Fall Foods
This fruit is pressed to make cider, a calssic fall drink.
The fall equinox marks the time when day and night are about what?
Equal length
Farmers often invite people to wander through these paths cut into tall crops.
Corn mazes
This fall sport is often played on courses with 9 or 18 holes.
Golf
In the United Kingdom and many other countries, the season Americans call “fall” is called what?
Autumn
This spice comes from the inner bark of a tree and flavors many fall desserts.
Cinnamon
What green pigment do leaves lose as they change color?
Chlorophyll
Picking this round fruit in orchards is a classic autumn outing.
Apples
Saturdays in fall are often filled with this type of football in college towns.
College football
Each fall, vineyards in Bordeaux and Burgundy celebrate the harvest of what fruit?
Grapes
Butternut and acorn are types of what fall vegetable?
Squash
This tree’s leaves turn bright red in fall and its syrup sweetens pancakes.
Maple
A pile of these is irresistible to jump into after raking.
Leaves
The MLB “Fall Classic” is another name for what championship series?
The World Series
Oktoberfest, the world’s largest beer festival, begins each fall in what German city?
Munich
This nut, commonly harvested in fall, is used to make pralines and pies in the South.
Pecan
Monarch butterflies migrate south each fall to spend the winter in what country?
Mexico
The word “hayride” comes from riding on wagons filled with what?
Hay or straw
This American sport often played on Sundays in the fall has how many professional teams in its "National League"
32
Japan is famous for viewing autumn leaves, a tradition called what?
Momijigari (“red leaf hunting”)
The process of heating apples with sugar and spices until thick and spreadable makes what autumn treat?
Apple butter
The scientific term for animals storing food or fat to prepare for winter is what?
Hibernation preparation
What is the name of the colorful natural light display sometimes seen in northern skies in fall?
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Many marathons, including the famous one in New York City, are run in what month?
November
In China and East Asia, people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival by eating what type of pastry?
Mooncakes