What are the two most common food items that people commonly go out and pick during September and October?
Pumpkins and apples
What kind of tree is known for its vibrant red and yellow leaves in autumn?
Maple
What's the name of this Classic movie?
Hocus Pocus
You can eat every part of a pumpkin?
True or false
True
Which country invented bobbing for apples?
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.
What was the first balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?
Felix the Cat
When does the Fall season start in the Southern Hemisphere?
March 20/21 every year
What movie serial killer notably wears a red and green striped sweater?
Freddy Krueger from “Nightmare on Elm Street”
This is the only insect that migrates up to 2,500 miles for nicer weather.
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
Americans buy enough candy during Halloween week to fill six ____.
A. Titanics
B. Football Fields
C. Grocery Stores
D. Hospitals
A. Titanics
"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 was the name of the Native American tribe that was invited to the first Thanksgiving?
The Wampanoag Indians
What autumn beer-drinking festival is held in October every year in Munich, Germany?
Oktoberfest
What ghoulish 1984 song returned to the charts on Billboard's “Hot 100” in October of 2024?
Michael Jackson's “Thriller”
In which country did the tradition of carving pumpkins into Jack-o'-lanterns originate?
Ireland
In colonial times, what were apples often referred to as
Winter Bananas or Melt in Mouths
Name the holiday celebrated in November which was renamed in 1954 by President Eisenhower ?
Veteran's Day
Pumpkins grow on every continent except this one
Antarctica
Which classic Hitchcock film starring Tippi Hedren is this picture a scene from?
The Birds
Who was the first group/country of people in history to use scarecrows?
The Egyptians
What type of tree never changes color?
A pine tree
What is the name of the Irish dish that was traditionally baked on Halloween, often with hidden items like coins or rings?
Brambrack (a sweet bread).
The largest pumpkin pie ever weighed nearly ____ pounds.
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 1978 horror movie was set in Haddonfield, Illinois?
Halloween
What is the Halloween themed town where the infamous Witchcraft Trials of 1692 took place?
Salem, Massachusetts
The largest pumpkin pie ever weighed nearly ____ pounds.
A. 3,700
B. 2,500
C. 1,000
D. 3,000
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.