MOTHER'S DAY TRIVIA (pt 1)

The Holiday

100

This is the country that started Mother's Day.

United States. In the early 20th century, spearheaded by Anna Jarvis. She organized the first official celebration in 1908 in Grafton, West Virginia, to honor her mother, and it became an official national holiday in 1914.

200

Mother's Day always falls on this day

Second Sunday in May. 

300

The holiday that is viewed as the opposite of Mother's Day falls on this day. 

Third Sunday in June (Father's Day)

400

This is the President who declared Mother's Day a holiday. 

Woodrow Wilson. Mother's Day became an official, annually recognized holiday in Canada in 1914, following the United States' declaration in the same year. 

500

This is the year the celebration began. 

1914. 

Famous Mothers

100

One of the most famous Mother's of all time, this woman was given the name "Blessed Mother of Calcutta."

Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa's most famous quote is arguably, "Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love."

200

This mother of 2 holds 23 Grand Slam titles.

Serena Williams.

 

300

This mother of 3 wrote a 7 book series that has sold over 500 million copies and is the best selling book series in history.

J.K. Rowling. J.K. Rowling’s 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' was rejected by 12 major publishing houses in the mid-1990s before being accepted by Bloomsbury. Publishers deemed the manuscript "too long," "too complex," and "too slow" for children's literature.

 

400

A pioneering Canadian journalist and part of the "Famous Five," she was a mother of five who fought for women's suffrage in Canada. 

Nellie McClung. She was a Canadian author, politician, and social activist. Nellie McClung helped grant women the right to vote in Alberta and Manitoba in 1916.

500

As Canada's first female Prime Minister, she served in 1993, breaking a political barrier that had long excluded mothers and women from the highest office.

Kim Campbell. Kim Campbell served as Canada’s first and only female prime minister for 132 days in 1993, inheriting an deeply unpopular government before losing her seat in a historic 1993 electoral landslide defeat.

"Mother _____"

100

This is the state of being a mother

Motherhood

200

This is nature personified as a creative and controlling force.

Mother Nature

300

This is one's native country.

Motherland

400

This is the term for the central board in many modern computers, and holds many of the crucial components of the system. 

Motherboard

500

The mother of one's spouse.

Mother-in-law

Motherhood in the Wild

100

A group of these flightless birds huddles together to keep eggs warm while the mothers go to sea to hunt.

Emperors Penguins. This behavior is essential to survive the Antarctic winter, where temperatures can drop below and winds can reach 200 km/h. 

200

This marsupial mother carries her "joey" in a pouch for up to nine months. 

Kangaroo

300

This feline is the only social cat where "aunts" help the mother raise the cubs in a pride.

Lions

400

An elephant mother is pregnant for this many months, the longest of any land mammal.

22 months. These extended periods are necessary for producing highly developed offspring capable of survival, requiring significant brain development, large body growth, and immense metabolic energy.

500

These marine mammals are known to hold hands with their pups while sleeping so they don’t drift away.

Sea Otters. This behavior, known as "rafting," allows them to stay connected while resting in groups on their backs, sometimes forming large groups of up to 20. 

TV Moms

100

She was the matriarch of the Brady Bunch, looking after three girls and three boys.

Carol Brady.

200

This blue-haired mother is the moral compass for her family in the town of Springfield.

Marge Simpson

300

Marion Ross played this iconic mother on the 1950s-set sitcom Happy Days.

Marion Cunningham

400

She was the wise and witty mother on The Golden Girls who lived with her daughter Dorothy

Sophia Petrillo

500

June Cleaver, the 1950s TV mom, was the mother to Wally and this nickname-wearing boy.

Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver