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100

Which sweet pastry, famous for its lattice or crumb top, is a classic fall dessert made from orchard fruit?

What is Apple Pie?

100

Which seasonal phrase refers to a short return of warm weather in autumn?

What is an Indian Summer?

100

At this old-fashioned Halloween party game, participants try to grab floating fruit using only their mouths.

What is bobbing for apples?

100

In medieval Europe, if a black cat crossed your path, it was traditionally said to bring.

What is Bad Luck?

100

Which Halloween tradition involves going door-to-door, collecting candy, and chanting a playful phrase?

What is Trick or Treating?

200

Which bright-orange gourd is famously used in pies and soups throughout autumn?

What is a Pumpkin?

200

A fun farm activity in the fall is a wagon tour around fields of corn or pumpkins, known as a:

What is a Hayride?

200

What November holiday was originally known as Armistice Day before its name was changed in 1954 in the United States?

What is Veterans Day?

200

The headless horseman, a popular Halloween figure, comes from which Washington Irving tale?

What is The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

200

Carving faces into pumpkins and placing lights inside them creates which Halloween decoration?

What is a Jack-o-Lantern?

300

Which fall fruit is known for its ruby-red seeds called arils?

What is Pomegranate?

300

Which North American butterfly is famous for its extraordinary fall migration from Canada and the United States to central Mexico?

What is the Monarch Butterfly?

300

Botanically speaking, which popular fall squash is classified as a fruit rather than a vegetable because it develops from a flower and contains seeds?

What is The pumpkin? 

300

Jack-o’-lanterns are said to originate from an Irish folktale about a man named who.

Who is Stingy Jack?

300

In the 1960s, many children wore plastic mask-and-smock costume sets, frequently sold by which popular manufacturer?

Who is Ben Cooper? 

400

Which fall side dish, made from sweet orange tubers, is often topped with marshmallows for extra sweetness?


What is Candied Yams?
400

What event marks the astronomical start of fall in the Northern Hemisphere?

What is an Autumnal Equinox?

400

In the 1950s, community “house-to-house parties” were sometimes promoted by which national organization to keep children away from mischief?

Who are Boy Scouts? 

400

Which mythical creature in some European folklore is said to transform under the full moon and is frequently a Halloween icon?

What is a Werewolf?

400

“Beggars’ Night,” a variant of trick-or-treating, started in the 1930s to reduce vandalism. One tradition required children to do what?

What is to Perform Jokes?

500

In the 19th century, a dried fruit-and-nut dessert known as “leather britches” was often prepared in the fall by stringing and drying which vegetable?

What are Green Beans?

500

In traditional English harvest customs, a final sheath of grain was sometimes fashioned into a figure known as the “Harvest Queen” or “Kern Baby.” This practice was part of what.

What is a Harvest home Celebration?

500

President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national day of Thanksgiving in 1863 during this major conflict in American history.

What is the American Civil War?

500

The 16th-century story of Faust, who makes a pact with the devil, was notably dramatized by which Elizabethan playwright in the late 1500s?

Who is Christopher Marlowe?

500

In parts of colonial New England, Halloween was overshadowed by which autumn celebration that focused on community gatherings?

What is Harvest Home Gatherings?