Amazing Animals
Lines Are Drawn
Fictional Places
This ’n’ That
1970s Innovations
March Fun Facts
100

Flocks of these animals migrate north when the weather warms.

What are birds? 

100

This is a term for two straight lines that will never cross.

What is parallel? 

100

When people first fall in love, they feel like they are on this cloud.

What is cloud nine? 

100

She was Walt Disney’s favorite princess.

Who is Cinderella? 

100

These are installed in homes to alert owners to fire.

What are smoke alarms? 

100

March Madness refers to this sport.

What is (NCAA) college basketball? 

200

You might run across this animal at night in its natural habitat, a dam it builds across a creek.

What is a beaver? 

200

Another term for meridians is lines of this.

What are (lines of) longitude? 

200

This is where Batman fought crime.

What is Gotham City?

200

He painted the Mona Lisa.

Who is Leonardo da Vinci? 

200

In 1973, the first communication from this device was completed.

What is cell phone? 

200

March 1 begins this meteorological season.

What is spring? Meteorological seasons are based on temperature rather than the position of the sun. The vernal equinox is when we celebrate the beginning of astronomical spring, which occurs on or around March 20.

400

When you visit Whistler, you will be warned not to feed these large carnivores.

What are bears? 

400

These imaginary lines run east and west from top to bottom across the globe.

What are (lines of) latitude?

400

This is the fictional palace of King Arthur.

What is Camelot? 

400

If you visit this U.S. state, you are likely to encounter a pupu platter.

What is Hawaii? It’s an appetizer platter that usually includes bacon-wrapped pineapple, tempura, spareribs, fruits, and vegetables.

400

In the 1970s, McDonald’s introduced this jolly menu item that is still going strong today.

What is the Happy Meal? 

400

This month this sweet, amber liquid is harvested in Canada.

What is maple syrop?

600

These nocturnal birds are known for their sharp vision, silent flight and distinctive calls.

What are owls?.

600

Lines that cross at 90 degrees.

What are perpendicular lines?

600

This fictional perfect place is located high in the Tibetan mountains and is one of the settings in James Hilton’s Lost Horizons.

What is Shangri-La? 

600

This country on the Iberian Peninsula allows some workers to nap during the workday.

What is Spain? 

600

In 1979, Sony released this device for playing cassette tapes.

What is the Walkman?

600

This public holiday is celebrated on March 17 in the United States, particularly so in Boston and New York City.

What is St. Patrick’s Day? 

800

This is the largest species of feline in the world.

What are tigers?

800

This is another name for an oblique line.

What is slanting or diagonal?

800

He comes from Ork.

Who is Mork? 

800

In the early 1970s, he was a weatherman in Nashville, Tennessee, before he became the longest-running host of a single TV game show.

Who is Pat Sajak? 

800

This was the first kind of computer disc.

What is floppy? 

800

In the northern hemisphere, March is the best spring month to view these magnificent light displays in the sky.

What are the northern lights (or aurora borealis)? 

1000

One in two million lobsters is this color

What is blue? 

1000

Some say these straight lines connect sacred places like Stonehenge and the Giza Pyramids.

What are ley lines? Some believe that their energy produces strong magnetic fields.

1000

This mythological Norse location is the palace home of fallen warriors.

What is Valhalla? 

1000

This bird’s eggs are bigger than its brain.

What is ostrich? 

1000

This was the first video arcade game, introduced in 1974.

What is Pong? 

1000

 This part of the country is known for its rain.

What is west coast or Vancouver area?