Countdown to Halloween Day #11: "Useless Pumpkin Trivia for $200 .."

Since pumpkins are the poster child for this time of year.  I thought I would lay out some pumpkin flavored trivia.  Have fun and hopefully, you will be able to use one of these trivial nuggets this month.   The answers will be posted at the bottom of the page.  And  I would like to give a shout out to my local Fuddruckers Restaurant for this month's table top trivia pages for the inspiration.


Pumpkin Trivia for $200...

1.  The largest pumpkin pie ever made was over five feet in diameter and weighed over how many pounds?

2.  Who brought the tradition of pumpkin carving to America?

3.  How was pumpkin used for pies in early colonial times?

4.  What food family does pumpkin belong too?

5.  Native Americans used pumpkin seeds for food and what else?

6.  What is the only continent you can't grow pumpkins on?

7.  Are pumpkin flowers edible?

8.  The largest pumpkin ever grown weighed how much?

9.  What percentage of a pumpkin is water?

10.  Pumpkin was used to cure what type of injury?








Answers: 1. 350 pounds, 2. Irish, 3. as an ingredient for pie crust, 4. squash, 5. medicine, 6. Antarctica, 7. yes, 8. 1,140 , 9. 90%, 10.  snake bites

Countdown to Halloween Day #10 : In Search of the Great Pumpkin

Last Saturday, we went to a local farm to find our 10th annual Great Pumpkin.  This was a tradition that my husband and I started when we first got married.  My husband had never really been to a pumpkin patch before.

 Each year, we head out to the farm to find the biggest free standing pumpkin we can pick ourselves.

The local little farm that we like to visit was crazy busy.  But, the weather was beautiful and it was the first weekend that the pumpkin patch was open.  We always try to get there for opening weekend.  We've learned not to be pumpkin procrastinators.

We think this is the most sincere pumpkin patches in our area.  And every year,  our great pumpkin rises out of here to come to our home.





This is our pumpkin for this year.  It isn't as large as some we have gotten in years past.  But it is beautiful and looks great decorating our front porch.   If it is anything like last year, it will probably hang around until Valentine's Day.