The United States of Autumn
This Northeastern state is home to Salem, known for its famous witch trials and spook-tacular Halloween festivities.
What is Massachusetts?
This iconic WashU building, which served as the administrative center for the 1904 World’s Fair, is often used in postcards and photos of the campus.
What is Brookings Hall?
The National Hockey League season begins each fall, with teams competing to eventually win this famous silver trophy.
What is the Stanley Cup?
So let me hold
Both your hands in the holes of my sweater
What is Sweater Weather by The Neighborhood?
In China, the Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated by sharing these round pastries filled with lotus seed or red bean paste.
What are mooncakes?
The fields of this Midwestern state turn orange every fall, as it is famous for being the pumpkin powerhouse of America.
What is Illinois?
Including the Tyson Research Center, WashU operates this total number of campuses across the St. Louis area.
What is 6?
Known as “America’s Team,” this NFL team has become a Thanksgiving Day tradition, playing every year since 1966.
Who are the Dallas Cowboys?
Autumn leaves fallin' down like pieces into place
And I can picture it after all these days
What is All Too Well by Taylor Swift?
In Germany, this autumn festival draws millions of visitors each year for pretzels, beer, and lederhosen.
What is Oktoberfest?
Each fall, as the largest pecan grower in the nation, pecan harvests in this Southern state fill Thanksgiving pies across the country.
What is Georgia?
Dr. William H. Danforth, WashU's 13th Chancellor, was the grandson of the founder of this famous company known for producing nutritious animal food.
What is Purina?
This biennial golf tournament between teams from the United States and Europe is traditionally held in late September or early October.
What is the Ryder Cup?
And when the seasons change, will you stand by me?
'Cause I'm a young man built to fall
What is Mind Over Matter by Young the Giant?
During the major Hindu festival of Dashain in Nepal, colorful kites are flown high in the sky as a way of sending messages to the gods to stop this natural phenomenon.
What is the rain?
This New England state is the nation’s top producer of maple syrup, making fall a sweet season here.
What is Vermont?
In 2010, over 400 students gathered in this central WashU campus space for the ultimate NERF gun battle, breaking the Guinness World Record for the “Largest Toy Pistol Fight”.
What is Tisch Commons?
This baseball pitcher earned the nickname “Mr. October” for his clutch postseason home runs with the Athletics and Yankees.
Who is Reggie Jackson?
That's why I love fall
Looking at the stars
Admiring from afar
What is We Fell In Love In October by Girl in Red?
This South American country celebrates the Fiesta del Yamor each fall, where locals honor Indigenous traditions by brewing chicha from seven varieties of corn.
What is Ecuador?
This state grows more apples than any other, making it the center of America’s fall cider tradition during apple harvest season.
What is Washington?
This famous WashU alumnus who founded Mama’s Pot Roast Improv group was nominated for a Golden Globe acting award for playing a journalist in a film about exposing a major scandal, representing our school in Hollywood.
Who is Peter Sarsgaard?
Every October, college basketball season tips off with late-night practices known by this spooky-season nickname.
What is Midnight Madness?
I wore the time like a dress that year
The autumn days swung soft around me, like cotton on my skin
What is Pale September by Fiona Apple?
In Switzerland, the Alpabzug marks the fall descent of these animals from mountain pastures, celebrated with flower crowns and bells.
What are cows?