Fall Facts
What pigment breaks down and allows the other pigments in the leaves to appear in the fall?
What is chlorophyll?
What are the 2 names for the holiday we celebrate on October 31st?
What is Halloween and All Hallows’ Eve?
What is another name for a carved pumpkin?
What is a jack-o-lantern?
Which major seafood item was documented as being served at the 1621 harvest celebration between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag, instead of modern Thanksgiving staples?
What is lobster?
Which popular fall migration sees millions of colorful insects traveling up to 3,000 miles south from North America to Mexico each autumn?
What are Monarch butterflies?
Before calling it "fall" or "autumn," this season was referred to as what term?
What is harvest?
Which Thursday of the Month of November do we celebrate Thanksgiving each year?
What is the fourth Thursday of November?
Where in the United States can you traditionally find the biggest Halloween parade?
What is New York City?
What's another name for a male turkey?
Tom
What weather phenomenon refers to a period of unseasonably warm, dry weather that occurs in late autumn after the first frost?
What is an Indian Summer?
Which New England state has the most foliage?
What is Vermont?
This National Holiday, celebrated on November 11th, honors those who have served in our Military?
What is Veterans Day?
Which state has the most pumpkin patches and produces the most pumpkins?
What is Illinois?
What are the traditional ingredients in a hot toddy?
Whiskey, lemon juice, honey, and hot water
Which major sports event, traditionally held every October in North America, is widely nicknamed the 'Fall Classic'?
What is the World Series?
On the first day of Fall, the sun is directly over what?
What is the equator?
What country was the first to celebrate Halloween?
What is Ireland?
Which traditional fall activity involves searching through submerged water in a tub to catch fruit using only your teeth?
Which 4 spices make up pumpkin spice?
cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves
Which North American bird species is famous for migrating thousands of miles south every fall, forming distinct V-shaped flying formations in the sky?
In the Southern Hemisphere, what month does Fall begin?
What is March?
Which President was the first to declare Thanksgiving a national holiday?
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Before pumpkins were made popular, what were the first vegetables to be carved into Jack-o-lanterns?
What are Turnips and potatoes?
(This tradition originated in Ireland)
How many individual apples does it take to make a gallon of apple cider?
What are 40 apples?
What happens if hay bales get too wet?
They can spontaneously combust.