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The holiday that lands on October 31st each year.
Halloween
50
This fall activity involves a squash, a scoop, and a carving knife.
Pumpkin carving
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50
Why do trees hate going to school?
Because they're easily stumped
50
What is the most popular fall fruit, that comes in over 2,500 varieties in America alone
Apples
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50
Which country invented bobbing for apples?
a) America
b) Australia
c) England
d) Germany
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.
50
How many varieties of apples are there?
A. 2,500
B. 5,200
C. 7,500
C. 7,500 types in total.
There are about 2,500 varieties grown in the US and 7,500 varieties grown worldwide.
100
Which month contains the first day of fall
September
100
These are made for fun but also to scare off birds from damaging or eating crops
Scarecrow
100
How do you fix a pumpkin?
With a pumpkin patch
100
What is the most common main dish served at Thanksgiving?
Turkey
88% of Americans surveyed by the National Turkey Federation eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
100
This fluttering fella 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
100
______ forget about the majority of nuts they bury, which helps regrow forests.
A. Squirrels
B. Ants
C. Rabbits
A. 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.
150
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
150
This activity can involve pitching, roasting, grilling, fishing, and telling stories.
Camping
150
What kind of vest do you wear in the fall?
Har'VEST'
150
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
BONUS: Apple. The clear winner for the United States as a whole was (not surprisingly) apple pie with more than 27% of sales going to the traditional flavor.
150
The one type of tree that never loses it's leaves or color (Hint is in the name)
An evergreen tree
150
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."
200
What is the name of the day where people shop some of the best deals of the year?
Black Friday
200
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.
200
Why shouldn’t you tell a secret in a cornfield?
Because the corn has ears
200
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 flavour 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
200
True or False: Autumn babies live longer
True
Although the days might be getting shorter, those born in Autumn could live longer, according to a study carried out by the Journal of Aging Research. The study found that 30% of US centenarians born during 1880-1895 were born in the Autumn season.
200
The smell of the first rain of the season has a name.
A. Petrichor
B. Monsoon
C. First Fall
A. Petrichor
Petrichor is "a distinctive, earthy, usually pleasant odor that is associated with rainfall especially when following a warm, dry period and that arises from a combination of volatile plant oils and geosmin released from the soil into the air and by ozone carried by downdrafts.
250
Which month contains the last day of fall?
December
250
What are the two most common food items that families/friends most commonly go out and pick during September and October
Pumpkins and apples
250
How do trees get onto the internet?
They 'log' in
250
A sticky treat made specially during Halloween and fall harvest (Hint: it is served on a stick)
Candy apple
250
How many countries call it fall instead of autumn?
a) 1
b) 3
c) 5
d) 7
1. Good ole USA
The season was originally just called harvest and autumn came around much later in the 1300s, according to CNN. When English poets started using the phrase “the fall of leaves” it became very fashionable to call the season fall. But by the mid-1800s, after the split of the colonies from England led to language change, England reverted back to Autumn and the American upstarts retained fall.
250
Which one of the words below is associated with the sound of wind in the trees and rustling leaves.
A. Psithurism
B. Praire
C. bract
A. Psithurism
The sound of leaves and trees rustling in the wind is considered one of the most satisfying noises of the season. And the next time you hear it, you'll know it has a name: psithurism, which comes from the Greek word psithuros, meaning whispering (the s is silent).
300
This holiday honors people who fought for our country
Veterans Day
300
Which of the following fall activities can promote heart health?
a) visiting a haunted house
b) eating candy corn
c) watching scary movies
d) carving pumpkins
a&c
Some medical professionals believe that an innocent scare now and then (say while visiting a haunted house or watching a scary movie) can, in fact, promote heart health.
Michael Castine, cardiologist at Ochsner Medical Center, explained that when scared, a person's adrenaline triggers the blood vessels to contract and re-direct blood toward the heart and lungs, in a "flight or fight" response. The result? "This can train your heart to pump more blood with every stroke—increasing your cardiac output up to eight times its resting capacity," Castine explained.
300
What do you get when you divide the circumference of a jack-o-lantern by it's diameter?
Pumpkin Pi
300
A pumpkin is made up of approximately how much water?
A. 45%
B. 60%
C. 80%
C. 80% Pumpkins are 80-90% water
300
Besides pies, what were pumpkins also used for in the old days?
a) remove freckles
b) cure snake bites
c) soothe a tooth ache
d) help fingernails shine
A & B) To remove freckles and cure snake bites.
300
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.