National Gardening Month
National Poetry Month
Spring
100

Which of the following foods is not in the rose family?

A. Raspberries

B. Apples

C. Grapes

What are grapes? 

100

Best known for its famous oratory reenactment of Walt Whitman poem “Oh Captain! My Captain!”, what film starring Robin Williams was filmed at St. Andrews School in Middletown, Delaware?

What is Dead Poets' Society? 

100

This bird is often associated with Spring in North America?

What is a robin? 

200

Which term is used for a plant that may keep growing in many seasons for at least 2 years?

A. Annual plants

B. Biennial plants

C. Perennial plants

What are perennial plants? 

200

The Divine Comedy, a massive narrative poem including sections for Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso, completed in 1320, is the best known work of what Italian poet?

Who was Dante? 
200

The Japanese welcome spring by organizing significant viewings of this flower.

What is the cherry blossom? 

300

12. Which of the following is a perennial plant?

A. Watermelon

B. Strawberry

C. Maize

What are strawberries? 

300

What is the name of the then-22-year-old National Youth Poet Laureate who read her poem, "The Hill We Climb," at President Joe Biden's inauguration in January 2021?

Who is Amanda Gorman? 

300

In Roman mythology, she is known as the goddess of spring.

Who is Flora? 

400

Which plant was originally called “the love apple”?

A. Potatoes

B. Cucumbers

C. Tomatoes

What are tomatoes? 

400

This acclaimed children's author and poet spent much of his career as a cartoonist  and also wrote songs for the 1960s folk scene.

Who was Shel Silverstein? 

400

On the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere, the sun rises directly over this part of the globe?

What is the equator? 

500

29. What is the main characteristic of deciduous trees?

A. Their leaves remain functional and green during the winter

B. They shed their leaves during the autumn

C. They can ensure high temperatures




What is they shed their leaves during the autumn? 

500

At Bill Clinton's 1993 inauguration ceremony, Maya Angelou read her original poem "On the Pulse of ___." Fill in the blank. 

What is morning? 

500

In the UK, what do you call the vegetable that is known as scallions in the USA?

What is spring onions?