175 Best Fall Trivia Questions + Answers [for Kids & Adults]

Last Updated on January 8, 2024 by Michele Tripple

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Everyone loves a little competition. Test out these 175 fall trivia questions to see how much you know about fall. These trivia questions are sure to put your knowledge to the ultimate test. These fall trivia questions are perfect for kids, teens, and adults.

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Trivia games are a staple in our home! We are constantly testing each other’s skill levels on various topics. Some of our favorites are trivia questions for teens, sports trivia, and Halloween trivia. We even break out our state trivia questions on road trips. With fall quickly approaching, we knew it was time to get into the season with these fall trivia questions.

Adding a little friendly competition to the dinner table or a road trip is always fun. I love it because it keeps everyone sitting a little longer, spending time with one another before zooming off to play on their phones or hang out with friends.

If you are looking for some other fun Fall activities, be sure to check out our Fall Scavenger Hunt, Fall Riddles or Fall Charades.

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Why I Love Trivia Games

One of the reasons I love the many kid’s trivia games we have is that it encourages learning while having a ton of fun.

Sure, we are competing against each other, but as we play, we pick up so many new facts and ideas that we didn’t know before.

Not only that, but trivia games and trivia night are competitive, so it allows kids to experience a healthy level of competition, practice teamwork (if you are playing teams), and be a good winner or loser. They even get to learn to cope with failure, all in a supportive, loving home environment.

Fall Trivia Questions and Answers

75 Easy Fall Trivia Questions for Kids

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Question: What is the season that comes after spring?
Answer: Fall or Autumn
Question: Do leaves fall off the tree or float up to the tree?
Answer: Fall off the tree.
Question: What were Jack-O-lanterns orginally made from?
Answer: Turnips.
Question: By the end of fall is it hot or a little bit chilly?
Answer: A little bit chilly
Question: How did fall get its name?
Answer: The leaves falling from the trees.
Question: What animal is associated with Halloween?
Answer: Black Cat
Question: Can you make pie from pumpkins?
Answer: Yes.
Question: What is the term for the time when the day and night are equal lengths?
Answer: Equniox
Question: What do you wear on October 31st?
Answer: A costume
Question: What do you call a baby turkey?
Answer: Poults

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Question: What is it called when you get pulled by a tractor sitting on hay bales?
Answer: Tractor ride
Question: What do squirrels collect in the fall and store for winter?
Answer: Nuts
Question: When did the pilgrims first celebrate Thanksgiving?
Answer: 1621
Question: Why do leaves change color?
Answer: Chlorophyll breaks down in them.
Question: What do you call it when you pick apples off the tree?
Answer: Apple picking
Question: What popular fall fruit is used in pies?
Answer: Apples
Question: What is it called when a farmer picks his crops?
Answer: Harvest
Question: What do birds do in the fall?
Answer: Migrate
Question: What do bears do in the fall?
Answer: Hibernate
Question: Name a pie you eat on Thanksgiving that uses nuts.
Answer: Pecan pie.
Question: What holidays do we celebrate in the fall?
Answer: Halloween and Thanksgiving.
Question: What type of seed is found in a pumpkin?
Answer: Pumpkin seeds
Question: Name 2 colors that symbolize fall.
Answer: Orange, yellow, brown, and red.
Question: What do you say when you knock on someone’s door in the fall with a costume on?
Answer: Trick or treat.
Question: What happens to the time at the end of each fall?
Answer: Day Light Savings Ends which means the clocks go back one hour.
Question: What big bird is often eaten at Thanksgiving?
Answer: Turkey
Question: What 2 states do not participate in Day Light Savings?
Answer: Hawaii and Arizona
Question: What do kids do at the end of summer usually right around Labor Day?
Answer: Go back to School
Question: What ship did the pilgrims come over on?
Answer: Mayflower
Question: What do you call a pumpkin that has a face and a candle inside?
Answer: Jack-O-Lantern

