April History
Equinox
Wake up, Animals
Spring Words
Potpourri
100

On April 6, 1896, the first modern Olympics began in this city.

What is Athens?

100

During an equinox, which occur in spring and fall, day and night are nearly ________.

What is equal?

100

This small mammal, with its own holiday in February, hibernates for about five months.

What is a groundhog?

100

A gymnastics move.

What is a handspring?

100

A table of all the different kinds of behavior or activity observed in an animal.

What is an ethogram?

200

On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee of the Confederacy surrendered to this Union general.

Who is Ulysses S. Grant?

200

In the Southern Hemisphere, spring begins during this month.

What is September?

200

This "smelly" mammal goes in and out of a state of torpor, a period of inactivity, each year.

What is a skunk?

200

A bouncy apparatus sometimes located at a pool. 

What is a springboard?

200

It is a ratio whose second term is 100

What is a percent?

300

On April 11, 1983, Chicago elected its first Black American mayor.

Who is Harold Washington?

300

On March 19th this year, this latitude line received the most direct sunlight.

What is the equator?

300

This flying mammal, best known for cave-dwelling, goes in and out of a state of torpor, a period of inactivity, each year.

What is a bat?

300

Another word for children

What is offspring?

300

Ponyboy and Two Bit were visiting this person at the hospital.

Who is Johnny?

400

On April 14, 1828, this person (last name is fine) published the first American-style English dictionary. 

Who is Noah Webster?

400

This famous Inca site in Peru has a stone that shows no shadows during the equinoxes.  

What is Machu Picchu?

400

This type of bee is a hibernator.

What is a bumblebee?

400

Springs that are needed for a good night's sleep.


What are bedsprings?

400

The biggest battle on the North American continent.

What is Gettysburg?

500

On April 19, 1775, British Redcoats faced off against the minutemen effectively starting the Revolutionary War in this future US state. 

What is Massachusetts?

500

Which famous Ancient Egyptian monument is supposedly aligned with sun during the equinox?  This is debatable.

What is the Sphinx?

500

This spiny mammal builds nests in order to hibernate.

What is a hedgehog? 

500

A source of continual supply, bountiful

What is a wellspring?

500
You are using this single board controller in Computer Science.

What is a Micro Bit?