Daylight Saving Time
Flora & Fauna
Music
What's in a Name?
Hodge Podge
100
True or False? Benjamin Franklin originated the idea of moving clocks forward.
What is False? He proposed maximizing daylight hours by getting up earlier, but not the idea of changing clocks
100
True or False? Baby birds must learn how to sing their species' songs.
What is True? Although baby birds are born with the ability to sing, they must learn the songs of their species. An isolated baby bird will learn simple songs, but not the complex songs of its species.
100
“June is Busting Out All Over” is a song from which musical comedy? ...a) Annie Get Your Gun ...b) Oklahoma ...c) Carousel ...d) Music Man
What is Carousel? It was created by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein in 1945.
100
What breed is the dog in the picture?
What is a Springer Spaniel?
100
People with this disease have more relapses in the spring than at any other time. ...a) Arthritis ...b) Asthma ...c) Diabetes ...d) Multiple sclerosis
What is Multiple Sclerosis?
200
True or False? Daylight Saving Time conserves energy
What is False? The money saved on lighting is more than offset by greater cooling expenses.
200
These creatures are more likely to swarm during the Spring. ...a) Monarch butterflies ...b) Crickets ...c) Red Crabs ...d) Honeybees
What are Honeybees? Honeybees swarm as a way to start new colonies from successful ones. Surprisingly, swarming honeybees are very docile and the most friendly they will ever be all year.
200
“Younger then Springtime” is a song that was first heard in what Broadway musical, which was later made into a movie? ...a) The Producers ...b) Evita ...c) My Fair Lady ...d) South Pacific
What is South Pacific? It brought to life many wonderful songs including “Bali Ha’I”, “I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair” and “Some Enchanged Evening”
200
What kind of animal is the Springbok? ...a) Antelope ...b) Wild cat ...c) Frog ...d) Insect
What is an antelope? The Springbok gazelle can be found in southwestern Africa. It can run 55 mph and jump a whopping 50 feet!
200
Daylight Saving Time disrupted this in the West Bank: ...a) an election ...b) a bombing ...c) airline schedules ...d) tax day.
What is a bombing? In Sept 1999, terrorists misunderstood the time set on the bombs. As the bombs were being planted, they exploded – an hour too early. It killed 3 of them rather than 2 busloads of people!
300
Fire depts encourage doing this on the day Daylight Saving Time begins. ...a) having a fire drill, ...b) checking home fire extinguishers, ...c) changing batteries in smoke detector, ...d) practicing “Stop. Drop and Roll.”
What is changing batteries in the smoke detector? A working smoke detector more than doubles a person’s chances of surviving a home fire. More than 90% of homes in US have them but about 1/3 est. to have dead batteries.
300
These are usually the first perennial flowers to bloom, sometimes BEFORE Spring
What are crocuses?
300
Who sang “April Love”? ...a) Pat Boone ...b) Tony Bennett ...c) Buddy Holly ...d) Nat King Cole
Who is Pat Boone? “April Love” is the title of both a 1957 movie and the song that made Pat Boone famous.
300
The name of this TV host and former politician.
Who is Jerry Springer?
300
In what country did the European Revolution of 1848, also known as the Spring of Nations, begin? ...a) Italy ...b) France ...c) Russia ...d) England
What is France? This was a revolutionary wave that began with the French Revolution of 1848 and spread throughout much of Europe afterwards.
400
The first country to adopt Daylight Saving Time. ...a) United States ...b) England ...c) Germany ...d) Australia
What is Germany? It was adopted in April, 1916.
400
This Spring Festival draws hundreds to Topeka, KS.
What is the Tulip Time Festival?
400
"When the White Lilacs Bloom Again" was made popular by which artist? ...a) Guy Lombardo ...b) Ray Anthony ...c) Jimmy Dorsey ...d) Billy Vaughn and His Orchestra
Who is Billy Vaughn and His Orchestra? It was written in 1928 and became popular in 1956.
400
The name of the Roman goddess of spring. ...a) Primavera ...b) Flora ...c) Venus ...d) Aphrodite
Who is Flora?
400
Which ancient monument was built facing the sunrise of the vernal equinox? ...a) The Great Sphinx at Giza, Egypt ...b) The Colossus of Rhodes ...c) The Parthenon in Athens, Greece ...d) The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
What is The Great Sphinx at Giza? It is a statue with the head of a pharaoh and the body of a lion that guards the great pyramids.
500
Moving clocks ahead an hour was found to increase the risk of this by 10 percent.
What are heart attacks?
500
This US Spring event is so popular that other countries have copied it. It’s called Greening Week in Japan
What is Arbor Day?
500
‘La Primavera’ or ‘Spring’ is Concerto No. 1 in E major, which is part of “The Four Seasons” violin concertos. Who composed “The Four Seasons”? ...a) Antonio Vivaldi ...b) Antonio Salieri ...c) Gioachino Rossini ...d) Giacomo Puccini
Who is Antonio Vivaldi? He composed it in 1723 in Venice, and is his best known work. He was also a violinist and a priest and was nicknamed The Red Priest.
500
"Primavera" or "Spring" is a famous painting by which celebrated artist? ...a) Sandro Botticelli ...b) Michelangelo ...c) Titian ...d) Leonardo do Vinci
Who is Sandro Botticelli? Created in 1482.
500
Who wrote "In the Spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love"? ...a) William Blake ...b) T.S. Eliot ...c) Alfred Lord Tennyson ...d) Geoffrey Chaucer
Who is Alfred Lord Tennyson? An English poet in the 1800’s, and often regarded as the chief representative of the Victorian age in poetry, Lord Tennyson wrote this phrase in his poem “Locksley Hall”.
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