March Holidays
Spring Facts
March Phrases & Terms
"Spring" Words
March Facts
100

On March 17th, many people may be pinched on this day for not wearing a specific color.

What is St. Patrick's Day?



100

This animal is said to hibernate during the winter and awaken in the spring.

What is a bear?

100

This terms refers to a group of musicians that typically perform on an open field to create unique formations and patterns.

What is a marching band?

100

This is a move that gymnasts often do. 

What is a handspring?

100

Number of days in the month of March.

What is 31?

200

On March 13th, this event takes place that arbitrarily alters the way we measure time for 6 months.

What is Daylight Savings Time or Spring Forward?



200

This holiday is made famous for college students around the world to go on vacation.

What is Spring Break?

200

This idiom means to do things without care for what others think.

What is "March to the beat of your own drum"?

200

This is the name for the type of dusting, vacuuming, shaking out rugs, and opening windows as the weather gets warmer.

What is spring cleaning?

200

The Ides of March was a day in which this man was assassinated.

Who is Julias Caesar?

300

On March 1st, parties celebrating this holiday will attempt to find the plastic baby inside of a cake.

What is Mardi Gras?



300

This is spread in the air from a flower and often causes spring allergies.

What is pollen?

300

This 2005 documentary followed a group of emperor penguins as they search for love, family, and survival.

What is March of the Penguins?



300

This phrase is used to describe daydreaming about going outside in the spring after being cooped up all winter.

What is spring fever?



300

March Madness is the tournament made famous for this sport.

What is basketball?

400

On March 20th, this astronomical event occurs where daytime lasts the exact same time as nighttime.

What is the Spring Equinox?


400

Washington, D.C. and Japan are known to have these beautiful trees blossom in the spring.

What are cherry blossoms?



400

This is a type of jam.

What is marmalade?

400

When you walk energetically in a way that shows you are feeling happy and confident.

What is having a spring in your step?



400

One of March’s two birthstones is this blue variety of beryl, which translates from Latin as “seawater”.

What is Aquamarine?

500

On March 2nd, many may walk around with black crosses drawn on their foreheads in recognition of this religious holiday.

What is Ash Wednesday?

500

When it is spring in the northern hemisphere, it is ___________ in the southern hemisphere.

What is autumn (fall)?

500

This zoological idiom refers to the month of March's wintry beginnings and springful endings.

What is "March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb"?

500

A breed of dog in the Spaniel family traditionally used for retrieving game.

What is a Springer Spaniel?

500

March 2nd, also known as Read Across America Day, is famous for this famous children's book writer.

Who is Dr. Seuss?

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