April Showers & May Flowers
Most people believe that April is the month with the most rain, when in fact for MN & ND, this month has the most.
June
The first Olympic event of this sport took place in 776 B.C.
Running / track event
In this year, the first Earth Day was celebrated.
1970
This famous Minnesota music venue opened in April of 1970.
First Ave
As of January 2023, most people on the transplant wait list are waiting for a kidney (~88,000). Coming in 2nd, 10,625 people are waiting for this organ.
Liver
Plants make their own food by this process.
Photosynthesis
The original Stanley Cup was purchased for this price in 1892.
$48.67
Earth Day originated in the US but became recognized worldwide by this year.
1990
In May of this year, Casey the gorilla escaped his enclosure at Como Zoo.
1994
LS partners with ____ transplant centers in North & South Dakota.
4 (2 in SF, 1 Bismarck, 1 Fargo) ….there are 5 in MN.
This flower is the birth flower of April. There are 2, just need to name 1.
Daisy & Sweet Pea
The fastest recoded Major League Baseball game.
51 minutes
Today’s average American generates about _____ pounds of trash per day, compared to 2.68 pounds in 1960, according to the EPA.
4.9 lbs
On April 25th, 1947, this national park was established.
Theordore Roosevelt National Park (in ND)
Donate Life month was first celebrated in this year.
2003
Sharing its name with an eye part, this flower’s name is from the Greek word for a rainbow.
Iris
The creators of lacrosse.
North American indigenous people
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
About _____% of South Dakota's electricity is generated by wind power.
This vice president was born May 27, 1911 in South Dakota and also has a connection to Minnesota.
Hubert Humphrey
These are 3 examples that donated tissue may be used to help others.
Variety of answers....
Dorothy and her friends encountered a field of these flowers that made them fall asleep.
Poppies
The year the first World Series took place.
1903
Celebration of Earth Day eventually led to the creation of _____________ in the US, which helped to pass legislature such as Clean Air, Clean Water, and Endangered Species Acts.
EPA-Environmental Protection Agency
In this Spring month, Wisconsin became a state.
May
National Pediatric transplant Week is April 23-29th. This many pediatric pts received an organ transplant in 2020.
1700