AUTUMN
GAME ON
7-LETTER WORDS
CURRENT EVENTS
26
100

IN 2022 A POSSIBLE 7th GAME OF THIS, BASEBALL'S "FALL CLASSIC", WOULD BE PLAYED NOV. 5, THE LATEST DATE EVER

WHAT IS THE WORLD SERIES ?

100

A WOMAN IN CANADA USED AN EXISTING R TO PLACE "QUIZZERS" ON 2 TRIPLE WORD SCORES TO HELP SCORE 365 POINTS AT ONCE IN THIS GAME

WHAT IS SCRABBLE ?

100

IN JUDAISM, OBSERVANCE OF THIS SEVENTH DAY OF THE WEEK BEGINS JUST BEFORE SUNSET ON FRIDAY 

WHAT IS SHABBAT ?

100

ON AUG. 8, 2022 FBI AGENTS EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT HERE, WHICH DONALD TRUMP CALLS "MY BEAUTIFUL HOME"

WHAT IS MAR-A-LAGO ?

100

What part of the body contains 26 bones?

A. Ear
B. Skull
C. Ribcage
D. Foot

D. Foot

200

ITS GROWER SAYS THE AUTUMN GLORY TYPE OF THIS FRUIT HAS "SUBTLE NOTES OF CARAMEL", SO IT MUST BE GOOD FOR MAKING CARAMEL ONES

WHAT IS AN APPLE ?

200

FOR ME, IT'S LEFT HAND, GREEN, RIGHT FOOT, BLUE & LEFT HAMSTRING, PULLED PLAYING THIS HASBRO GAME

WHAT IS TWISTER ?

200

IT CAN MEAN BOTH 

CLOTHES TO WASH & 

A PLACE TO DO IT

WHAT IS LAUNDRY ?

200

This team won the 2025 Super Bowl, held in New Orleans.

WHAT ARE THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES ?

200

The Winter Olympics kick off in Italy on February 6th. How many continents have never hosted a Winter Olympic Games?

4

300

AUTUMN IS THE SEASON FOR THIS GATHERING OF CROPS FOUND IN THE TITLE OF THE PAINTING SEEN HERE

WHAT IS THE HARVEST ?

300

IN 2021 

A WISCONSIN TEEN PULLED 32 OF THESE BLOCKS & PLACED THEM BACK ATOP A TOWER OF THEM IN ONE MINUTE WITHOUT TOPPLING IT

WHAT IS JENGA ?

300

SAUERKRAUT IS FERMENTED THIS

WHAT IS CABBAGE ?

300

THIS 3-DIGIT NATIONAL HOTLINE PHONE NUMBER FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION WENT LIVE IN 2022

WHAT IS 988 ?

300

October 31st, 2026 will mark the 75th anniversary of a performer’s death. Despite a sensational life, he died a rather mundane death from an inflamed abdomen, possibly exacerbated by getting punched in the stomach a week and a half earlier. Who was that performer?

A. Charlie Chaplin
B. Fred Astaire
C. Frank Sinatra
D. Harry Houdini

D. Harry Houdini

400

THE COLORS OF AUTUMN'S LEAVES ARE FROM CAROTENOIDS, SUCH AS THIS GREEK-LETTER ONE THAT ALSO TURNS CARROTS ORANGE

WHAT IS BETA CAROTENE ?

400

THIS TENNIS LEGEND RETURNED IN 2026 to the game at the age of 44

WHO IS SERENA WILLIAMS ?

400

AS THE SONG SAYS, LIFE IS A THIS, A RESTAURANT WITH BOOZE & LIVE ENTERTAINMENT

WHAT IS A CABARET ?

400

In April 2025, France experienced massive protests over this government decision.

What is the conviction and political ban of Marine Le Pen?

400

In November 2026, the NASA space probe Voyager 1 is expected to reach a distance of one light day away from Earth. How many years will it have taken to get that far?

48 years.

500

This professional sports league starts its season in late October.

What is basketball ?

500

CRICKET, 501 & AROUND THE WORLD ARE GAMES INVOLVING TOSSING THESE, PERHAPS IN A BAR

WHAT ARE DARTS ?

500

THIS PAIN RELIEVER WENT ON THE MARKET IN 1899, LONG BEFORE IBUPROFEN

WHAT IS ASPIRIN ?

500

SUBJECTED TO ISLAMIST DEATH THREATS SINCE THE 1980s, THIS AUTHOR WAS SAVAGELY ATTACKED AT A SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT in 2022

WHO IS SALMAN RUSHDIE ?

500

Thanks to a chart found in every science classroom, what super hero would you expect is a huge fan of the number 26?

A. Batman
B. Spider-Man
C. Black Widow
D. Iron Man

D. Iron Man