March Madness
(DAILY DOUBLE) Total # of teams who make the tournament (including play in games)?
What is 68 teams
President Franklin D. Roosevelt referred to Daylight Saving Time as:
a. Energy Saving Time
b. Prime time
c. War time
d. Meridian Time
What is c. War Time
This the connection between Albert Einstein and Pi Day?
What is a birthday
What day is ides of March?
What is March 15
What is the capital of Ireland?
What is Dublin
2022 National Champions?
Who is Kansas
In the early 1960s, which industry found the lack of consistent time standards confusing and pushed for federal regulation?
a. Restaurant industry
b. Transportation industry
c. Farming industry
d. Housing industry
What is b. transportation industry
(DAILY DOUBLE)This is the formula to find the circumference of a circle?
What is Pi x Diameter
How often is there a leap day in the Julian calendar?
What is Every fourth year
What U.S. city dyes their river green for St. Patricks Day?
What is Chicago
Common nickname given to the quarterfinals of the tournament?
What is the Elite 8
What was the primary driver for implementing Daylight Saving Time?
What is WW1
DST was first implemented in the US with the Standard Time Act of 1918, a wartime measure for seven months during World War I in the interest of adding more daylight hours to conserve energy resources. Year-round DST, or "War Time", was implemented again during World War II.
(DAILY DOUBLE) What is the definition of pi (not its estimated numeric value)?
What is Pi = Circumference / Diameter
In the play, what were Caesars last words?
What is "Et Tu, Brute" / "You too Brutus"
What country was the real Saint Patrick born?
What is Britain
State with the most national championships?
What is California
Which states do not observe DST?
What are Arizona and Hawaii
This is a number that cannot be expressed as a fraction of two integers?
What is Irrational Number?
(DAILY DOUBLE) In the play, who warned Caesar to “beware of the ides of March”?
Who is Soothsayer
(DAILY DOUBLE) What's the symbol for gold on the Periodic Table of Elements?
What is Au
Nickname for the infamous 1991 University of Michigan team?
Who is the “Fab five”
What year was the passage of the Uniform Time Act, which finally standardized when clocks would be advanced one hour in the spring?
a. 1966
b. 1975
c. 1977
d. 1978
What is a. 1966
(DAILY DOUBLE) Pi is which letter (first, second, third, etc.) of the Greek alphabet?
What is the 16th letter
What was the full date of Caesar's death?
March 15, 44BC
What's the highest number of leaves ever recorded on a single clover stem?
What is 56