Fall Holidays
Fall Activities
Fall Science
Fall Food
Fall Facts
FALL RIDDLES
100

This Mexican holiday is celebrated on November 1st and November 2nd each year in the USA and across Latin America.

Dia De Los Muertos (Day Of The Dead)


100

This fall activity involves a squash, a scoop, and a knife. 

Pumpkin carving


100

What is the name of the full moon that occurs closest to the start of autumn?  

 Harvest moon 


100

What is the most popular fall fruit, that comes in over 2,500 varieties in America alone.  Free Hint:  Don't overthink it, and it's used to make one of America's most popular pies.

Apples


100

What is Foliage?

A) Foil

B) The different colors of leaves to a tree or plant 

C) To fool someone

D) To know someone's age

B) The different colors of leaves to a tree or plant


100

If money really did grow on trees, what would be everyone’s favorite season?

Fall

200

Which month contains the first day of fall

September


200

These are made for fun but also to scare off birds from damaging or eating crops.

Scarecrow


200

Name four colors seen with fall leaves.

Red, orange, yellow, and brown 


200

What is the most common main dish served at Thanksgiving?

Turkey. 88% of Americans surveyed by the National Turkey Federation eat turkey on Thanksgiving.

200

______ forget about the majority of nuts they bury, which helps regrow forests.
A. Squirrels

B. Ants

C. Rabbits

D. Gophers

A. Squirrels. 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.

200

Each Halloween I stand up inside Jack-o-lanterns. I’m tall when I'm young and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?

Candles


300

What is the name of the day where people shop some of the best deals of the year? 


Black Friday

300

On how many continents can you grow pumpkins?

a) 1

b) 3

c) 4

d) 6

6! No matter where you are in the world, you'll be able to find a pumpkin (unless you plan to visit Antarctica). These squash grow on every single continent except the southernmost one. The top producers of pumpkins include China, India, Ukraine, the United States, Egypt, and Mexico. And, fun fact, the top pumpkin-producing U.S. state is Illinois.

300

If a group of apples is called a bushel, and a celery is called a stalk, then what do you call a single corn?

Ear of Corn


300

Popular seasonal drink flavor served in the fall that came about in 2003 from Starbucks. Today, Starbucks reports over 20 million are sold in latte form each year.  

Pumpkin spice. The pumpkin spice flavor profile has been around for centuries. The earliest-known “pumpkin spice” reference dates back to a British recipe from 1675 with pepper, cloves, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Other recipes also contain ginger and/or all spice

300

As it gets colder in the Fall, what is the degrees at which water freezes?

32 Degrees Fahrenheit

0 Degrees Celcius


300

I’m a cozy layer, knitted or sewn, worn when the fall winds have blown. What am I?

A Sweater

400

What is a holiday celebrated by Canadians and Americans on different days?

Thanksgiving! In Canada it is on October 9th, while here it will be on November 23rd

400

This activity can involve pitching, roasting, grilling, fishing, and telling ghost stories.

Camping


400

Which part of the U.S. is best known for beautiful fall foliage? 

Phoenix, Arizona

Dallas, Texas

New England, Massachusetts

Honolulu, Hawaii 

New England, Massachusetts


400

What is one of the most popular baked pastry dish that can be made with either fruit, meat or vegetables.

BONUS: What is America's favorite type of this dish?

Pie

 

400

Americans buy enough candy during Halloween week to fill six ____.
A. Titanics

B. Football Fields

C. Grocery Stores

D. Buses

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."

400

Why is it so easy to trick a leaf in October?

They fall for anything.

500

Which month contains the last day of fall?


December


500

What are the two most common food items that families/friends most commonly go out and pick during September and October.  

Pumpkins and apples


500

How did “fall” get its name?

A) From an explorer named James Falls

B) A famous general named Henry Fall

C) A famous queen names Henrietta Fallon

D) From leaves falling from trees during the season

From leaves falling from trees during the season.

 

500

A sticky treat made specially during Halloween and fall harvest (Hint: it is served on a stick)

Candy apple


500

What is that term called when birds fly South for the winter?

Migration


500

What do you use to mend a jack-o-lantern?

A pumpkin patch

600

This holiday honors people who fought for our country (USA).


Veterans Day



600

What is the most popular sport to watch in fall?

Football

600

What happens to the amount of daylight in the fall?

It gets shorter.


600

A pumpkin is made up of approximately how much water?

A. 45%

B. 60%

C. 80%

C. 80% Pumpkins are 80-90% water


600

Babies born in the fall are more likely to live to be?

65 Years old

77 Years old

89 Years old

100 Years old

110 Years old

100 Years old. In a 2011 study published in the Journal of Aging Research, researchers analyzed the birth months of 1,574 American centenarians and compared them to the birth months of their shorter-lived siblings. The data showed that people born between September and November were more likely to become centenarians.

600

What do you call a bear with no teeth in autumn?

 A gummy bear