Spring Season
This term describes the day in March (usually March 20th) where day and night are equal length, signifying the official start of Spring.
What is the Spring Equinox?
This professional athlete described his boxing technique as “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.”
Who is Muhammad Ali?
If you are registered to vote, you can cast your ballot every four years for the next president during this month.
What is November?
This 2024 National Book Award winner reimagines Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, but from the perspective of Finn’s friend and travel companion Jim.
What is James?
This codename, or more accurately a code number, is given to MI6 secret agent James Bond in all 27 of his movies.
What is 007?
Despite primarily being known as Hades’ wife and Queen of the Underworld, this Greek figure is also known as the goddess of Spring.
Who is Persephone?
The US military coined the popular name for this exercise where a person hops and spreads their feet wide while clapping above their head.
What are jumping jacks?
Although it was allowed for over 150 years prior to the ratification of the 22nd amendment in 1951, only this president served more than two full terms in office.
Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This mysterious character said to be immune to the One Ring’s powers is featured in the Lord of the Rings books, but not the movies.
Who is Tom Bombadil?
Before this 1999 action-adventure film cast Brenden Fraiser as treasure hunter Rick O’Connell, the producers first offered the role to Tom Cruise, who declined but would go on to star in the 2017 reboot of the same film series.
What is The Mummy?
According to the popular phrase that originated in 16th-century England, April showers bring this result in May.
What is May flowers?
Powerlifting competitions are judged in three main competitive areas: the squat, the bench press, and this exercise, which consists of lifting weight from the ground until the lifter is standing up straight.
What is a deadlift?
This civic responsibility required of adult US citizens involves appearing in court to hear and vote on trial proceedings.
What is jury duty?
This classic title by J.D. Salinger follows a rebellious teen spending a few days in New York after being kicked out of his prep school.
What is Catcher in the Rye?
It’s often debated whether this action thriller counts as a Christmas film, given that Bruce Willis takes down a terrorist that happens to be interrupting a Christmas party.
What is Die Hard?
This gemstone is traditionally considered the birthstone for those born in May.
What is emerald?
This gym markets itself as a "judgement free zone," and features a logo with a hand forming a thumbs up in front of a gear.
If you live in Jackson County and wanted to write to your US House Representative, you’d address it to this legislator who was elected in 2020.
Who is Cliff Bentz?
This author wrote the Hugo Award winning Wayfarers series, which begins with The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet.
Who is Becky Chambers?
André the Giant rose to fame in Pro Wrestling in the 1960s and 80s, but film fans might know him better for his role as the Giant in this 1987 adventure film.
What is The Princess Bride?
This flowering plant is the only host plant for the endangered monarch butterfly.
What is milkweed?
This common piece of exercise equipment got its name from 18th-century England, where it was compared to the original shape of church bells but didn’t produce sound.
What is a dumbbell?
While the US Senate is made up of 100 legislators, the US House of Representatives has had this same number of legislators since 1913.
What is 435?
Although the accuracy of this nonfiction title has been questioned, Jon Krakauer’s book about a man who gives away his possessions to travel the Western US before ultimately dying on a mountain in Alaska has remained an international bestseller for almost thirty years.
What is Into the Wild?
While the 1995 movie Jumanji follows children playing a board game that brings aspects of the game to life, the 2017 sequel shows that Jumanji has miraculously turned into this type of game.
What is a video game?