Leap Day
In a Massachusetts town, the first arrest warrants went out for women thought to be possessed by the devil on Leap Day, 1692, starting this famous court proceeding
What are the Salem Witch Trials?
In 1947, this man became the first African American to play Major League Baseball and won Rookie of the Year
Who is Jackie Robinson?
The Mardi Gras festival occurs on this day
What is Fat Tuesday?
This team won Super Bowl LVI
Who is the Los Angeles Rams?
In the UK, Leap Day is a day where women can take on this task that would traditionally have been done by their boyfriends
What is proposing?
This man was the first African American Supreme Court Justice, appointed by President Johnson in 1967.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
The first Mardi Gras was celebrated in this state
What is Alamaba?
These teams are tied for the most Super Bowl wins
Who are the New England Patriots and the Pittsburgh Steelers?
This country introduced the groundhog into the traditional “Candlemas” celebration to create our modern Groundhog Day
What is Germany?
One of these 3 years will not be a leap year: 2044, 2100, 2400
What is 2100? (Centuries must be divisible by 400 to be a leap year)
Black History Month takes place in February to celebrate the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and this abolitionist, a famous orator who escaped slavery in 1838.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
King cake is typically made with this sort of dough
What is brioche?
This person is the most decorated quarterback in Super Bowl history
In honor of President’s Day, it was under this president that Yellowstone was established as our first national park.
Who is Ulysses S Grant?
What fictional group of people celebrate February 30th?
What are Hobbits?
George Washington Carver developed over 300 derivatives of this natural substance.
What is the peanut?
It is required for everyone on a Mardi-Gras float to be wearing this article of clothing.
What is a mask?
The most expensive tickets to the first Super Bowl cost this many dollars. (Will give if within 5 dollars)
What is $12?
The machine first used to create candy hearts was originally invented for this purpose.
What is medical lozenges?
In this famous Sullivan and Gilbert opera (later translated to a Tony-winning Broadway play), a young man serves a group of pirates for over 60 years because his 21st birthday isn’t until he is 84 years old.
What is the Pirates of Penzance?
Students at this educational institution celebrated the first Black History Month in 1970
What is Kent State?
This many pounds of beads are thrown into the streets each year.
25 million
This many pounds of guacamole is consumed on Super Bowl Sunday
What is 8 million pounds?
This first lady met her husband interviewing him for a newspaper before he was president.
Who is Jacqueline Kennedy?