Fall Holidays
This holiday is celebrated on October 31st
Halloween
Name two ways nature changes in fall.
Poss. answers: days get shorter, night gets longer, leaves change on trees, weather gets cooler, some birds fly south
This sport starts its season in early August and goes until February.
What is another word for fall?
Autumn
This holiday started at the first harvest in the "New World," after European settlers came over on the Mayflower.
Thanksgiving
True or false: Some animals' brains grow in the fall.
True. Squirrels and black-capped chickadees, to name a couple, have their hippocampus grow 15-30%. This helps their memory & storing food for the winter
This sport has its playoffs season in the fall
Pumpkins grow on every continent except this one
Antarctica
Oktoberfest
The season in the Southern Hemisphere during Fall in the Northern Hemisphere
Spring
What does NBA stand for
National Basketball Association
True or false: fall is the most common time to have your birthday
True. September, specifically, is the most common month to be born in.
This holiday was originally called Armistice Day
Veteran's Day
These types of trees don't change colors in the fall
Evergreen/Perennial
Which baseball team holds the record for most World Series wins?
The New York Yankees
Farmers refer to fall as this.
Harvest
This Mexican holiday is celebrated in November
Day of the Dead ( Spanish: Dia de Los Muertos)
This celestial event officially marks the first day of fall
Autumn Equinox
This Spanish soccer player won the 2024 Ballon D'or
Rodrigo Hernadez (Rodri)
These two states do not have to change their clocks in November
Arizona and Hawaii