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Arbor Day
International Jazz day
National Raisin Day
National Mahjong Day
National Honesty Day
100

This holiday is always the last Friday in April! The word Arbor means _________ in latin.

What is "tree"?

100

List 3 instruments that are commonly used in jazz music.

Answers could include: trumpet, saxophone, trombone, piano, double bass, drum kit

100

It is believed the practice started around 2,000B.C. in ancient _________.

What are Egypt and Persia?


100

Mahjong originated here.

What is Shanghai, China

100

Finish the phrase. Honesty is __________.

What is "a virtue" or "the best policy"?

200

This is a common way that people celebrate Arbor Day.

What is plant trees?

200

Jazz music was born in this US place.

What is New Orleans?

200

This is the process of making raisins.

  

  1. Remove the grapes from the stems.      
  2. Wash grapes in cold water.       
  3. Spread the grapes out on a clean screen or baking tray.      
  4. Place the screen in the sun when there will be 3-4 sunny, warm, and dry days in a row.      
  5. Turn them once or twice a day.     
  6. Place dried raisins in an airtight container or in a baggie until ready to eat.
200

The game Mahjong arrive to America is which decade?

What is the 1920's?

200

M. Hirsh Goldberg, former press secretary to a governor of Maryland and author of five books, created National Honesty Day in the early _____________ after spending four years researching and writing The Book of Lies.

What is the 1990's?

300

It is estimated that this many MILLION trees are planted each year on Arbor Day.

What is 18 million!

300

List 3 famous jazz musicians

There are so, so many...

Miles Davis

Billie Holiday

Duke Ellington

Ella Fitzgerald

Nina Simone

Ray Charles

Louis Armstrong

Charlie Parker

...Just to name a few

300

At least half the world's supply of raisins are grown here.

What is Califorina?

300

These are the 5 categories of Mahjong tiles.

What are simples, winds, dragons, flowers and seasons?

300

M. Hirsh Goldberg created this day because he felt that the month of April should end on a higher moral note. Why?      

Because the month starts off day 1 with April fools day!

400

This is when and where Arbor Day first took place.

The first Arbor Day took place on April 10, 1872, in Nebraska. More than one million trees were planted on that day. Since then, the Arbor Day Foundation has planted at least 250 million new trees!

400

The purpose of international Jazz Day is to unite people through music and culture. It has been an official celebrated holiday since __________.

What is 2011?

400

This place is raisin capital of the world.

What is Fresno, California.


400

This many people can play Mahjong at a time.

What is 4?... though there is a solitaire version.

400

How can this holiday be celebrated?

Celebrate the day by answering questions truthfully all day long!

500

List 3 reasons trees are important.

1. Trees take in carbon dioxide

2. Trees release oxygen

3. Trees improve out air quality

500

Jazz music evolved in this century.

What are the late 1800s?

500

Raisin color depends of this.

it it NOT the color of the grape! It is the method that they were dried! For example, a dark purplish/black raisin is sun-dried. A light to medium brown raisin is mechanically dehydrated in special drying tunnels. A golden to bright yellow raisin is mechanically dried and treated with sulfur dioxide to retain color and a green raisin is dried by air in adobe houses.

500

Mahjong was creating during this dynasty.

What is the Qing dynasty (1644 to 1912)?

500

This day is also commonly used to campaign _____________.

prevention against the most deceitful lies in history.