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What is today's date?

May 15, 2014

100

What is your moms favorite color? 

No wrong answers!

100
What does U.S.A. stand for?
United States of America
100
What is the country that Cinco de Mayo celebrates?
Mexico
100

What is the capitol of North Carolina?

Raleigh

200
What is the holiday on May 5th?
Cinco de Mayo
200

What are ways people celebrate Mother's Day?

Make food for mom, take her out to a restaurant, shopping, gardening, spending time together, taking photos, etc

200
What day is Memorial Day celebrated each year?
the last Monday of May
200
What is the spanish word for a large toy stuffed with candy and gifts that gets broken open with a stick?
pinata
200

Name 2 states that border North Carolina

SC, TN, VA, GA

300
What DAY OF THE WEEK is Memorial day always celebrated on?
Monday
300

What year was the first Mother's Day?

1914

300
What is the purpose of Memorial Day?
Honoring the spirit of fallen US heroes
300
Name 2 ways that Cinco De Mayo is celebrated.
Mexican songs & music, Mexican colors, Mexican clothing, picnics, dances
300

What is the biggest city in NC? 

Charlotte

400
What season is it right now?
Spring
400

What is your moms favorite restaurant?

Share!

400
What is the year that Memorial Day was made a national holiday?
1971
400
What are the 3 colors of the Mexican flag?
red, white and green
400

Name a county that borders Mecklenburg? 

Iredell, Cabarrus, Union, Gaston, Lincoln, and a portion of York County, South Carolina

500

When was Mothers Day? Bonus When is Fathers day?

Mothers day May 11 Fathers day June 15

500

What is your moms favorite thing to do with you?

Share

500
Name 2 things you can do to celebrate Memorial day.
Watch a parade, visit cemeteries or war memorials, leave flags or flowers on soldiers graves, thank a soldier, have a bbq
500
What is the history of the holiday? How did it start?
The holiday celebrates a battle that the Mexican army won in 1861.
500

What is the biggest river in NC?

Neuse River

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