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Trivia: Fall is here!

01:50 PM CDT on Friday, October 3, 2008

By CHRISTY ROBINSON

Now that fall has officially landed, we can look forward to cooler weather, pumpkin baked goods and colorful scenery. See how much you know about North Texas' most welcomed season of the year.

1. Maple trees explode beautiful red and gold leaves this time of year. Vermont makes the most maple syrup in the U.S., but _________ produces more maple syrup than all Canadian provinces and U.S. states combined.
Quebec
Ontario
Alberta
New Brunswick

2. The first Jack O'Lanterns were made in Ireland out of hollowed-out _______.
cantaloupes
turnips
watermelons
pumpkins

3. In Eastern Canada and New England, fall foliage tourists are called _______.
leaf peepers
tree huggers
foliage freaks
leaf lovers

4. "Autumn" is now only used in North American English. Before the _____ century, "harvest" was the term usually used to refer to the fall season.
13th
14th
15th
16th

5. What day did autumn begin this year?
Sept. 24
Sept. 23
Sept. 22
Sept. 21

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