Traditions
Trivia
Riddles
Let Me Tell You 'Bout Birds and the Bees...
...and the Flowers and the Trees
"SPRING" Words & Phrases
100
This Spring holiday is popular for pranksters.
What is April Fool's Day?
100
We turn the clocks in this direction for Daylight Savings Time in the Spring.
What is Forward (spring forward)?
100
I am a bow that can’t be tied.
What is a rainbow?
100
On this day, a creature named Phil pops out to tell us whether or not spring is near.
What is Groundhog Day?
100
According to a popular saying, what do "April showers" bring?
May flowers
100
A popular gymnastic move which is often done backwards.
What is a handSPRING?
200
This popular sport just completed its international tournament, and the 2023 US season will start in less than a month!
What is baseball?
200
What was the date of the first day of spring this year?
What is March 20th?
200
What goes up when rain comes down?
What is an umbrella?
200
As the weather shifts in temperature, the birds tend to ______ back from north to south and back.
What is migrate?
200
This spreads through the air from flowers and trees, and causes Spring allergies.
What is pollen?
200
A fictional town in the American animated sitcom about a family of 5.
What is SPRINGfield?
300
A common Spring marshmallow treat that is shaped like a chick or bunny, and comes in a variety of different colors.
What are Peeps?
300
Name the 3 months traditionally thought of as Spring!
What are March, April, and May?
300
I fall, but I don’t get hurt. I pour, but I’m not a jug. I help plants grow, but I’m not the sun. What am I?
What is rain?
300
This bird is often associated with the beginning of Spring in North America.
What is the robin?
300
These were a gift from Japan and bloom in Washington, DC every spring.
What are the Cherry Blossoms?
300
This is the name for the type of dusting, washing windows, vacuuming, shaking out rugs, and opening windows as the weather gets warmer.
What is SPRING cleaning?
400
The Greek goddess of spring.
Persephone
400
The first day of spring is also called the ________ equinox.
What is vernal?
400
There are five holes in the ground and four seeds. A little boy plants one seed in the second hole. Then, a seed exactly to the right of that seed. Next, he plants a seed in the 5th hole, and finally, he plants a seed four holes to the left of that. Which hole did not get a seed?
What is the fourth hole?
400
Bear is to cub,
Deer is to fawn,
Fox is to....?
What are cubs, pups, or kits?
400
The name of the state flower of Pennsylvania
Mountain Laurel
400
When you walk energetically in a way that shows you are feeling happy and confident.
What is having a SPRING in your step?
500
Name 3 holidays that fall in Spring this year! (March to May)
What is Ramadan, Easter, Earth Day, Arbor Day, Eid al Fitr, Mother's Day, Passover, May Day, Memorial Day?
500
This ancient Egyptian statue of a mythical beast was constructed facing the direction where the sun rises on the first day of spring.
What is the Great Sphinx?
500
A teacher and a student were counting puddles. The student was the teacher’s daughter, but the teacher was not the girl’s mother. Who was the teacher?
Who is her father?
500
Spring marks the end of WHAT for animals like black bears?
What is hibernation?
500
The Netherlands is famous for this flower, which is in season from March through mid-May.
What is tulips?
500
This phrase is used to describe someone who cannot wait to get outside in the spring, who seems to be a little "crazy" for the season.
What is SPRING Fever?