May
Summer
Music of the 70s
U.S. States
Books
100

What is May's birth flower?

Lily of the Valley

100

What day signals the unofficial kickoff to summer?

Memorial Day

100

Which train were Gladys Knight and the Pips going to take in 1973?

Midnight Train to Georgia.

100

In which state could you get prison time for cutting down cactus?

Arizona-The native saguaro cactus is one of the things we most associate with Arizona, but they also take a really long time to grow, so laws have been put on the books prohibiting the removal of the spiny flora. 

100

Which classic book by J. M. Barrie opens with the line “All children, except one grew up”?

Peter Pan

200

May is a month-long appreciation of what type of BBQ-favorite and fast-food regular in the US?

It's National Burger Month.

200

When you are throwing burgers on the grill, remember that they originate from what country?

Germany

200

Which Fleetwood Mac album featured the hit singles Go Your Own Way, Don’t Stop, and Dreams?

Rumours.

200

Which US State has the least National Historic Landmarks located in it?

North Dakota

200

In which state do Mark Twain’s characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn live?

Missouri

300

What do May babies tend to be compared to babies born during other months?

Smaller.

300

What year was the “Summer of Love”?

1967

300

Which rock band’s plane crashed on October 20, 1977, killing several members of the group?

Lynyrd Skynryd.

300

Awatovi Ruins is a National Historic Landmark in which US State?

Arizona

300

The hero Beowulf faces a monster known by what name?

Grendel

400

What internationally famous Movie series is celebrated each year on May 4th?

Star Wars.

400

Summer solstice happens on which two sequential days in the northern hemisphere?

It happens on either 20 or 21 of June.

400

In 1978, who said they “Can’t Smile Without You”?

Barry Manilow.

400

Which state bears the only state seal designed by a woman?

Idaho- Emma Sarah Etine Edwards, the daughter of a former Missouri governor who settled in Idaho, won an 1890 contest with her design of a woman representing liberty and a man in miner's garb.

400

Who were the four sisters in Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women?

Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy

500

May was originally called Maius, after the Greek Goddess of what?

Growth.

500

Which summer blockbuster film was the first to be promoted to the audience by expensive television advertising?

Jaws'.

500

“I’ve been walkin’ these streets so long, Singin’ the same old song” are the opening lines to which Glen Campbell smash hit of 1975?

Rhinestone Cowboy.

500

Which state has the only non-rectangular flag in the US?

Ohio

500

In what year was Of Mice and Men published?

1937

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