Spooky Szn
This animal, often associated with witches, is considered bad luck when it crosses your path.
Black Cat
The team that wins the first game of the season plays for these two points in the standings.
Regulation win
Players report to this type of event a few weeks before opening night.
Training Camp
Many trees change color in fall due to the breakdown of this green pigment.
Chlorophyll
This October holiday celebrates educators worldwide.
World Teachers’ Day
The tradition of carving pumpkins originated from this vegetable in Ireland.
Turnip
This trophy is awarded to the league’s top scorer each regular season.
Art Ross Trophy
This award is given to the league’s top player based on regular-season performance.
MVP Award
The autumn equinox marks the time when day and night are roughly this length
Equal length (12 hours each)
This annual global campaign encourages people to walk to class instead of driving.
Walk to School day
This author wrote the short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, featuring the Headless Horseman.
Who is Washington Irving?
The first ever NHL game was played in 1917 while this president was in office.
Woodrow Wilson
The NBA season typically begins just before this major American holiday.
Halloween
The fall harvest moon appears closest to this astronomical event.
Autumnal equinox
Canadians celebrate this day on the second Monday in October.
Canadian Thanksgiving
This classic 1968 film is credited with popularizing the modern zombie genre.
Night of the Living Dead
This Canadian city’s team was the first to win the Stanley Cup in the NHL era.
Montreal
Daily Double!
New York Knicks
This phenomenon causes crisp mornings when cold air traps warm air near the ground
Temperature inversion
This Hindu festival, often in October or November, celebrates the triumph of light over darkness.
Diwali
Halloween’s origins trace back to this ancient Celtic festival marking the end of the harvest season.
Samhain
This U.S. president dropped the ceremonial first puck at an NHL season opener in 2001
George W. Bush
The NBA’s first official game took place in this decade.
1940s
In the Southern Hemisphere, fall begins around this month
March
October 24 commemorates the founding of this international organization that promotes peace and cooperation.
United Nations