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Question: What fall month ends with an R?
Answer: You can pick any! September, October, November
Question: Where do you go to find the best pumpkin?
Answer: The pumpkin patch.
Question: What happens to trees in the fall?
Answer: They lose their leaves.
Question: What is the most popular sport in the United States in the fall?
Answer: Football
Question: What is another word for Autumn?
Answer: Fall
Question: What holiday is the 4th Thursday of November?
Answer: Thanksgiving
Question: What orange fruit grows on a vine in the fall?
Answer: Pumpkins
Question: What popular outdoor activity involves walking through a field of corn?
Answer: Corn Maze
Question: What is big and orange that you carve?
Answer: Pumpkin
Question: What month does fall begin in the United States?
Answer: September
Question: What colors do the leaves change to that fall from the trees?
Answer: Orange
Question: What do you start wearing to help you stay warm when it gets colder outside in the fall?
Answer: Sweater / jacket
Question: Do the days get longer or shorter during the fall?
Answer: Shorter
Question: What is wet that falls from the sky in the fall?
Answer: Rain
Question: What is another word to describe fall?
Answer: Autumn
Question: What can you see on grass in the morning when it’s really cold?
Answer: Frost or Dew
Question: What holiday do we eat turkey on?
Answer: Thanksgiving Day
Question: Is a pumpkin a fruit or a vegetable?
Answer: Vegetable
Question: What is a big pile of leaves called?
Answer: Leaf pile.
Question: Do all trees lose their leaves in the fall?
Answer: No, some are evergreen.

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Question: What holiday occurs on October 31st?
Answer: Halloween
Question: What animal flies South during the fall to prepare for winter?
Answer: Birds
Question: What fall fruit grows on trees?
Answer: Apples
Question: What do we call trees that lose their leaves in the fall?
Answer: Deciduous
Question: What rock did the pilgrims land at?
Answer: Plymouth Rock
Question: How do pine trees adapt to the colder fall and winter weather?
Answer: They are evergreen, so their leaves do not fall off.
Question: Is the first day of fall usually around the same time as the first day of school?
Answer: No, it is around September 22nd
Question: What does the term Indian Summer mean?
Answer: It is unusually warm weather in late autumn
Question: When leaves change color, what two pigments become more visible?
Answer: Carotenes and Anthocyanins
Question: What US President declared Thanksgiving a national holiday?
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
Question: What is the term for the water droplets that sometimes form on the grass in the morning during fall?
Answer: Dew
Question: What popular spice comes from the bark of a tree?
Answer: Cinnamon
Question: What is a group of witches called?
Answer: Coven
Question: What animal hibernates all winter long and begins sleeping in the fall?
Answer: Bear
Question: What phenomenon can create “fog” over a lake or river in the early fall mornings?
Answer: Temperature Inversion
Question: Why do leaves fall off trees in the autumn?
Answer: To save energy.
Question: What is the term for the large-scale movement of birds from one place to another in the fall?
Answer: Migration
Question: Why do apple trees produce more fruit in the fall?
Answer: Cooler temperatures and shorter days help produce fruiting.
Question: What do squirrels store in their cheeks during the fall?
Answer: Acorns
Question: What color does the sky turn when the sun is setting in the fall?
Answer: Orange and pink
Question: What do deciduous trees do in preparation for winter?
Answer: Shed their leaves
Question: What planet can you see during fall?
Answer: Mars
Question: What else falls from some trees other than leaves?
Answer: Acorn or nuts
Question: What is the name of the festival the you go to in the fall with rides, games, and good food?
Answer: Fall fair or fall festival.
Question: What’s the name of the fruiting body that some fungi produce in the fall?
Answer: Mushroom

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Best Fall Trivia Questions for the Whole Family

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Question: What is the first day of Autumn known as?
Answer: Autumn Equinox.
Question: What happens on Autumn Equinox?
Answer: The number of hours of daylight and darkness is equal.
Question: Name the Goddess of Harvest.
Answer: Demeter.
Question: When does the Autumn Equinox happen in the Northern Hemisphere?
Answer: 23 September.
Question: When does the Autumn Equinox happen in the southern hemisphere?
Answer: 21 March
Question: When does autumn end in the Northern Hemisphere?
Answer: It ends with the Winter solstice on 21 December.
Question: When does autumn end in the Southern Hemisphere?
Answer: 21 June.
Question: What is the Autumn Equinox also known as?
Answer: Harvest home.
Question: What is the reason behind Autumn Equinox?
Answer: It is that time of year when the sun is exactly above the equator.
Question: The full moon closest to Autumn Equinox is called___?
Answer: Harvest Moon.
Question: Why is the Harvest Moon important?
Answer: It is important for an abundant harvest.
Question: What is the origin of the word autumn?
Answer: It comes from the Latin word ‘autumns’, which comes from ‘augere’, which means to increase.
Question: North Americans can experience autumn at which time of the year?
Answer: September to December.
Question: Which pigment decreases in the plants during autumn?
Answer: Chlorophyll.
Question: What is the main feature of autumn?
Answer: Shedding of leaves from deciduous trees.
Question: Leaf colors change trend depending on their species. True or False?
Answer: True
Question: What do the leaves of red maples change to?
Answer: Scarlet
Question: What do the leaves of sugar maples change to?
Answer: Orange-red
Question: Leaves of aspens change to?
Answer: Golden
Question: Leaves of oak change to?
Answer: Brown or red. Or even a new color, which is a mix of brown and red.

