Pumpkin Trivia Question and Answers
1.
What is the scientific name for a pumpkin?
Answer:
Cucurbita pepo
2.
Where are pumpkins native to?
Answer:
North America
3.
What color is a pumpkin when it's first growing?
Answer:
Green
4.
What are the tiny hairs on a pumpkin called?
Answer:
Trichomes
5.
How many seeds can a pumpkin contain?
Answer:
Up to 1,000
6.
What is the largest pumpkin ever grown, according to the Guinness World Records?
Answer:
2,703 pounds, grown in 2023
7.
What is the average size of a pumpkin?
Answer:
1020 pounds
8.
Which state in the US is known as the "Pumpkin Capital of the World"?
Answer:
Illinois
9.
What is the name of the festival in Illinois that celebrates all things pumpkin?
Answer:
The National Pumpkin Festival
10.
What is the main ingredient in pumpkin pie?
Answer:
Pumpkin puree
11.
What is the name of the traditional American dish made with pumpkin, spices, and sugar?
Answer:
Pumpkin bread
12.
What is the name of the orange pigment that gives pumpkins their color?
Answer:
Betacarotene
13.
What month is National Pumpkin Month?
Answer:
October
14.
What is the name of the pumpkin variety that is typically used for carving?
Answer:
Jacko'lantern
15.
What is the name of the character in the movie "Shrek" who is a pumpkin?
Answer:
The Gingerbread Man
16.
What is the name of the famous children's book featuring a pumpkin carriage?
Answer:
Cinderella
17.
What is the name of the Disney movie featuring a pumpkin patch and a talking pumpkin?
Answer:
The Princess and the Frog
18.
What is the name of the iconic nursery rhyme about a pumpkin?
Answer:
""Little Jack Horner""
19.
What is the name of the festival in Salem, Massachusetts that celebrates all things spooky, including pumpkins?
Answer:
The Salem Witch Museum
20.
What is the name of the popular pumpkin spice drink offered by Starbucks each fall?
Answer:
Pumpkin Spice Latte
21.
What is the name of the pumpkin-shaped lamp that is used to illuminate the home during Halloween?
Answer:
Jacko'lantern
22.
What is the name of the pumpkin-shaped dish that is used to serve food and drinks?
Answer:
Pumpkin bowl
23.
What is the name of the pumpkin-shaped beverage that is popular for Thanksgiving?
Answer:
Pumpkin cider
24.
What is the name of the pumpkin-shaped cocktail that is popular for Thanksgiving?
Answer:
Pumpkin martini
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