Fall is finally here. The weather is getting cooler and in many countries the leaves are turning colors. Soon it will be sweater weather and time for hot apple cider and the pumpkin spice blitz, but fall is so much more, and we’ve found some fun facts to share with you about one of our favorite seasons. How much do you know about the autumn season? Take our quiz and find out. Fill in the blank with the correct word to show how much you know about the season commonly referred to as harvest by West Germanic languages before the 16th century. You will not use all the words in the Word Bank.
Answers to the October 2022 Fall Quiz can be found in the last article of this issue – Next Month in This Awful Awesome Life – November 2022 or you can click on this link,
Word Bank
Drops Lowest Apples
Increases Unchanged Oranges
Equator Strongest Pumpkins
Antarctica Australia Pumpkin pie
Africa Cinnamon Sage
Arctic Ocean Weakest Lavender
Tilts Earth Monarch butterflies
John Carpenter Venus Red squirrels
John Chapman Mercury Sugar
John Davis Uranus Underworld
September Jupiter Japan
October Mars South Korea
Persephone Saturn Vitamin D
Demeter Día de los Muertos Vitamin C
Athena Halloween 20%
Aphrodite October 31 35%
Highest November 2 acorns
Falling leaves California Illinois
Missouri Vermont Maine
Massachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey
Connecticut Rhode Island Pennsylvania
1. Birth rates are ___________________ during the fall season.
2. According to scientists, fall occurs when the Earth _______________ away from the sun.
3. Ancient Greeks believed fall occurred when ________________returned to the _________________________. Her mother, __________________, the Goddess of fertility and harvest, became so upset she allowed the planet’s crops to wither until her daughter’s return in the spring.
4. Johnny Appleseed’s real name was _________________________. For decades he made his way from state to state installing plant nurseries and fencing them off to protect them from livestock. He left them in the care of locals and went on his way.
5. There are more babies born in _______________________than any other month.
6. The Northern Lights are ______________________ during the fall.
7. The planet _______________ is visible at dusk throughout the month of _____________________ along with the planets _________________ and ______________________.
8. According to National Geographic, places near the _____________________ experience little seasonal variations, so fall isn’t really noticeable.
9. _____________________________ celebrated on _________________ is a Latinx holiday for celebrating deceased loved ones.
10. There are more than 7,500 varieties of __________________ in the world.
11. Pumpkins grow on every continent except ____________________________.
12. ___________________ is the top pumpkin producing state in the United States.
13. The smell of ____________________is an aphrodisiac for men especially when mixed with the scent of lavender ______________________.
14. In the New England states of ____________________, ____________________, _____________________, ___________________, _____________________, and ______________________ tourism from fall foliage results in over $3 billion dollars in tourism income each year.
15. In addition to many birds, ____________________________ also begin to migrate from the northwestern United States and Canada to their winter home in southwestern Mexico during the fall.
16. In _____________________ tempura-fried maple leaves are a fall delicacy.
17. According to The Encyclopedia of Superstitions catching as many ________________ ________________ in your hand as you can hold will be followed by an equal number of happy months.
18. Fall colors depend on how much ________________________ is in the leaves.
19. Weight gain during the fall may be related to a lack of ____________________ which reduces fat breakdown and triggers fat storage.
20. According to a recent study by the University of Colorado the number of fatal heart attacks ____________________ by an average of _______________after the Autumn time switch.
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