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100

Who was the woman who started the tradition of celebrating Mother’s Day in the U.S. in 1908?

Who is Anna Jarvis

100

Which Swedish pop group is known for their hit song “Mamma Mia”?

What is ABBA

100

What flower is associated with Mother’s Day?

What are Carnations

100

Regardless whether a mother is left or right-handed. What side do mothers cradle their babies?

What is left side (closer to their heart)

100

What is the highest number of babies a mother has had in one birth?

What is 8

200

In what year did President Woodrow Wilson finally declare Mother’s Day an official holiday in the USA?

What is 1914

200
What famous song by the Beatles is inspired by Paul McCartney’s mother?

What is Let It Be

200

What does a white carnation represent on Mother’s Day?

What is a mother that has passed

200

True or False. A baby can taste what their mother easts from within the womb.

What is True

200

Ture or False. The average number of diapers changes a mother makes in the first year of a baby’s life is 2,200?

What is True.

300

In what year did Canada make Mother’s Day an official holiday?

What is 1915

300

On “Leave it to Beaver” what is Mrs. Cleaver first name?

What is June

300

Ture or False. In terms of the most popular holidays for plant and flower sales, Mother’s Day ranks Third on the list?

What is True

300

Studies show that up to 80% of pregnant women report a degree of subjective memory loss. What is the slang term for this memory loss?

What is Mommy brain

300

What day of the week has the highest birth rates in the U.S.?

What is Tuesday

400

Mother’s Day in the UK is always celebrated on the fourth Sunday in Lent. What do they call Mother’s Day in England?

What is Mothering Sunday

400

What was the name of the mother on The Addams Family?

What is Morticia

400
What is the most popular item purchased as a gift for Mother’s Day?

What is Greeting cards

400

“Oxytocin” is a hormone that surges after childbirth in a mother’s brain. Which makes her more sensitive to what of her baby?

What the sounds (cries) of her baby.

400

Carmelina Fedele is the mother of the heaviest baby ever born. How many pounds did her son weigh at birth?

What is 22lbs, 8oz

500

Name the famous Catholic nun who was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for “her work bringing help to suffering humanity”?

Who is Mother Teresa

500

On the "Waltons". What is Mrs. Walton first name?

What is Olivia

500

Mother’s Day is the busiest day of the year for which industry?

What are Restaurants

500

During the 1920’s. What European country awarded medals to mothers of large families in gratitude for helping rebuild the population after WW1 ?

What is France

500

What is the highest number of children born to one mother?

What is 69

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