Spring Jeopardy

Spring

100

What is the first day of Spring?

March 20th

200

How many months is Spring?

4 months

300

A favorite Easter/ Spring marshmallow candy that is shaped like a chick or bunny?

What is a Peep?

400

What is a sign that Spring is starting?

birds chirping, bees, flowers blooming, sun is out, warmer weather, etc.

500

What happens with a lot of animals during the spring?

Baby animals are born

More Spring

100

This is spread in the air from a flower and often causes spring allergies.

What is pollen?

200

When it is spring in the northern hemisphere, it is ______________ in the southern hemisphere.

What is autumn (fall)?

300

Starting in spring, our days get _____________and our nights get ____________.

What are longer and shorter?

400

What is one holiday that occurs during the Spring?

Easter, April Fool's Day, Earth Day, Mother's Day, Cinco de Mayo, Father's Day and Arbor Day.

500

What does Spring symbolize?

renewal, rebirth, and the start of a better life or times.

Spring Months

100

April showers bring May ____________.

What are flowers?

200

Daffodils, Dandelions, Lillies, Tulips, Irisis, Lilacs

What are the first spring flowers?

300

This sparkling April gem is the same one in a ring used to propose to a person.

What is a diamond?

400

This green gem is the birthstone for May.  It's also the name of the City in the land of Oz (The Wizard of Oz).

What is emerald?

500

Ms. Nisse's birthday is NOT in Spring, but is in what season.

Winter

Includes "Spring"

100

True or False:

Ms. Nisse was Teacher of the Year for Hutchinson in 2021.

TRUE!

200

This is the name for the type of dusting, washing windows, vacuuming, shaking out rugs, and opening windows as the weather gets warmer.

What is spring cleaning?

300

This phrase is used to describe someone who cannot wait to get outside in the spring, who seems to be a little "crazy/sick" for the season.

What is "spring fever?"

400

When you walk energetically in a way that shows you are feeling happy and confident.

What is having a spring in your step?

500

A breed of dog in the Spaniel family traditionally used for retrieving game

What is a Springer Spaniel?

Spring Break

100

This state has lots of beaches on both sides of it.

What is Florida?

200

Orlando, FL is home to this popular tourist attraction that many people visit during spring break.

What is Walt Disney World?

300

This large mall near Minneapolis is a popular spring break destination for people in Wisconsin and Minnesota.

What is the Mall of America?

400

What month does spring break occur for Hutchinson.

What is March?

500

Do the Greeks, Aztecs and Romans celebrate a similar spring break?

Yes, all of those cultures celebrated the arrival of spring with parties.