Gail Skroback Hennessey

PUMPKIN PATCH

Updated 11/09

LEARN ABOUT PUMPKINS WITH THIS FUN CYBERHUNT!

1. The name pumpkin originated from the Greek word for "large melon" which is "pepon." The French turned the word into "pompon." The English changed "pompon" to "Pumpion". What are three popular stories where pumpkins are mentioned? ____________ , _______________ and _____________ Find the answer at this site:http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/pumpkins/history.html

2. Pumpkins are in the same family which includes squash and cucumbers. They are considered a fruit and not a vegetable. Pumpkins date back to 7000 to 5500 BC , to the Central American country of _________________. Where is the the self proclaimed "Pumpkin Capital of the World"?________________ Which company that makes lots of canned pumpkin is found in this city?_________________Find the answers at this site:http://www.pumpkinnook.com/facts.htm.

3. In addition to using pumpkins as a food, Native Americans dried strips of flatten pumpkin strips to weave them into this.____________ What other vegetables were used in the history for carving Jack-o-Lanterns before pumpkins became popular? _________, ________ and _________. Immigrants from which countries brought the idea of Jack-O-Lanterns to the United States?___________,___________and ___________.Find the answers at this site:http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=716&display_order=4&sub_display_order=7&mini_id=1076

4. Pumpkins are 90% water and Native Americans called pumpkins,"lsqoutm squash". What were two medical uses for which people thought pumpkins could be used?______________and _______________. Find the answer at this site:http://www.hsgpurchasing.com/Articles/pumpkin.htm

5. Baked on October 8, 2005, the New Bremen Giant Pumpkin Growers at New Bremen, Ohio, made the world's record pumpkin pie. How much did it weigh? _____________ Keene, New Hampshire, has held the record for the most lit pumpkins at 28,952. This record was broken in 2007 by which city and state?_____________ How many lit pumpkins did they have?______________What is Pumpkin Chuckin?___________________ What is the record distance?____________Find the answers at this site:http://www.pumpkinnook.com/giants/record.htm#pie

6. You can find pumpkins that are green, yellow, red, white, blue, even tan. In 2007,Joe Jutras set a new world's record for the largest grown pumpkin. How much did it weigh?__________________Find the answer at this site: http://www.pumpkinnook.com/giants/giantpumpkins.htm

7. Pumpkin states include Pennsylvania, New York, Michigan and Ohio. The pumpkin's pulp, also called its meat, is the part you can use to cook with. What part of the pumpkin is called the brains?_______________ What is the proper name for this part of a pumpkin?___________What do tendrils of a pumpkin do during the growing season?_______________What is the name for the indented ridges from top to bottom on the outside of a pumpkin?___________ Find the answers at this site:http://www.pumpkinnook.com/facts/anatomy.htm