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Question: From which pigment do the trees get their brown color?
Answer: Tannins
Question: Where do trees get their orange color from?
Answer: Trees get their orange color from carotene.
Question: Where do people go for good leaf-peeping in the United States?
Answer: Northern New England.
Question: Why is New England famous for leaf-peeping?
Answer: New England is known for its picturesque beauty and fall foliage.
Question: What are the colors of Fall?
Answer: The colors of falls are orange, red, purple, brown, and yellow.
Question: Name the pigment that turns the colors of the leaves to red and purple.
Answer: Anthocyanin.
Question: In America and Canada, autumn is also known as fall. True or False?
Answer: True
Question: Fall is also called an aurora season. True or False?
Answer: True
Question: Name two festivals celebrated during the fall season.
Answer: Thanksgiving and Sukkot are the two festivals celebrated during fall.
Question: Name the most common fall season harvest
Answer: Pumpkins and apples are the most common harvest during fall
Question: Which festival comes from a Celtic autumn tradition?
Answer: Halloween
Question: Is it true that the people born during the fall season are likely to live longer?
Answer: Yes
Question: What does pumpkin spice contain?
Answer: Cinnamon, Nutmeg, cloves, and dry ginger make up the pumpkin spice. It doesn’t contain pumpkin at all.
Question: According to Greek mythology, fall begins when this Goddess returns to Hades, causing her mother to allow the crops on earth to die until her daughter returns in the spring. Who is this Goddess?
Answer: Persephone.
Question: Why were Jack-O-Lanterns introduced?
Answer: Jack-O-Lanterns were introduced to scare off evil spirits during Halloween
Question: Pumpkin got its name from ‘Pepon’, which means large melon. True or false?
Answer: True
Question: True or false? Catching leaves in the fall brings good luck.
Answer: True
Question: Which city produces about five times more pumpkins than any other city in the US?
Answer: Illinois produces about five times more pumpkin than any other city in the US!
Question: The word autumn is preferred to fall in Great Britain. True or False?
Answer: True
Question: Name one country which doesn’t get to experience fall throughout the year?
Answer: Brazil doesn’t get to experience fall throughout the year

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Question: Name one popular fall decor.
Answer: Pumpkin
Question: Name one species of trees that don’t lose their leaves.
Answer: Evergreen trees
Question: Which colorful phenomenon is visible during fall?
Answer: The Aurora Borealis.
Question: Name one popular sweet treat specially made during Halloween from the fall harvest.
Answer: Caramel apples.
Question: In which season do birds prepare for migration?
Answer: Fall
Question: Which insect migrates from the US to Mexico?
Answer: Monarch Butterflies.
Question: What do animals do at this time of year?
Answer: Animals store food and prepare their nests for hibernation at this time of year.
Question: Name one animal that collects seed and nuts in fall for the new season (winter)!
Answer: Squirrel
Question: Name one species of birds that travel from the Arctic to the Antarctic.
Answer: Arctic Tern
Question: Which festival is celebrated in Germany during the Fall season?
Answer: Oktoberfest
Question: When does the famous Wellfleet Oyster Fest take place?
Answer: 17 and 18 October.
Question: Which famous festival takes place in Barcelona to commemorate the saint patron of the city?
Answer: Festes De La Merce.
Question: Name the longest-running motoring event that takes place during fall.
Answer: London to Brighton Veteran Car Run.
Question: Name the Buddhist celebration of cleansing the spirit from bad luck by sending lanterns to Buddha, that takes place in fall.
Answer: Yi Peng Lantern Festival.
Question: When does the famous Halloween Parade of New York take place?
Answer: On 31 October from 7:00 pm onwards
Question: In which country does the largest white truffle festival occur?
Answer: Italy
Question: Name the Hindu festival of lights celebrated every fall.
Answer: Diwali
Question: Which festival is celebrated on the 15th of the 8th month of the Chinese lunar calendar?
Answer: Chinese Festival of the Autumn Moon.
Question: Which festival marks the Jewish New Year? It falls in the autumn.
Answer: Rosh Hashanah.
Question: True or False? Thanksgiving is celebrated in both Canada and the US, but in different months.
Answer: True

