Fall Which Came First? 100 Fun Trivia Game Questions (+Free Printable)
Think you know the history of your favorite fall traditions? Put your autumn knowledge to the test with this fun Fall Which Came First? trivia game!
From pumpkin pie and apple pie to Halloween, Thanksgiving, cozy traditions, and favorite fall foods, players must decide which one came first. Some answers are surprisingly easy, while others might leave everyone debating!
This family-friendly game is perfect for:
- fall parties
- Thanksgiving gatherings
- classrooms
- youth groups
- family game nights
- harvest festivals
- Halloween celebrations
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How to Play Which Came First?
One person reads each question aloud.
Players must guess which of the two choices came first in history. You can play individually or divide into teams and keep score.
Award one point for each correct answer. The player or team with the most points wins!
Tip: Some answers are obvious…others are much trickier than they seem!
*Grab the free printable below!
100 Fall ‘Which Came First?’ Trivia Game Questions
Which came first in history?
1. Apple pie or pumpkin pie?
2. Halloween or Thanksgiving?
3. September or October?
4. Pumpkin pie or pecan pie?
5. Candy corn or Skittles
6. Pumpkin patch or corn maze?
7. Apple picking or pumpkin picking?
8. Sweet potatoes or white potatoes?
9. Apple cider or pumpkin spice latte?
10. Candy apple or caramel apple?
11. Candy corn or Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups?
12. Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade or the first televised NFL Thanksgiving game?
13. Frankenstein or Dracula?
14. Hocus Pocus or Halloweentown?
15. Labor Day or Halloween?
16. Thanksgiving or Black Friday?
17. Oktoberfest or Halloween?
18. Columbus Day or Thanksgiving?
19. Black Friday or Cyber Monday?
20. The Harvest Moon or Thanksgiving?
21. Cornbread or stuffing?
Stuffing
22. Jack-o’-lanterns or trick-or-treating?
Jack-o’-lanterns
23. Trick-or-treating or Halloween candy commercials?
Trick-or-treating
24. Sweaters or hoodies
Sweaters
25. Dracula or The Wolf Man?
Dracula
26. Dracula or The Mummy (Universal)?
Dracula
27. Casper The Friendly Ghost or Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
Casper The Friendly Ghost
28. Scooby-Doo or Ghostbusters?
Scooby-Doo
29. Beetlejuice or Hocus Pocus?
Beetlejuice
30. The Nightmare Before Christmas or Coraline?
The Nightmare Before Christmas
31. Goosebumps books or Harry Potter books?
Goosebumps books
32. Goosebumps or Fear Street?
Fear Street
33. Halloween (film) or Scream? (Related: Horror Movie Trivia)
Halloween
34. Friday the 13th or A Nightmare on Elm Street?
Friday the 13th
35. “Thriller” or “Somebody’s Watching Me” (Related: Halloween Finish The Lyrics)
“Thriller”
36. “Monster Mash” or “Witch Doctor”
“Witch Doctor”
37. Harvest festivals or country fairs?
Harvest festivals
38. The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade or the Rose Parade?
Rose Parade
39. Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade or the National Dog Show?
The National Dog Show
40. Hot cocoa or hot apple cider?
Hot cocoa
41. The Honey Baked Ham Company or Butterball frozen turkeys?
Butterball frozen turkeys
42. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups or Skittles? (Related: Candy Trivia)
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
43. Snickers or Milky Way?
Milky Way
44. Caramel apple or popcorn ball?
Popcorn ball
45. Roasted chestnuts or cranberry sauce
Roasted chestnuts
46. Green bean casserole or Cool Whip?
Green bean casserole
47. Peanut M&M’s or regular M&M’s?
Regular M&M’s
48. Kettle corn or candy corn?
Kettle corn
49. Cool Whip or Reddi-wip?
Reddi-wip
50. Sweet potatoes or acorn squash?
Acorn squash
51. Stove Top Stuffing or Hamburger Helper?
Hamburger Helper
52. Cranberry sauce in a can or frozen pumpkin pie?
Canned cranberry sauce
53. Apples or pumpkins (cultivated)?
Pumpkins
54. Acorns or pumpkins?
Acorns
55. Mashed potatoes or sweet potato pie?
Mashed potatoes
56. Corn or pumpkins?
Pumpkins
57. Wheat or corn?
Wheat
58. Maple syrup or apple cider?
Maple syrup
59. Deer or wild turkeys?
Deer
60. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving or Garfield’s Thanksgiving?
