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Fall Quiz 2024
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1
Which one of these festivals is not celebrated during the fall season?
Dia De Los Muertos
Diwali
Oktoberfest
Las Posadas
2
What does
September
mean in Latin?
Falling
Leaves
Month of Autumn
Seven
3
The word ‘pumpkin’ came from the Greek word ‘pepon’. What does ‘pepon’ mean in Greek?
Large Melon
Large Apple
Large Orange
Large Banana
4
During the Renaissance, what did a witches broomstick symbolize?
Protection
Death
Power
Fertility
5
How long does it take for a pumpkin to grow and become ready to harvest?
30 - 120 days
9 months
90 - 120 days
3 months
6
What country started the tradition of pumpkin carving?
Scotland
Holland
Ireland
Transylvania
7
If you throw a pumpkin in water, will it sink or float?
Sink
Float
8
Who was the first group of people in history to use scarecrows?
Aztec
Incan
Egyptian
Persian
9
What vegetable was once thought to have supernatural powers on Halloween?
Cabbage
Pumpkins
Turnips
Apples
10
The movie,
Remember the Titans
is based around which sport?
Dodgeball
Football
Hockey
Baseball
11
Is a pumpkin a fruit or a vegetable?
Fruit
Vegetable
12
Which of these birds do NOT migrate in autumn?
Crows
Robins
Ravens
Swallows
13
What do you call a fear of pumpkins?
Cucurbitophobia
Achluophobia
Cibophobia
Androphobia
14
In colonial times, what were apples called?
Winter Banana
Fall Melon
Tree Grape
Red Orange
15
Cornucopia means
Horn of Plenty
False
True
16
In what year did 'It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown' premiere?
1966
1952
1970
1941
17
What is the name for an unseasonably warm period of weather that happens in the fall?
Spanish Summer
Indian Summer
Italian Summer
French Summer
18
The term ‘guising’ is in reference to which Halloween tradition?
Bobbing for Apples
Playing Pranks
Dressing Up
Trick or Treating
19
What do you call a fear of Halloween?
Selenophobia
Coulrophobia
Hemophobia
Samhainophobia
20
How long did witch hunts last in Europe?
1 week
300 years
50 years
100 years
21
What fall month will you see a
Full Corn Moon
?
September
August
October
November
22
In which play by
Shakespeare
do three witches say, 'Double, double, toil and trouble'?
Macbeth
King Lear
The Tempest
Hamlet
23
What do the colours
orange
and
black
signify in relation to Halloween?
Harvest & Changing Winds
Harvest & Death
Harvest & Darkness
Harvest & Nightfall
24
What was
fall
originally called?
Gathering
Harvest
Autum
After Summer
25
What is a male turkey called?
Stallion
Gobbler
Jack
Cob
26
What fall activity was once a British courting ritual?
Poetry reading in a corn maze
Carving turnips
Offering a cornucopia
Bobbing for apples
27
Autumn is the longest season.
True
False
28
What are fall's three zodiac signs?
Capricorn, Sagittarius, Leo
Leo, Virgo, Libra
Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius
Cancer, Libra, Scorpio
29
What is the Latin origin of the word 'autumn'?
Aestas
Fons
Hiems
Autumnus
30
The Chinese "Mid-Autumn" festival is also called the ______ festival?
Sun
Earth
Moon
Night