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100
What are the two most common food items that families/friends most commonly go out and pick during September and October?
Pumpkins and apples
100
What is the most common main dish served at Thanksgiving?
Turkey
88% of Americans surveyed by the National Turkey Federation eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
100
True or False: all turkeys gobble.
False - only males gobble, females cluck and even purr.
100
The holiday that lands on October 31st each year.
Halloween
100
How do you fix a pumpkin?
With a pumpkin patch
100
How much money did Canadians spend on candy for Halloween? (on average) *steal
$100
200
Which Canadian sport league hosts the Grey Cup?
CFL (Canadian Football League)
200
What order do the colours of the candy corn go in?
1 - white
2 - orange
2- yellow
200
True or False? Pumpkins are a fruit.
True
200
This holiday honors people who fought for our country
Remembrance Day
200
Why does Dracula struggle to make friends?
He's a pain in the neck./He sucks.
200
In America, how much candy do they eat, per person in pounds, on average over Halloween?
*steal
4 pounds
300
What were jack-o-lanterns originally made from?
Turnips
300
What is the most popular baked pastry food that can be made with either fruit, meat or vegetables.
Pie
300
What is the name of the day where people shop some of the best deals of the year?
Black Friday
300
Which month contains the first day of fall
September
300
Why shouldn’t you tell a secret in a cornfield?
Because the corn has ears
300
How many varieties of edible apples are there in the world? Hint: it is a somewhat large number
*steal
7,500 - in Canada we have about 100 varieties, PEI has close to 30.
400
What are these all names of? Hint: related to an outdoor activity
Devil’s Punch Bowl
Winter River
Bubbling Springs
Bonshaw
MacPhail
Hiking Trails
400
Popular seasonal drink flavor invented around 2003 by Starbucks.
Pumpkin spice
400
The category of trees that never loses its leaves or colour.
An evergreen tree. Not all evergreens are conifers.
400
Which month contains the last day of fall?
December
400
How do you make a kleenex dance?
Put a little boogie in it!
400
Mark Tremere of Marshfield won the 31st annual P.E.I. Giant Pumpkin and Squash Weigh-off, how much did his pumpkin weigh (in pounds)? Hint: it is an odd number
*steal
1,473.5 pounds - he also won the squash category with a whopping 796.6 pound squash. Some perspective, average weight of a pumpkin is about 14 pounds, while squash is usually 12 pounds.
500
Route 6, The Chief's Barn, and The Mansion in Kensington are all examples of what?
Haunted places/houses you can visit over the Halloween Season.
500
A sticky treat made specially during Halloween and fall harvest (Hint: it is served on a stick)
Candy apple
500
What is the scientific name for the Northern Lights? *steal
Aurora Borealis - When a solar storm comes toward us, some of the energy and small particles can travel down the magnetic field lines at the north and south poles into Earth's atmosphere.
If you're near the North Pole, it is called an aurora borealis or northern lights. If you're near the South Pole, it is called an aurora australis or the southern lights.
500
What is a holiday celebrated by Canadians and Americans on different days?
Thanksgiving!
In Canada it is on October 9th, while here it will be on November 23rd
500
How do trees get onto the internet?
They 'log' in
500
What is the furthest amount of miles Monarch Butterflies have migrated?
*steel
2,500 miles
600
Every October Charlottetown hosts a festival where people put this Halloween figure out on the streets for passersby to enjoy.
Scarecrows
600
A pumpkin is made up of approximately how much water?
A. 45%
B. 60%
C. 80%
C. 80% Pumpkins are 80-90% water
600
What ingredient causes leaves to turn red (not green) in the fall?
Sugar - it gets trapped in the leaves produce new pigments called anthocyanins.
600
Samhain is an ancient tradition, celebrating the harvest and also observing the spirit world. Which culture did this originate in?
Celtic/Pagan
600
What do you get when you divide the circumference of a jack-o-lantern by it's diameter?
Pumpkin Pi
600
How many public school students were there all across Canada in the 2022/2023 school year? *steal
5,000,000