March
Spring
Irish
US/World News
St. Joseph’s
Sports/Entertainment
100

The Ides of March was a festive day dedicated to this Roman god of war, after whom the month of March is named. Ancient Romans usually celebrated by holding a military parade.

Mars 

100

These winged mammals, associated with Halloween start to emerge from hibernation at the start of Spring.

BATS

100

The Irish Flag Colors are....


Green  White and Orange - The flag's green stripe stands for honesty and loyalty, the orange stands for bravery and sacrifice, and the white band stands for truth and peace. 

100

Today is election day, also known as THIS. Its when the largest number of states will be holding presidential primaries or caucuses. Over a third of all the available delegates for both the Republican and Democratic nominations are at stake on today.

Super Tuesday

100

Our New Program Director's First Name

Laura

100

The Celtics recently had the Franchises greatest halftime lead against this Steph Curry led team

Golden State Warriors 

200

"On March the second, we hold a date,

Whose birthday do we celebrate?

A master of tales, both big and small,

Born Theodore Geisel, do you recall?"

Who is Dr. Suess 

200

This flower is the birth flower of the month of March. Because they often bloom in early spring, they symbolize new birth, beginnings, happiness and joy.

Daffodil

Daffodils, sometimes called jonquils or narcissus, are the birth flowers for March.

200

What is the capital or Ireland? tal city of Ireland?

Dublin

200

French lawmakers voted 780-72 to enshrine access to abortion in the constitution at this historic palace of King Louis XIV-XV

I

What is the Palace of Versailles?

 

200

Our new program director is coming from LA where she was part of the Every woman housed initiative that worked with women living on THIS infamous area of LA known for its high concentration of homelessness and poverty, and a bad reputation. IT shares its name with an 1980s hair band.  

Skid Row

200

This NBA player recently was the first to score the most points all-time surpassing 40,000 points for his career. 

LeBron

300

Pi day 3/14 is also the birthday of this Nobel Prize Winner and Mathematician who came up with the Theory of Relativity. 

2X: For double the points write his famous equation: Mass-Energy Equation Energy equals mass times the speed of light squared."

Albert Eienstien

2X: E=MC^2

300

The Tidal Basin of Washington DC is lined with these Japanese trees that bloom at the start of Spring. The Festival takes place in late March.

Japanese Cherry Blossom

300

Folklore states that St. Patrick stood atop an Irish hillside and banished THESE from Ireland—prompting all of THEM to move away into the sea. In fact, research suggests They never occupied the Emerald Isle in the first place. There are no signs of them in the country's fossil record.

SNAKES

300

Three Air Force cargo planes dropped 38,000 ready-to-eat meals in this LOCATION, as aid has been cut oin other area by US allies whom the US is funding, but critics called that insufficient. A U.S. official said it was the beginning of a broader campaign.


GAZA

300
On Friday, a Housing Assisting Corporation Homeless Outreach Team member came and introduced what HAC does and worked with clients to assist in there housing search. What was his name?

ANDY

300

When is the team’s first Spring training League shares its name with a fruit ?
The Sox open their Spring training League slate on the road against the defending American League East champion Orioles on Feb. 24th.

What is the Grapefruit league

400

Beware the Ides of March was a warning given to THIS MAN who was assassinated in the Roman Senate, March 15, 44BC

Double the points if you can come up with the last phrase uttered by him in the Shakespearean play by the same name as he was realizing his betrayal. 

Julius Cesar

"Et tu Brute" 

400

According to the Farmers' Almanac, this proverb about weather folklore stems from ancestral beliefs in balance, meaning if the start March was bad, then the month should end with good weather.  

“March comes in like a lion and leaves like a lamb”

400

This Musical Instrument is the Symbol of Ireland. When Henry VIII declared himself King of Ireland in 1541, he upgraded Ireland's status he introduced coinage which featured a THIS INSTRUMENT topped with a crown. This symbolised Ireland's place, but over the years different designs emerged. 

HARP

400

China recently stated that it hopes to have "a peaceful reunification" with this country, which China believes is not another country but already part of China.


Taiwan

400

Jimmy from Vinfen introduced us to mindfulness, which was one of the four pillars or tenants of DBT, the other three pillars are distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. What do the B and the T stand for?

DBT - Dialectical behaviour therapy 

400

Taylor Swift's Boyfriend's brother retired from the NFL this week. Leaving what team?

The Phila Eagles 

500

Fall Back and Spring Forward is a good way to remember this day when we adjust our clocks it falls on Sun, Mar 10, this year.

Day Light Savings Time 

500

The Vernal or Spring one of these is on Tue, Mar 19, 2024, 11:06 PM it's the day the sun's rays shine onto the equator while the Earth sits with its axis tilted neither toward nor away from the sun. It's a day that comes to symbolize new birth and the start of Spring. 

Equinox 

500

From 1970 to 1972, an explosion of political violence occurred in Northern Ireland. The deadliest attack in the early 1970s was the McGurk's Bar bombing by the UVF in 1971. The violence peaked in 1972, when nearly 500 people, just over half of them civilians, were killed, the worst year in the entire conflict. This time was known as "the ____________"

The Troubles

500

The Evening of Sun, Mar 10, 2024 marks the beginning of the Muslim holiday in which the able bodied are expected to abstain from eating, drinking and sexual relations from dawn to sunset each day of the month. Many practicing Muslims also perform additional prayers, especially at night, and attempt to recite the entire Quran.

What is Ramadan?

500

What is the name of this program director that has been filling in the interim?

Moussa

500

Part Two of this "sandy" movie has grossed $182,525,391 Worldwide and $82,505,391 making it the top grossing movie of 2024

What is Dune 2.