April & May Holidays
This April holiday is known for pranks and jokes.
What is April Fools' Day
These colorful flowers are often among the first to bloom in spring.
What are tulips
This sport begins its regular season in spring and is known as America’s pastime.
What is baseball
Children often dye and hunt for these during spring celebrations.
What are Easter eggs
This famous playwright, believed born in April 1564, wrote Romeo and Juliet.
Who is William Shakespeare
Celebrated on April 22, this day promotes environmental protection.
What is Earth Day
This weather phenomenon brings frequent rain showers, helping flowers grow.
What is spring rain
This famous horse race, called “The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports,” takes place in May.
What is the Kentucky Derby
This Jewish holiday often falls in spring and commemorates the Exodus from Egypt.
What is Passover
This famous physicist, born in May 1859, developed the theory of relativity.
Who is Albert Einstein
This Mexican holiday on May 5 commemorates the Battle of Puebla.
What is Cinco de Mayo
This process describes animals waking up after winter sleep.
What is hibernation
This annual basketball tournament, known for brackets and upsets, ends in early April.
What is March Madness
People often clean their homes thoroughly during this seasonal tradition.
What is spring cleaning
This civil rights leader, born April 4, 1968 (trick clue—this is actually his death date), is famous for “I Have a Dream.”
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
In the U.S., this May holiday honors mothers.
What is Mother's Day
These insects are known for pollinating flowers and making honey.
What are bees
This golf tournament, one of the four majors, is held each April in Georgia.
What is The Masters
This festival in India celebrates colors and the arrival of spring.
What is Holi
This legendary singer, born May 13, 1950, is known for hits like “Signed, Sealed, Delivered.”
Who is Stevie Wonder
This solemn May holiday honors fallen U.S. military members.
What is Memorial Day
The day in March when day and night are about equal marks the start of spring in the Northern Hemisphere.
What is the vernal equinox
This international tennis tournament on clay courts in France begins in late spring.
The French Open
In Japan, people celebrate spring by viewing these blooming trees.
What are cherry blossoms
This award-winning actress, born April 25, 1969, starred in Pretty Woman.
Who is Renee Zellweger