Fall Activities
After raking your leaves into a pile, what do most kids want to do?
Jump In
This sweet apple treat is commonly put on a stick.
Caramel Apple
The Andy Griffith Show premiered on CBS on October 3rd in what year?
1960
Mount Rushmore
True or False: A single dairy cow can produce about 10.5 pounds of cheese per day.
True!
This contact sport airs many games during the fall season.
Football
What sweet product is made by concentrating sap collected from maple trees?
Maple Syrup
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown is a film based off of which popular comic strip?
Peanuts
Which U.S. president was in office during the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962?
John F. Kennedy
What is an apple tree farm called?
Orchard
When you carve a pumpkin and light a candle inside it, what have you just created?
A Jack-O'-Lantern
Which popular hot beverage has an international day on October 1st?
Coffee
Which cartoon Great Dane travels with a group of friends solving spooky mysteries?
Scooby-Doo
Which branch of the U.S. armed forces traces its official birthday to October 13th, 1775?
The U.S. Navy
What feed grain is the most widely produced in the United States?
Corn
This activity requires you to dunk your head in a pail of water to try and grab apples with your teeth.
Apple Bobbing
Which fall fruit is filled with hundreds of jewel-like edible seeds known as arils?
Pomegranate
How many witches make up the Sanderson sisters in the movie Hocus Pocus?
Three; Winifred, Mary, and Sarah
Starting on October 8th, 1971, how many days did the Great Chicago Fire last?
Two; October 8th-October 10th
What is the process of cleaning horse waste out of the stall called?
Mucking
What popular fall activity involves finding your way through paths cut into a field of tall corn?
Corn Maze
Which nut harvested in fall is the star ingredient in a classic pie commonly served during Thanksgiving?
Pecan
Sporting a red jumpsuit in the music video, Michael Jackson released this song in October in honor of the Halloween season.
"Thriller"
What Soviet spacecraft became the world's first artificial satellite when it was launched on October 4th, 1957?
Sputnik 1
At what point in its life can a cow produce milk?
Once it has given birth; When you consider that most mammals cannot produce milk until they are pregnant or have a child, it all makes much more sense.