Mardi Gras
These are the official colors of Mardi Gras.
What are purple, green, and gold?
This country has hosted the Winter Olympics a record four times.
What is the United States?
This Roman god of love is often depicted as a winged child carrying a bow and arrow.
Who is Cupid?
This federal agency, headquartered in Washington D.C., was created in 1958 in response to Sputnik.
What is NASA?
This rotating column of air forms over warm ocean water and can strengthen into a Category 5 storm with winds over 157 mph.
What is a hurricane?
What is Fat Tuesday?
This Winter Olympic sport was the first to allow women to compete.
What is figure skating?
This neurotransmitter associated with focus and reward surges during the early stages of romantic attraction.
What is dopamine?
This president was the author of the first U.S. patent law, the first head of the USPTO, and a 2006 IP Hall of Fame inductee.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This nickname was given to the February 2010 blizzard that shut down the federal government and buried DC in over 20 inches of snow.
What is Snowmageddon?
This date marks the start of carnival season.
This country has won the most Winter Olympic gold medals since 1924.
Over one-third of consumers plan to purchase Valentine's Day gifts for this group in 2026.
What are pets?
Born in 1815, this woman is considered the first computer programmer.
Who is Ada Lovelace?
The Winter of Terror (1950-51) was a three-month period during which this European mountain range suffered 649 avalanches.
What are the Alps?
These parade float riders throw items like beads and other trinkets to the crowds.
Who are krewes?
This 1932 demonstration sport was the last Winter Olympic sport to include animal athletes.
What is dog sledding?
This Roman festival celebrated on February 15th is thought to be the origin of Valentine's Day.
What is Lupercalia?
This U.S. president established the National Science Foundation in 1950.
English meteorologist Clement Wragge began the practice of giving tropical cyclones personal names in this decade.
What are the 1880s?
This was the first U.S. city to celebrate Mardi Gras.
What is Mobile, Alabama?
American athlete Eddie Eagan is the only athlete to win Gold Medals at both Winter and Summer Olympics thanks to his proficiency in these two different sports.
What are boxing and bobsledding?
Revenue from Valentine's Day purchases in 2026 was predicted at this amount (accepted in order of magnitude).
What is $29.1 billion?
The 1968 "Mother of All Demos" introduced several fundamental elements of modern personal computing, including the computer mouse, video conferencing, revision control, and more, was hosted by this institution.
What is SRI?
The Tri-State Tornado in 1925 impacted these three states.
What are Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana?