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The October 2022 Quiz - Fun Facts About Fall

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.

https://bestlifeonline.com/fall-facts/

 

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