Valentine's Day
This color rose is the most given on Valentine's Day.
What is Red? 71% of all roses sent on Valentine's Day are Red.
This is the date we celebrate Groundhog Day.
What is February 2nd? his date falls halfway between the winter solstice and the spring equinox.
Mardi Gras is always celebrated on this day of the week.
What is Tuesday? The date changes annually, but it is always the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday.
This lighter-colored chocolate is often found in candy bars.
What is milk chocolate? It contains more milk solids and milk fats than dark chocolate, and it’s sweeter than dark chocolate.
Released in February 1928, this cereal snaps, crackles, and pops.
What is Rice Krispies? The phrase “snap, crackle, and pop” was first mentioned during radio commercials and on the cereal boxes in 1932.
This human organ is most associated with Valentine’s Day.
What is the heart? It is considered the source of all human emotions, including love and anger. The heart shape is suggested to have evolved because the organ itself could not easily be seen.
According to legend, if the groundhog sees its shadow this will happen.
What is there will be six more weeks of winter weather?
These wearable trinkets are sometimes thrown from Mardi Gras floats to parade-goers.
What are beads/beaded necklaces? The trinkets thrown are unique to each krewe (social groups that organize the festivities)
This candy bar company shares its name with a planet.
What is Mars? The company produces Milky Way bars. Mars also sells Galaxy bars in the UK.
True or False: February is the only month of the year that can go without having a full moon.
What is True? February can go without a full moon approximately four times a century. The last occurrence was in 1999, and it will next happen in 2037. Additionally, February can also go without a full moon if there is a full moon on January 31st, which can occur about every 19 years
These are the last two lines in the poem “Roses Are Red”
What is sugar is sweet, And so are you.”? The author of the poem is unknown; however, it might be traced back to the line “She bathed with roses red, and violets blue,” from The Fairie Queene, a 1590 epic poem by Sir Edmund Spenser.
This is the name of the famous groundhog honored in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
Who is Punxsutawney Phil. His full title is Punxsutawney Phil, Seer of Seers, Sage of Sages, Prognosticator of Prognosticators, and Weather Prophet Extraordinary.
These are the 3 official colors of Mardi Gras season.
What are purple, yellow, & green?
This chocolate cake is named for a man with the same last name as a European country.
What is German chocolate cake? German chocolate cake was named after Samuel German, an American baker who created a special type of dark baking chocolate in 1852. German chocolate cake is layered and topped with coconut pecan frosting
Fat Tuesday is the culmination of this event.
What is Mardi Gras? Fat Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday in the Christian faith.
This nursery rhyme character “kissed the girls and made them cry”
Who is Georgie Porgie?
Groundhogs go into this inactive or resting state throughout the winter months.
What is Hibernation? . Groundhogs are one of the few “true hibernators.” They significantly reduce their metabolic rate and body temperature during the winter. Some lose up to half their body weight during this time.
This is the English translation of the French phrase Mardi Gras
What is Fat Tuesday? This pre-Lenten holiday is marked by feasting on rich foods
This essential small or built-in appliance was initially marketed as the Radarange and has a history entwined with a chocolate bar.
What is a microwave? A Raytheon engineer who worked around radar equipment noticed that his chocolate bar had melted in his pocket. He went on to invent the microwave by discovering that radar emitted microwaves that could heat food. The first microwaves were around six feet tall, weighed 750 pounds, and were marketed to restaurants and labs.
Chosen because it includes the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, February is when this annual observance is celebrated.
What is Black History Month? We started observing Black History Month in 1976. It is the outgrowth of Black History Week, established in 1926.
Hallmark began offering Valentine’s Day cards in this year. (+5 or -5 from year)
What is 1913? Hallmark’s founder, J.C. Hall, began selling Valentine’s Day postcards in 1910, and as postcards declined, the company expanded into greeting cards in 1912. Valentines were added to Hallmark’s inventory in 1913, and by 1915, the company was printing its own greeting card designs.
A group of groundhogs is called:
a parade, a coterie, or a drove
What is Coterie? A coterie is defined as a group unified with a common interest or purpose. A coterie of groundhogs will dig burrows together, and members will guard the entrance to alert others if there is danger
Mardi Gras marks the end of this season in New Orleans.
What is Carnival Season? This season begins on Twelfth Night (January 6) and ends with Mardi Gras.
This chocolate company opened a theme park in Pennsylvania
What is Hershey? Hershey Park (now known as Hersheypark) opened in 1906 so that Hershey employees and their families would have a place to relax, boat, and picnic. Today, it’s a full-fledged theme park open to the public.
If you are born on this numerical day in February, technically your birthday will happen only every four years.
What is February 29? Leap years occur every four years, and February gains an extra day. People born on this day are called Leapers
This is the name of the Italian city where Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet lived?
What is Verona? The city receives thousands of love letters for Juliet every year. By the 1990s, Verona was receiving so many letters that a Juliet Club was created to answer each letter by hand.
Groundhogs are sometimes called “whistle-pigs.” What do they use their high-pitched whistling sound for?
To warn other groundhogs when they are feeling threatened. As mentioned above, those guarding the entrance will alert the others if they sense trouble. They do this by whistling.
This is the official slogan of Mardi Gras, often heard during celebrations.
What is Laissez le bons temps rouler? The phrase means “Let the good times roll” and encapsulates the Mardi Gras spirit.
There is a number in my name, but I also have the same name as a group of classic heroes! All for one and one for all, which of these is my tasty treat filled with whipped marshmallow-like chocolate.
What is a 3 Musketeers. Originally my candy wrapper contained three parts of chocolate, strawberry and vanilla. Because of the three different flavors, I was named after a band of heroes that were in the classic novel "The Three Musketeers"
Pisces, one of February’s stars, is the twelfth/last astrological sign in the zodiac with this symbol.
What is a Fish?