Ides of March
March Madness
March Music
March Birthdays
March History
100
In the rather complex Roman calendar system,
this day falls on the 13th in some months
and on the 15th in others.
What is the ides?
100
This person is the all-time winningest coach
in college women's basketball.
Who is Tara Vanderveer?
100
Developed at the direction of this American "March King" and named for him,
this instrument was designed to be easier to play
while standing or marching than the concert tuba.
What is the sousaphone?
100
This famous basketball player, who also starred in Kazaam, was born March 6, 1972.
Shaquille O'Neal
100
This fifth-century AD Christian missionary is thought
to have died on March 17, a day that became a holiday celebrating
him and the country where he was once enslaved by pirates.
Who is St. Patrick?
200
The Ides of March became an "infamous day" when this person was assassinated on March 15, 44 BC.
Who is Julius Caesar?
200
Which team has won the most National Titles in the history of the NCAA Tournament?
Who is UCLA?
200
This singer won the first American Idol in 2002.
Who is Kelly Clarkson?
200
This blonde American Idol winner was born March 10, 1983.
Who is Carrie Underwood?
200
This physicist would have won a Breakthrough Prize, had it existed
at the time, for this "relatively" groundbreaking theory,
which he published on March 20, 1915.
Who is Albert Einstein?
300
With his play Julius Caesar, this playwright made "Beware the Ides of March" and "Et Tu, Brute?" familiar English-language expressions.
Who is William Shakespeare?
300
What is the highest number of games one team can play in a single NCAA Tournament?
What is Seven, if they start in the First Four?
300
John Williams' "Imperial March" is also known
as the theme for this intergalactic villain.
Who is Darth Vader?
300
This famous magician, born March 24, 1874, was well known for his escape artist tricks.
Who is Harry Houdini?
300
On March 30, 1981, there was an assassination attempt on this person who served as our 40th president.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
400
Though he divorced his wife on suspicion of infidelity,
Caesar had an affair and a son with this queen,
and his general and friend Mark Antony also
had an affair with her--and three children!
Who is Cleopatra?
400
Who is credited with coining the phrase “March Madness”?
Who is CBS broadcaster Brent Musberger?
400
Lots of kids learn this Sousa march with the words:
Be kind to your web-footed friends
For a duck may be somebody's mother!
What is "The Stars and Stripes Forever"?
400
This "Rocket Man" and the "Queen of Soul"
share the same birthday: March 25.
Who are Elton John and Aretha Franklin?
400
Jill Biden, Sally Ride, Condoleeza Rice, Melinda
Gates, Michelle Obama, and Hillary Clinton,
all share a connection to this organization,
founded in Savannah, GA, on March 12, 1912
that sells famous cookies every year.
What is the Girl Scouts?
500
What is the number of times Caesar was stabbed by Roman senators, who feared he wanted to make himself king.
What is 23?
500
What is the lowest seed to win the NCAA Tournament?
Who is Eighth-seeded Villanova in 1985?
500
Singer and actress, Lady Gaga, shares a birthday on March 28 with this famous History teacher.
Who is Mrs. Montgomery?
500
This person, born March 3, 1847, is famous for inventing the telephone.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
500
On March 5, 1770, a deadly riot, known as this, broke out in Boston between American colonists and British soldiers.
What is the Boston Massacre?
750
The assassination of Julius Caesar led to a period of civil wars
and the eventual ascendancy of this man, his adopted son,
who in 27 BC became the first Roman emperor.
Who is (Caesar) Augustus?
750
The only coach to win both an NCAA and an NBA title?
Who is Larry Brown?
750
The march popularly known as "Here Comes the Bride"
originated in the opera Lohengrin,
written by this German composer.
Who is Richard Wagner?
750
For a time the richest man in America, this Arkansas
businessman
and entrepreneur
was born on March 29, 1918.
Who was Sam Walton?
750
On March 2, 1836, Texas declared its independence from what country?
Who is Mexico?
1000
"My wife was making fun of me, saying she thought
there were three people on our Rome honeymoon:
me, her, and Augustus. All the photos were of different sculptures
of Augustus!" this tech mogul revealed in a 2018 New Yorker profile.
Who is Mark Zuckerberg?
1000
The team has the most NCAA tournament appearances?
Who is Kentucky?
1000
The march often played to conclude wedding ceremonies
was originally composed to accompany this play
by William Shakespeare.
What is A Midsummer Night's Dream?
1000
This children's book author, born on March 2, 1904, is responsible for Thing 1 and Thing 2.
Who is Dr. Seuss?
1000
On March 3, 1931, Congress voted for what to become our national anthem?
What is the Star Spangled Banner?