Spring Trivia
what animal tells you if spring is coming soon or if we are going to have a longer winter
what is a groundhog
April showers bring May ____________.
What is flowers?
This is spread in the air from a flower and often causes spring allergies.
What is pollen?
This is a move that gymnasts do often.
What is a handspring?
This holiday is in March and people tend to wear green on this day.
What is St. Patrick's Day?
The number of months in Spring.
What is 3 months?
Spring commonly symbolizes ____________?
What is renewal, or rebirth, or the start of a better life or times?
The 1st day of spring is called the _____ Equinox.
What is Vernal Equinox?
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?
This holiday occurs on the 1st of April each year.
What is April Fool's Day?
According to Alexander Pope, who coined this phrase, _____ springs eternal.
What is hope?
Starting in spring, our days get _____________.
What is longer?
This is the sparkling gem is the birthstone of the month of April.
What is a diamond?
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?"
This holiday commemorates the Hebrews' liberation from slavery in Egypt and the 'passing over' of the forces of destruction.
What is Pesach or Passover?
Clocks are moved in this direction for daylight savings in the Spring.
Forward (spring forward)
The shortest month in spring.
What is March?
This gem is the birthstone for May. It's also the name of the City in the land of Oz (The Wizard of Oz).
What is emerald?
When you walk energetically in a way that shows you are feeling happy and confident.
What is having a spring in your step?
True or False? Easter always falls on the 1st Sunday after the 1st full moon after the fall equinox.
What is False? (Easter is a “moveable feast,” because it did not fall on a fixed date on the Gregorian calendar, which follows the cycle of the Sun and the seasons. Instead, this day follows a lunisolar calendar, similar to Jewish holidays.)
The date of the first day of Spring in 2024.
What is March 19th?
When it is spring in the northern hemisphere, it is ______________ in the southern hemisphere.
What is autumn (fall)?
On the first day of spring, this is where on Earth one see the Sun passing directly overhead.
What is the equator?
A breed of dog in the Spaniel family traditionally used for retrieving game.
What is a Springer Spaniel?
List at least 6 holidays that occur during Spring.
What is Pesach (Passover), or Holi, or Easter, or April Fool's Day, or Earth Day, or Mother's Day, or Cinco de Mayo, and or Father's Day?