March Holidays
What is celebrated on March 17th?
What is St. Patrick's day?
St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland, and the day is marked with parades, corned beef and cabbage, and green beer. Many people, including those not of Irish descent, wear green on St. Patrick's Day
What is March's birthstone?
What is aquamarine?
It comes in a variety of colors, but it's usually a blue-greenish color. It's found in the sea, hence the last part of its name: marine.
What do we call the college basketball playoffs?
What is March Madness?
Could this be the reason March is the least productive month for businesses?
What English playwright penned the phrase Ides of March?
William Shakespeare
This terms refers to a group of musicians that typically perform on an open field to create unique formations and patterns.
What is a marching band?
On March 13th, this event takes place that arbitrarily alters the way we measure time for 6 months.
What is Daylight Savings Time or Spring Forward?
What is March's yellow birth flower?
What is Daffodil (or jonquil, or buttercup)?
In Old English, March is called Hlyda or Lide. What do these names refer to?
What is loud winds?
Tornado season in the United States begins in March.
What leader met his demise on the ides of March?
Julius Caesar. He was stabbed 23 times on the floor of the Roman Senate.
What is "March to the beat of your own drum."
This holiday is celebrated from 3 Kings Day and ends on March 1st for many Catholics/Latin American countries to mark the next religious season where meat is NOT eaten as much anymore, so lots of eating, partying are going on this day. The largest celebration of this holiday is in Brasil, and in the U.S. it is called Fat Tuesday and the largest is in New Orleans.
What is Carnaval (or Carnival) or Mardis Gras?
What zodiac sign are those born February 19th through March 20?
What is Pisces?
What day do math enthusiasts celebrate in March?
Pi Day.
It falls on March 14. According to piday.org, "Pi is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant-the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter-which is approximately 3.14159."
On March 11th, 1918, this deadly virus first reached the US and would eventually result in 500,000 deaths.
What is the Spanish Flu?
This 2005 documentary followed a group of emperor penguins as they search for love, family, and survival.
What is March of the Penguins?
On March 20th, this astronomical event occurs where the daytime lasts the exact same time as nighttime.
What is the Spring Equinox?
What zodiac sign are those born March 21 through April 19?
What is Aries?
In celebration of St. Patrick's Day, what type of bread is traditionally served?
What is (Irish) soda bread?
Its main ingredients are flour, baking soda, and buttermilk, but raisins are added to many recipes.
Today, green is associated with St. Patrick's Day, but what was the original color?
What is blue?
Blue was the color of the Order of St. Patrick. Green replaced blue because Ireland is known as the Emerald Isle.
This phrase tells us to fear March 15th, the day of Julius Caesar's murder.
What is "Beware the Ides of March."
On March 2nd, many may walk around with black crosses drawn on their foreheads in recognition of this religious holiday.
What is Ash Wednesday?
What social media platform made its debut on March 21, 2006?
What is Twitter?
It wasn't open for business yet, but Jack Dorsey posted his first tweet on that day.
When the month of March was given its name, what did it mean?
What is war?
It was named for the Roman god Mars. Since the Vietnam War, most US-NATO operations have begun in March.
This is the full name of the Constitutional Amendment commonly referred to as "ERA" that was passed by the Senate on March 22nd, 1972 (but failed to be ratified by enough states).
What is the Equal Rights Amendment?
This zoological idiom refers to the month of March's wintry beginnings and springful endings.
What is "March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb."