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The first mass-produced Valentines of embossed paper lace were sold in 1847. In the United States today, who, what group, receives the most Valentine’s Day cards?
Teachers
100
What is the Ground Hog's name?
Punxsutawney Phil
100
Where was the first "sit-in" at a segregated lunch counter?
Four freshman students at North Carolina A&T went into Woolworth, Greensboro, NC.
100
How often do leap years occur?
Every four years
100
When is President's Day 2018?
Monday, February 19th 2018
200
A small Basilica in Italy has on display a flower-crowned skull alleged to be that of ______?
St. Valentine
200
Why do groundhogs predict the weather?
Based on a German holiday, Candlemas, badgers were said to predict the end of winter. When the German settlers moved to Pennsylvania, they used the groundhog as a local equivalent.
200
Who was the first African American to serve as a US Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshall was an American jurist and the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States.
200
Which comic book hero has a February 29th birthday?
Superman
200
February marks American Heart Month, what disease does the American Heart Association seek increasing awareness?
Heart disease
300
Why was Valentine's day originally celebrated?
To celebrate St. Valentine, a Catholic priest, who married Roman soldier to their sweethearts against the law of the Roman government.
300
Groundhog Day is observed what two countries?
United States and Canada
300
With the 15th Amendment ratification in 1870, what did African Americans gain in the United States?
The Fifteenth Amendment (Amendment XV) prohibits each government in the United States from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude" (i.e., slavery).
300
Why is February 29th, a date that usually occurs every four years and is called “leap day?
Because the Earth does not revolve around the Sun in exactly 365 days.
300
What is February’s birthstone?
Amethyst
400
On February 14th, in Chicago in 1929, during the Prohibition Era, seven men, members of the North Side gang were gunned down in the bloodiest day in Chicago’s history. What was the name given to this blood day?
The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
400
How many groundhog Phils have there been?
Groundhog day has been practiced for over 120 years. While no one knows for sure how many Phils have existed, a groundhog only lives about 10 years in captivity, so it’s safe to say at least 12!
400
Why does Black History Month occur in February?
Carter G. Woodson, a historian in 1926 created a “Negro History Week”. Woodson chose that week specifically because it covered the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln
400
Our modern day calendar, including the need for a February 29th, is based on the____?
Gregorian
400
This man was born February 6, 1911, and was the 40th president of the United States.
Ronald Regan
500
Today we associate love with the heart, but this wasn’t always the case. In medieval times, which internal organ was believed to cause love?
The liver.
500
What is a groundhog?
Also known as a woodchuck, the ground hog is officially Marmota monax and is a member of the rodent family.
500
In what year did Harriet Tubman escape slavery?
1849
500
Who invented leap year?
Julius Caesar in 46 B.C.E., however, the correction for the correction (no leap year in 1700, 1800, 1900, 2100, etc.) didn’t occur until Pope Gregory the Xll introduced the Gregorian calendar in 1453 C.E.
500
On what religious holiday are ashes placed on the forehead of some Christians?
Ash Wednesday