is 52 pumpkins?
What did fall used to be called and why?
What is harvest, because of the harvest moon. The harvest moon is the full moon closest to the autumnal equinox, and moonlight was needed for harvesting before man-made light.
What is the night before Halloween called?
What is Mischief Night or Gooey Night?
What are the teachers favorite candy for Halloween?
You get points for every correct answer.
Ms. Kristen: Kit Kat
Ms. Charlene
Ms. Jenna
What part of the pumpkin is not edible?
What is nothing? (Trick question the whole pumpkin is edible including seeds, skin, leaves, stem, pulp and flowers)
What does trick refer to when trick or treating?
Double points for old and new meanings
Old: Kids would preform tricks like singing, poems or jokes to get food or money
New: Harmless prank on the homeowner if they do not give you candy