Another name for the "fall" season. It starts with A
This fall activity involves a squash, a scoop, and a carving knife.
Pumpkin carving
Why do trees hate going to school?
Because they're easily stumped
What is the most popular fall fruit, that comes in over 2,500 varieties in America?
A. Apples
B. Grapes
C. Pumpkin
A. Apples
You can eat every part of a pumpkin?
True or false
True!
What type of tree never changes color?
A. Pine Tree
B. Acorn Tree
C. Cedar Tree
A. Pine tree
Give me a federal holiday that is celebrated in fall.
Labor Day
Veterans Day
Thanksgiving Day
What is said to help keep evil spirits out of your house on Halloween?
A. Leave a peace offering on your doorstep
B. Sprinkle salt on your doorstep
C. Block off any entrances to your house
B. Sprinkle salt on your doorstep
How do you fix a pumpkin?
With a pumpkin patch
What is the most common main dish served at Thanksgiving?
Turkey
This fluttering fella is the only insect that migrates up to 2,500 miles for nicer weather.
A. Grasshopper
B. Monarch Butterfly
C. Dragonfly
B. Monarch butterfly
The Monarch butterfly dislikes winter so much that it’ll fly South from America to the warmth of Mexico and parts of California at a speed between 12 and 25 miles per hour
This animal forgets about the majority of nuts they bury, which helps regrow forests.
A. Chipmunk
B. Squirrels
C. Rats
B. Squirrels
Throughout the fall, squirrels spend their days collecting and "caching" nuts, meaning they hide the tasty treasures away in spots where they hope to find them later. One 1998 study by the University of Richmond found that squirrels fail to recover up to 74 percent of the nuts they bury, which is likely responsible for oak forest regeneration.
What is a holiday celebrated by Canadians and Americans on different days? What Months?
A. Canada (October) and USA (November)
B. Canada (July) and USA (August)
Thanksgiving!
In Canada it is on October 9th, while here it will be on November 23rd
Where does the biggest Halloween parade take place?
A. Derry, Northern Ireland
B. Greenwich Village, New York
C. New Orleans, Louisiana
B. Greenwich Village, New York
What kind of vest do you wear in the fall?
Har'VEST'
What is one of the most popular baked pastry dish that can be made with either fruit, meat or vegetables.
Pie
The autumn season goes by three different names: fall, autumn, and _____.
A. harvest
B. lunar
C. equinox
A. harvest
Americans buy enough candy during Halloween week to fill six ____.
A. Titanics
B. Football Fields
C. Grocery Stores
A. Titanics
On Halloween, we spend an estimated $9 billion on it. In fact, according to Vox, "If you took all the candy that's sold during Halloween week and turned it into a giant ball … it'd be as large as six Titanics and weigh 300,000 tons."
What is the name of the day where people shop some of the best deals of the year?
Black Friday
Where in the United States is it most popular to go leaf-peeping in the fall?
A. Rocky Mountains
B. New England
C. Far West
B. New England
Why did the apple pie go to the dentist?
Because it needed a filling
What is a popular seasonal drink flavor served in the fall?
Pumpkin spice
Superstition says that catching a falling leaf is bad luck.
True or False
False!
What month are fall leaves the most colorful?
A. September
B. October
C. November
B. October
This holiday honors people who fought for our country
Veteran's Day
Giving Tuesday is a chance for charitable donations. How much money was raised in 2021?
A. $2.4 Billion
B. $2.8 Billion
C. $3 Billion
C. $3 Billion
What do you a jack-o-lantern that likes to do math problems?
Pumpkin Pi
Which type of squash is traditionally used for making pumpkin pie?
A. Butternut Squash
B. Sugar Pumpkin
C. Acorn Squash
B. Sugar Pumpkin
The Autumn Equinox marks the start of fall. Autumn lasts until the Winter Solstice in December.
True or False
True!
The largest pumpkin pie ever weighed nearly ____ pounds.
A. 3,700
B. 2,500
C. 1,000
A. 3,700
According to Guinness World Records, the pie measured 20 feet in diameter, weighed 3,699 pounds, and required 440 sheets of dough. It was made by the New Bremen Giant Pumpkin Growers in Ohio in September 2010.
Which month contains the last day of fall?
December
The Detroit Lions game is a staple Thanksgiving tradition. In what year was the first game held?
A. 1934
B. 1940
C. 1969
A. 1934
How do trees get onto the internet?
They 'log' in
A sticky treat made specially during Halloween and fall harvest that includes fruit on a stick.
Candy apple
______ have been used for thousands of years to protect crops.
A. Scarecrows
B. Pesticides
C. Ghosts
A. Scarecrows
Which country invented bobbing for apples?
A. America
B. Australia
C. England
C. England
Although the modern version is now typically played by people bobbing into buckets of water to catch an apple with their mouth, the original game was actually once a British courting ritual. Males were assigned an apple, whilst the female would bob for them, hoping to get the right apple from the man she wanted. If she did, it was a sign that they were destined to be together.