Signs of Spring
This insect is essential for pollinating many spring flowers and crops.
What are bees?
The car company that produces the "Mustang" model?
What is: Ford?
This workplace struggle spikes in spring due to pollen and sneezing fits.
What are seasonal allergies?
This agency is responsible for maintaining Virginia's roads, bridges, and tunnels, ensuring safe and efficient travel throughout the Commonwealth.
What is the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT)?
DOT
Department of Transportation
This weather-related time change happens in spring when clocks move forward one hour.
What is: Daylight Saving Time?
Tthe name of the electric car manufacturer founded by Elon Musk?
What is: Tesla?
This phrase employees start saying more often once the weather gets nice, usually involving “stepping out.”
What is “I’m going to take a quick walk”?
Who is: Kevin Gregg?
AASHTO
This month usually marks the start of spring in the Northern Hemisphere.
What is March?
This Nissan SUV is known for being affordable and practical, often appearing in top-selling vehicle lists.
What is the Nissan Rogue?
This calendar trend increases in spring as people start planning time off.
What is PTO requests (or vacation requests)?
VDOT operates this free ferry service across the James River, connecting Jamestown and Scotland Wharf.
What is: The Jamestown-Scotland Ferry?
VITA
Virginia Information Technology Agency
This bird is often seen as a sign that spring has arrived.
What is a robin?
The most popular car color.
What is: white?
This “meeting behavior” increases when the weather is nice and people wish they were outside.
What is multitasking or zoning out in meetings?
Mark Cole's original career path before becoming a Professional Engineer.
What is: theater?
MASH
Manual For Assessing Safety Hardware?
This term describes animals waking up from winter sleep as temperatures rise.
What is emergence (or coming out of hibernation)?
This Ford truck model has been the best-selling vehicle in the U.S. for decades.
What is the Ford F-150 (F-Series)?
This drink suddenly replaces hot coffee once the weather hits 60 degrees.
What is "iced coffee"?
This Virginia bridge, maintained by VDOT, not only serves vehicular traffic but also contributes to wildlife conservation by hosting nesting boxes for peregrine falcons.
What is the Benjamin Harrison Memorial Bridge?
ADA
Americans with Disabilities Act