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The day on which Labor Day falls every year
What is the first Monday in September?
100
Dinah Williams, 1961
Though spring is here/To me it’s still September/That September in the rain
"September in the Rain"
100
The fruit that is commonly picked in orchards and used for cider
What are apples?
100
The meaning of the word "septem"
What is seven?
The name dates back to the old Roman calendar, when March was the first month and September was seventh.
100
This astronomical event marks the beginning of fall in the Northern Hemisphere
What is the autumnal equinox?
200
The city in which the first Labor Day parade was held
What is New York City?
200
Earth, Wind & Fire, 1978
Do you remember, the 21st night of September?
"September"
200
The fruit that is harvested for winemaking in many Northern Hemisphere regions during September
What are grapes?
200
The American founding document that was signed in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787
What is the US Constitution?
September 17 is now observed in the United States as Constitution Day and Citizenship Day.
200
The two September zodiac signs
What are Virgo and Libra?
300
The significance of the year 1882 in the history of Labor Day
What is the first time Labor Day was celebrated in the U.S.?
300
The Tempos, 1959
Will I see you in September/Or lose you to a summer love?
"See you in September"
300
The gathering of ripe crops at the end of the growing season
What is harvest?
300
The name of the orange-and-black butterfly that begins a famous long-distance migration in September
What is the monarch butterfly?
300
September's birthstone
What is sapphire?
400
What Oregon did to Labor Day in 1887
What is make Labor Day a legal holiday?
400
Frank Sinatra, 1965
And I find that I’m sighing softly as I near September/The warm September of my years
"The September of My Years"
400
The tree from which acorns, which begin to fall in early autumn, come from
What are oak trees?
400
The U.S. heritage month that begins on September 15 and continues through October 15
What is National Hispanic Heritage Month?
400
September's birth flowers
What are aster and morning glory?
500
What the federal workplace safety agency acronym OSHA stands for
What is Occupational Safety and Health Administration?
500
Willie Nelson, 1978
Oh, it’s a long long while/From May to December/But the days grow short/When you reach September
"September Song"
500
The fruit that symbolizes abundance during Rosh Hashanah
What is pomegranate?
500
The major fashion event that brings designers and runway show to New York each September
What is New York Fashion Week?
500
The names of the two possible full moons in September
What are the Harvest Moon and Corn Moon?