Holidays/Events
Autumn Traditions
Nature in the Fall
Fall Edutainment
Fall Moments
100

Canadians celebrate this holiday on the first Monday of September 

What is Labour Day?

100

This fall holiday is known for costumes and candy.

Answer: What is Halloween?

100

Leaves change colors in fall because this pigment breaks down.

What is chlorophyll?

100

September is the start of the ___ year for many schools.

What is the academic (or school) year?


100

This Marvel film, released in November 2018, featured Wakanda and Chadwick Boseman as King T'Challa

What is Black Panther?

200

This is the birthstone for September

What is sapphire?

200

Many people visit farms in the fall to pick these orange gourds.

What are pumpkins?

200

Monarch butterflies migrate in the fall to this country.

What is Mexico?

200

This famous tennis tournament, the US ___, ends in early September.    

What is the US Open?


200
On October 24, 1929 the stock marker crash known as this began

What is Black Thursday? (Lead to Great Depression)

300

The Mid-Autumn Festival, celebrated in September, is a major holiday in this Asian country.

What is China?

300

This sport kicks off its season in September and is hugely popular in North America.

What is football?

300

This term refers to the day when daylight and nighttime hours are nearly equal, usually in late September.

Answer: What is the autumn equinox?

300

Fall in the Southern Hemisphere occurs during these months 

March to May

300

On September 2, 1945, this war officially ended.

Answer: What is World War II?

400

September is the month of this international peace-focused day on the 21st.

What is the International Day of Peace?

400

The Monarch ___ migrates south in the fall.

What is butterfly?


400

This bird is known for migrating south in a “V” formation during fall.

What are geese?

400

The “3 R’s” of basic education stand for Reading, Writing, and this.

 What is Arithmetic?

400

This technology company was founded in September 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

Answer: What is Google?

500

This German festival, famous for beer, begins in late September.    

What is Oktoberfest?


500

This nut, often collected in fall, is associated with squirrels.

What is an acorn?

500

This natural phenomenon causes leaves to change color in fall.

What is photosynthesis (or leaf senescence)?

500

This popular September event at colleges welcomes new students.

What is Orientation Week (Frosh Week)?

500

This legendary civil rights leader delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington D.C. in late August 1963, but he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in September 1964.

Answer: Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?