Ancient Civilizations
The Month of March
1980s Pop Culture
Strange Facts
Biology
100

The Stone Age is called that because of an abundance of this.

Stone tools

100

In the original Roman calendar which month was March?

First

100

Many 1980s kids grew up on VHS videocassette recorders. What does VHS stand for?

Video Home System

100

These mints are named after the sound their container makes.

Tic Tacs

100

This is the most common element in the human body.

Oxygen

200

This metal is associated with the end of the Stone Age.

Bronze

200

True or False: March has more than one birthstone.

True. (Bloodstone and aquamarine)

200

These softer, sculpted dolls were sometimes originally referred to as “The Little People” in the 1980s.

The Cabbage Patch Kids

200

This nut can be used to make dynamite.

Peanuts
200

This human organ cleans fifty gallons of blood every day.

Kidney

300

True or False - Golf was an achievement of the ancient Egyptians.

False

300

This is most commonly considered the flower for March.

Daffodil
300

This type of candy became popular because of E.T.

Reese's Pieces

300

Dr. Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham as part of a bet that said he couldn't write a book with this many words.

50 words

300

This was the first genetically engineered organism.

Tobacco

400

This word means "of the Middle Ages."

Medieval

400

For which of the Roman gods is March named?

Mars (The Roman God of War)

400

A best-selling book in 1981 explained how to crack the code of this puzzle.

The Rubik's Cube

400

People write love letters to this in Australia via email.

Trees

400

The weight of the average Sperm Whale's brain.

20 lbs (9 kgs) 

500

Who colonized Tunisia in ancient times?

Phoenicians

500

When are the first three days in March considered unlucky?

When rain falls

500

This was the first AI television host in 1984.

Max Headroom

500

Where the Wild Things Are was supposed to have been about this animal, but the illustrator couldn't draw them.

Horses

500

How many gallons of water can a baobab tree store in its trunk?

32,000 gallons