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
61. It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown or Garfield’s Halloween Adventure?
It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
62. The Addams Family TV series or The Munsters?
The Addams Family
63. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone or Twilight?
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
64. Bobbing for apples or candy apples?
Bobbing for apples
65. Apple cider slushies or chai spice?
Chai spice
66. Practical Magic or Hocus Pocus?
Practical Magic
67. Coco or Encanto?
Coco
68. Turkey or ham?
Ham
69. Ghostbusters or Beetlejuice?
Ghostbusters
70. Monster House or Hotel Transylvania?
Monster House
71. Coraline or ParaNorman?
Coraline
72. Hershey’s Kisses or M&M’s?
Hershey’s Kisses
73. Kit Kat or Twix?
Kit Kat
74. Tootsie Rolls or Smarties?
Tootsie Rolls
75. Halloween costumes or Trick-or-treating?
Halloween costumes
76. Butterfinger or Baby Ruth?
Baby Ruth
77. Twizzlers or Airheads?
Twizzlers
Related: Fall Foods Bucket List and October Trivia Questions
78. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow or Little Women?
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
79. Thanksgiving becoming a federal holiday or Halloween becoming America’s second-largest commercial holiday?
Thanksgiving becoming a federal holiday (Related: Thanksgiving Trivia)
80. Pumpkin spice latte or salted caramel mocha?
Pumpkin Spice Latte
81. Starbucks or Dunkin’?
Dunkin’
82. Candy corn or popcorn balls?
Popcorn balls
83. Pumpkin carving contests or giant pumpkin weigh-offs?
Giant pumpkin weigh-offs
84. Haunted attractions or escape rooms?
Haunted attractions
85. Hayrides or corn mazes?
Hayrides
86. Pumpkin spice Oreos or Peanut Butter Oreo cookies?
Peanut Butter Oreo cookies
87. The Wizard of Oz or Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory?
The Wizard of Oz
88. Candy apples or caramel popcorn?
Caramel popcorn
89. The first pumpkin spice latte or the first iPhone?
Pumpkin spice latte
90. Candy corn or tootsie rolls?
Candy corn
91. Haunted houses or Halloween movie?
Haunted houses
92. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow or Frankenstein?
Frankenstein
93. Milk Duds or Junior Mints?
Milk Duds
94. The Great British Baking Show or Halloween Baking Championship?
The Great British Baking Show
95. The first balloon in the Macy’s Day Parade or the first float?
The first float
96. Trick or treat or passing out candy?
Trick or treat
97. Hocus Pocus or Nightmare Before Christmas?
Hocus Pocus
98. The first televised Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade or color television broadcasts?
The first televised Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
99. Ouija boards or the first Halloween movie?
Ouija boards
100. The Exorcist or Halloween?
The Exorcist
Related: Halloween This or That Questions or Halloween Would You Rather
Free Fall “Which Came First?” Printable Game
Print this fun printable Fall ‘Which Came First?’ game and find the answer key directly below!
Fall Which Came First? Printable Answer Key
- Pumpkin pie
- Halloween
- Candy corn
- Frankenstein
- Sweaters
- Beetlejuice
- Harvest Festivals
- Hot cocoa
- Hayrides
- Macy’s Day Parade
- Halloween costumes
- Green bean casserole
- Acorn squash
- Scarecrows
- Chai tea latte
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