Spring Flowers
What is the State Flower of Virginia?
Dogwood
This term applies to several sets of physical and psychological symptoms associated with the arrival of spring.
Spring fever
Experts say the body’s makeup changes due to different diets, hormone production, temperature and increased light.
Garden of Gods is in this US city.
Colorado Springs
This is a bow that can't be tied.
What is rainbow?
Syracuse was the National Champion in 2003. Who was the most outstanding player?
Carmelo Anthony
What color of rose means "please believe me"?
Pink
On the first day of spring, the Sun is directly overhead here.
Equator.
The sun rises at the North Pole on the Spring Equinox, approximately March 21, and the sun rises higher in the sky with each advancing day, reaching a maximum height at the Summer Solstice, approximately June 21.
This U.S. city is usually considered the birthplace of spring break.
Fort Lauderdale
Spring break as we know began in 1936 when a swimming coach from Colgate University in frigid Upstate New York decided to take his team down to Florida for some early training at a brand-new Olympic-size pool in sunny Fort Lauderdale.
This is a rabbit with fleas.
What is Bugs Bunny?
Which team has won the most National Titles in the history of the NCAA Tournament? How many?
UCLA (11 titles)
What is the name of the bell-shaped purple-blue spring flowers that is native to our area? (Hint: There are abundant of them on C&O Canal and Turkey Run.)
Virginia Bluebells
Why does daylight increase in Spring?
A) Because the Earth is closest to the sun in its orbit.
B) Because the Earth’s axis is increasing its tilt toward the sun.
C) Because the Sun moves closer to the Earth in the Spring.
D) Because the Earth doesn’t spin as fast on its axis.
B) Because the Earth’s axis is increasing its tilt toward the sun.
The Earth’s imaginary axis isn’t straight up and down, it is tilted 23.5 degrees. As the Earth moves around the sun during a year, the northern half of the Earth is tilted towards the sun in the summer, making daytime longer than night.
This is the smallest National Park in the US.
Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas (5,550 acres)
These are what you get when you plant kisses.
What are tulips?
In the 1992 East regional final, Christian Laettner hit the game-winning basket from the top of the key with one second left to lift Duke to a 104-103 win. What team was their opponent?
University of Kentucky
Put the flowers in order:
1) Plum, Cherry, Peach
2) Peach, Cherry, Plum
3) Cherry, Peach, Plum
4) Cherry, Plum, Peach
4) Cherry, Plum, Peach
Cherry: Elongated split-end petals
Plum: Round petals
Peach: Pointy petals
The first day of spring also marks this new year.
Persian New Year.
The celebration lasts 13 days and is rooted in the 3,000-year-old tradition of Zorastrianism. It is celebrated in Iran, the North Caucasus, Kurdish parts of Turkey and Northern Iraq, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and other scattered populations in Central Asia.
The colors of this national park's Grand Prismatic Spring are caused by bacteria that thrive at varying temperatures.
Yellowstone
These go up when the rain comes down.
What are umbrellas?
The lowest seed to ever make the Final Four is No. 11. It has happened four times in the history of the tournament. Which school was the last No. 11 to earn this distinction?
Loyola University Chicago (2018)
Which ancient flowering tree evolved before bees existed?
A) Magnolia
B) Dogwood
C) Cherry Blossom
A) Magnolia
Magnolias evolved before there were bees. Beetles are the real pollinators of magnolia flowers.
"17-year" Cicadas is set to emerge this Spring. What is the ground temperature that triggers them to emerge?
Soil temperature at 8 inches in depth exceeds approximately 64°F
Located in Florida, this is the world's largest and deepest fresh water spring.
Wakulla Springs
This is when monkeys fall from the sky.
What is Ape-ril Showers?
Since 2010, three different schools have won two National Championships. Name all three schools?
Duke (2010, 2015)
Villanova (2016, 2018)
UCONN (2011, 2014)