Brain Games 4/3/26

Spring Facts

100

This powder from plants can make people sneeze and have allergies in spring

Pollen

200

These animals wake up after sleeping all winter when spring arrives

animals that hibernate (accept: frogs, bears, etc)

300

These animals return home in spring after traveling to warmer places for winter

migrating birds

400

These insects become very busy in spring and help flowers grow by pollinating them

Bees

500

This is the first day of spring when day and night are almost equal

Vernal equinox (spring equinox, equinox)

Animal facts

100

I am the largest land animal (and have a large trunk)

elephant

200

I carry my baby in a pouch (and can hop very far) hint: strong tail

Kangaroo

300

I have a purple tongue (and eat leaves from tall trees). (Hint: Long Neck/tall) 

Giraffe

400

This flightless bird is the largest on its 2 long legs

ostrich

500

 I am a semi-aquatic, egg laying mammal. (Hint: duck like bill, in Phineas and Ferb)

Platypus

Zodiac Signs

100

This zodiac sign, from October 23 to November 21, is represented by a scorpion.

Scorpio

200

 This zodiac sign, from July 23 to August 22, is represented by a lion.

Leo

300

 This zodiac sign, from March 21 to April 19, is represented by a ram.

Aries

400

This zodiac sign, from April 20 to May 20, is represented by a bull.

Taurus

500

This zodiac sign, from December 22 to January 19, is represented by a sea-goat.

Capricorn

Songs of Spring

100

George Harrison wrote this uplifting 1969 track for the Beatles, famously singing "little darling, its been a long cold winter"

Here comes the sun

200

This mega-hit by Miley Cyrus which focuses on self-loce and growth and her purchasing herself these spring time symbols

Flowers

300

This 2000 U2 anthem encourages listeners to appreciate the moment, even if "you're stuck in a moment and you can't get out of it"

Beautiful Day

400

In this 1966 folk classic, Simon and Garfunkel use the months of the year to track a changing romance

April Come She Will

500

Johnny Hortons 1959 hit about this Northern state that even when its springtime, its still forty below

When its Springtime in Alaska

Spring at the Cinema

100

In this 2016 animated hit, a bunny named Judy Hopps leaves her family's carrot farm in the spring to become the first rabbit police officer in the big city

Zootopia

200

This 2003 Tim Burton film features a famous romantic scene where the main character proposes in a massive field of 10,000 yellow daffodils

Big Fish

300

Judy Garland and Fred Astaire star in this 1948 musical that ends with titular holiday procession down fifth avenue

Easter Parade

400

In this 1992 classic Tom Hanks manages a womens baseball team- beginning their season with spring training

League of Their Own

500

This 1942 musical starring Betty Grable follows a romance that blossoms during a vacation at a famous Canadian mountain resort

Springtime in the Rockies