FALL FOOD & DRINK
FALL CELEBRATIONS
NAME THAT TUNE!
AUTUMN ANIMALS
FALL RANDOMS
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This warm drink is made from apples and spice.
What is hot apple cider?
100
This spooky holiday is celebrated on October 31st, involving costumes, trick-or-treating, and jack-o’-lanterns.
What is Halloween?
100
This type of bird is known for flying south for the winter in a "V" formation.
What are geese?
100
This spectacular light event in the sky you have the best chance of seeing on a clear fall evening.
What are The Northern Lights/Aurora Borealis?
200
This fruit is often used to make a sauce for Thanksgiving.
What are cranberries?
200
This country originated the tradition of Oktoberfest, featuring a variety of beer and hearty foods.
What is Germany?
200
This fish species is known for its journey upstream to spawn, often leaping waterfalls.
What is salmon?
200
This is the one place in the world where you cannot find pumpkins.
What is Antarctica?
300
Coworkers, neighbors, and friends often have a cook-off with this cooler-weather food, made from beans.
What is chili?
300
This American federal holiday is celebrated on the second Monday of October, celebrating a famous explorer.
What is Columbus Day?
300
This insect travels thousands of miles to their wintering grounds in Mexico.
What are monarch butterflies?
300
This U.S. state has a city that is known as the “Pumpkin Capital of the World."
What is ILLINOIS?!! Morton, Illinois is home to Libby’s, the producer of 85% of the world’s canned pumpkin.
400
This is the name of the warm, spiced drink made from brewed tea, milk, and various spices like cinnamon, cardamom, and ginger.
What is a Chai Tea?
400
This Christian Holy Day of Obligation is observed on November 1st.
What is All Saints' Day?
400
This is what animals prepare for in the upcoming winter months by storing food and increasing their body fat, in order to "sleep it all away."
What is hibernation?
400
This is the name of the full moon that happens closest to the autumnal equinox, or the official start of fall.
What is a "Harvest Moon"?
Long before electricity, farmers would take advantage of this bright moonlight when it was time to harvest. The extra light extended the evening working hours, hence why it's called a Harvest Moon.
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This well-known autumn squash, containing on average of 500 seeds, is considered a fruit.
What is a pumpkin?
500
This Mexican holiday, starting on October 31st and ending on November 2nd, honors deceased loved ones.
What is Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)?
Day of the Dead (Dia De Los Muertos) is a two day holiday that reunites the living and dead. Families create ofrendas (Offerings) to honor their departed family members that have passed. These altars are decorated with bright yellow marigold flowers, photos of the departed, and the favorite foods and drinks of the one being honored. The offerings are believed to encourage visits from the land of the dead as the departed souls hear their prayers, smell their foods and join in the celebrations!
500
This ocean creature is typically harvested in the fall, due to increased abundance and more delicious meat.
What are lobsters?
Hard shell lobsters tend to be more abundant between mid-September and late November. Their shells are hard because they have yet to molt, and as a result are packed full of delicious meat.
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This president first pardoned a turkey for Thanksgiving.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
He decided after receiving a bird on November 19, 1963, that it shouldn't stay as dinner. The turkey was wearing a sign that said, “Good Eatin' Mr. President." JFK spared the bird just three days before he was assassinated in Dallas.