General March Knowledge
The NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament is known colloquially as ____________.
What is “March Madness”?
______ is an annual celebration of the mathematical concept and to eats lots of pie.
What is pi day?
This practice is carried out so that darkness falls at a later clock time.
What is DST? (daylight savings time)
This organization sells their cookies during the month of March, due to their founding on March 12.
What is Girl Scouts?
Fish belongs to this food group.
What is protein?
One of March’s two birthstones is this blue variety of beryl, which translates from Latin as “seawater”.
What is aquamarine?
The Ides of March is notorious for being the date of the assassination of this leader.
Who is Julius Caesar?
The sun crosses this line and heads north during the spring equinox.
What is the equator?
Marie Curie was the first woman to receive __ Nobels prizes.
A: two
B: three
C: four
D: ten
What is A: two?
People wear this color to raise awareness for Kidney Disease Awareness during March.
What is Green?
On March 6, 1863, this 13-day siege in Texas ended with the capture of the fort and its defendants, including the death of Davy Crockett.
What is The Alamo?
The first St. Patrick’s Day celebration was held in 1737 in this East Coast city.
What is Boston?
On the first day of spring, the hours of ____________ and of ____________ are
equal.
What are day(light), night?
The first American woman to travel to space.
Who is Sally Ride?
According to studies, this nut has the most omega-3 fatty acids in it.
A: Pecans
B: Peanuts
C: Walnuts
D: Cashews
What are C. Walnuts?
In March 1909, these impressions were used as evidence in a murder trial for the very first time.
What are fingerprints?
________ ______ Day is annually observed on March 20th to raise awareness about our global water crisis.
What is World Water?
Meteorologists and climatologists consider this to be the first real day of spring.
What is March 1?
In 1975, Junko Tabei was the first woman to summit this mountain.
Mount Everest
For adults, this BMI range is the normal range.
A: <18.5
B: 18.5-24.9
C: 25-29.9
D: >30
What is B: 18.5-24.9?
This game show debuted in March 1964 and is still airing.
What is Jeopardy?
This holiday, celebrated on March 2, 2022, promotes reading amongst the youth.
What is National Read Across America?
Folklore claims that special changes on the day of the vernal equinox make it possible to stand a ____ on its end.
What is a raw egg?
Due to the exclusion of women or girls at the original ____________, the Games of Hera were created. The athletic event, held every four years, only featured footraces.
What are the Olympics?
Which President’s executive order proclaim March as National Developmental Disability Awareness Month?
Who is Ronald Reagan?