Facts about February
History
Geography
Famous Scientists
Fine Art
100
This massive festival is held in New Orleans in February or early March, to celebrate the day before Lent begins
What is Mardi Gras?
100
This was the year of the first moon landing
What is 1969?
100
This is the number of of official Great Lakes there are
What is 5?
100
This famous physicist described three fundamental laws of motion
Who is Isaac Newton?
100
This artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Who is Michelangelo?
200
This semi-precious rock is the birthstone for February
What is amythyst?
200
This infamous event in French history officially began in the year 1789
What is the French Revolution?
200
This is the largest island in the Mediterrainian Sea
What is Sicily?
200
Radium and Polonium were first discovered by this double Nobel Prize winner
Who is Marie Curie?
200
Paul Cezanne and Claude Monet were both influential members of this artistic movement
What is impressionism?
300
This, along with aquarius, is one of February's astrological signs
What is Pisces?
300
This teenaged girl famously led a French army during the Hundred Years War
Who is Joan of Arc?
300
This Asian country is made up of over 7 000 small islands, and is the only country in Asia that is predominantly Catholic
What is the Philippines?
300
Gregor Mendel demonstrated the laws of genetic inheritance by breeding this type of plant
What are peas?
300
This American artist is known for her many colourful, close-up depictions of flowers
Who is Georgia O'Keefe?
400
This fuzzy rodent is thought to be able to predict the length of winter on February 2nd
What is a groundhog?
400
This war was ended with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent
What is the war of 1812?
400
Dakar is the capitol of this West African country
What is Senegal?
400
Alfred Wegener was the first scientist to name this theory, which describes how Pangaea broke up into the modern continents
What is Continental Drift?
400
This Spanish surrealist painter kept a pet ocelot named Babou
Who is Salvador Dali?
500
In February of the year 269 AD, this Catholic Saint was martyred, starting a holiday that we still celebrate today
Who is St. Valentine?
500
This historical wartime nurse was sometimes known as "The Lady with the Lamp"
Who is Florence Nightingale?
500
This is the second most populous city on Earth (after Tokyo, Japan)
What is Dehli, India?
500
This scientist took the famous "Photo 51", which showed the double helix structure of DNA, and contributed to the famous findings of Watson and Crick
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
500
This painting by Edward Hopper
What is Nighthawks?