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Question: True or false? Every year, Halloween is celebrated on the 31st of October worldwide.
Answer: True
Question: Americans typically refer to this time of year as “fall,” while the British use the word to refer to it.
Answer: Autumn
Question: Historically, what the Fall was called _?
Answer: Harvest
Question: Why is the Fall called Harvest, Historically?
Answer: Because of the “harvest moon” that occurs close to the autumn equinox.
Question: What caused the Fall?
Answer: It is caused by the Earth’s tilt
Question: What happens when the northern hemisphere tilts towards the sun??
Answer: We get warmer.
Question: What are Fall and spring geographically?
Answer: Fall and spring are the times of transition of season.
Question: What have researchers found is due to a lack of vitamin D because of the Sun’s distance?
Answer: It reduces fat breakdown and triggers fat storage. 
Question: What are the causes of Fall colors?
Answer: By the amount of sugar in leaves.
Question: Can we gain weight around this time of year with all the food?
Answer: No
Question: How does the color of leaves control the Fall?
Answer: The redder the leaf, the more sugar that leaf is storing. That is why Maple trees are so vibrant.
Question: Why don’t evergreens change their color in Fall?
Answer: Because their leaves have a thick wax covering that protects the chlorophyll (green) in the leaves.
Question: Why did the ancient people wear Halloween costumes in Falls?
Answer: To hide from ghosts.
Question: How does Fall dominate the life cycle of Birds?
Answer: Birds spend most of the fall migrating. 
Question: Why do birds migrate in the Fall?
Answer: Many birds spend this season traveling to mating grounds or finding food
Question: What are the traits of overall Fall-born babies?
Answer: Children born in the fall are statistically better students and live longer.
Question: What is the short-term heat in autumn called?
Answer: “Indian summer” happens almost every year.
Question: How does the Fall impact the senses in Autumn?
Answer: Psychoanalysts note that in the fall, many people have a dull sense of fear.
Question: When did the Celts in the territory of Ireland consider the autumn months once upon a time?
Answer: August, September, and October.
Question: What is the Indian summer known in some Mediterranean countries?
Answer: “gypsy summer.”

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Question: What was the use of Pumpkins in the old days?
Answer: To remove freckles and cure snake bites.
Question: How many apples does it take to create one gallon of apple cider?
Answer: About 36 apples
Question: How many varieties of Apples are there?
Answer: Over 8000 varieties of apples
Question: Where do pumpkins grow?
Answer: Pumpkins are also grown all over the world: six of seven continents (all except Antarctica), to be exact.
Question: How did the first Jack O’Lanterns were actually made?
Answer: It was made from turnips
Question: How has the name pumpkin come?
Answer: The name “pumpkin” comes from the Greek word ‘pepon,’ which means ‘large melon’.
Question: Less light in falls increases which pigments in leaves?
Answer: Orange and yellow carotenoids and vibrant red anthocyanin.
Question: Fall kicks off the season of_______?
Answer: Cuddling
Question: What are solar events that have to do with Earth’s position in relation to the sun at different times of the year?
Answer: Solstices and equinoxes Question: Autumn begins when the center of the sun crosses Earth’s _____?
Answer: Equator
Question: “Autumn . . . the year’s last, loveliest smile” whose lines is this?
Answer: William Cullen Bryant
Question: According to superstition, _ leaves in autumn brings good luck. Every leaf means a lucky month next year.
Answer: Catching
Question: November was originally the 9th month of the calendar, which began in March?
Answer: Roman
Question: Specifically, in which countries does autumn officially begin on March 1 and end on May 31?
Answer: New Zealand and Australia
Question: About 1.3 million gallons (5 million liters) of beer are poured during which fall festival?
Answer: Oktoberfest 
Question: Autumn has historically been a rich symbol of 
Answer: Both bounty and death.
Question: What percent of a pumpkin is water?
Answer: 90%
Question: In poetry, autumn is often associated with what emotion?
Answer: Melancholy
Question: What sport do we see people do in the fall?
Answer: Football

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  1. This is perfect for my family. I’m putting out my fall decorations and my family is going to love my random sharing of fall trivia.

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