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Easter Celebrations
Spring Festivities
A Little Humor
Earth Day
All Things April
100
This is the week leading up to Easter Sunday a)what is happy week b)what is lent week c)what is holy week
What is holy week
100
This type of meat is traditionally popular in Spring a) Beef b) Lamb c) Chicken
What is Lamb - These days Spring lamb refers more to the age of a young sheep (around 3-5 months) rather than the season although farmers still like to breed them in Winter and sell them in Spring. *Originally a ‘spring chicken’ referred to a small roasting chicken but now colloquially indicates a young person.
100
This day is April Fools day
What is April 1st
100
This is the name for a person who studies rocks a) Paleontologist b) geologist c) Kinesiologist
What is a geologist
100
In France you don’t say ‘April Fool’ you say April…? a) April Fish b) April cahier c) April Bonjour
What is April Fish • French children often play tricks on their friends by sticking a paper fish on their posteriors. When the the fish is discovered his friends yell "Poisson d'avril!"
200
This country introduced the Easter bunny a) Australia b)Canada c) Germany
What is Germany
200
This nautical creature is popular to observe in Spring as they migrate back to the Antarctica from Australia. a) Whales b) Sharks c) Barramundi
What is Whales - Whales will visit the warmer waters of Australia during the winter then migrate back in Spring for feeding. Whale spotting has become very popular with tourists and locals alike – especially humbacks.
200
This was the name of the bar/restaurant on THREE'S COMPANY?
What is Regle Beagle
200
This is the name of the deepest location in the world’s ocean
What is Mariana’s Trench
200
Some countries have days of prank playing in the days immediately before the start of Lent. This prank consists of throwing a certain substance at other people. What is this common substance? a) What is water b) what is flour c) what is tomatoes
What is flour - The tradition in Portugal, Jamaica and some other countries, is to throw flour at your friends! As Lent starts on Ash Wednesday, which is usually at the end of February or beginning of March, these prank days are usually in February. In Mexico eggs are filled with flour and cracked on people's heads.
300
This is the country that holds the world's largest chocolate bunny? a) Germany b) Switzerland c) South Africa
What is South Africa - This rabbit is carved to look like the Duracell Rabbit.
300
This is the name or the Roman goddess of spring? a) Flora b) Minerva c) Vesta
What is Flora - is also the goddess of flowers and all plants, and is associated with birth, rebirth, abundance, etc. A special festival was held in her honor in ancient Rome, called Floralia or Florifertum. The companion of the goddess was Hercules, and she was married to the Roman wind god Favonius..
300
This is what M*A*S*H stands for
What is Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.
300
This is the largest mountain in the world a) Mount Fuji b) Mount Everest c) Mount Kilimarjaro
What is Mount Everest
300
If you were born in April, what would your flower be? a. Peony b. Sweet Pea c. Foxtail
What is Sweet Pea - In the late 1800s, Henry Eckford crossbred and developed the Sweet Pea.
400
Lent is the forty-six day period just prior to Easter Sunday. It begins on a)fat Tuesday b)ash Wednesday c)manic monday
What is ash Wednesday
400
This is what the name 'Irish Spring' refers to. a) Soap b) soup c) a breed of dog
What is soap - Irish Spring brand that was first launched in 1972. The name comes from the so-called Ulster Fragrance, which was the only fragrance the soap came in until the 1990s.
400
This is the main character in Married with Children
What is Al Bundy
400
This is the name for a person who studies earthquakes a) earthquake hunter b) seismologist c) Richter scale specialist
What is Seismologist
400
Which famous writer celebrated his birthday on the 23rd of April? a. Arthur Conan Doyle b. William Shakespeare c. Ian Fleming
What is William Shakespeare - William is considered one of the greatest writers in history.
500
This is the traditional act of painting eggs a) pysanka b) devlish c) ola volo
What is Pysanka- traditional Ukrainian craft of egg decorating. There are a number of different kinds of traditional methods. The word pysanka comes from the word to write.
500
The ancient Greeks celebrated Mother's Day in spring. True False
What is true - The ancient Greeks celebrated Rhea, "Mother of the Gods," with honey-cakes, beverages, and flowers at dawn--the earliest known Mother's Day celebration.
500
This is Cliff Huxtable’s profession in The Cosby Show a) obstetrician c) doctor d)surgeon
What is an obstetrician
500
This is the most common gas in the earth’s atmosphere a) oxygen b) nitrogen c) carbon dioxide
What is Nitrogen
500
Allergies increase in Spring mainly due to what? a) Wetter weather b) Increase in pollen c) In season fruit and vegetables not as good as other seasons
What is Increase in pollen - Spring is often nicknamed “hayfeaver season” due to the increase in pollen from grasses, weeds and trees as plants sprout.