With the warm weather coming on and getting us all excited
about being outdoors again, at least here in this cold Minnesota climate, the
advent of spring is a time for serious rejoicing! So here is a quiz about the
month of May. Look at each statement and fill in the blank with the correct
answer. The answers are here.
1.
May was the _____ month in the early Roman calendar.
a.
first b. third c. fourth
2.
May 1 is the Wiccan day for celebrating _____ with a big bonfire.
a. Ostara b. Samhain c. Beltane
3.
May’s birthstone is the _____.
a. ruby b. pearl c. emerald
4.
Mother’s Day, the second Sunday of the month of May, was officially
recognized by Congress and the president of the United States in _____.
a. 1914 b. 1924 c. 1904
5.
Mayflowers, used by young people in England to decorate the Maypole in
medieval times, were usually _____.
a. hawthorne b. lily-of-the-valley c. daisies
6.
Joan of Arc was burned at the stake on May 30, _____.
a.
1431 b. 1531 c. 1631
7.
The Kentucky Derby, the most famous horse race in the United States,
takes place on the _____ Saturday in May in Kentucky.
a.
first b. second c. last
8.
Amelia Earhart began the first solo flight by a woman across the _____
on May 20, 1932.
a.
Pacific Ocean b. Atlantic Ocean c. North American continent
9.
Leonardo da Vinci _____ on May 2, 1519.
a.
was born b. was married c. died
10.
Queen Victoria was born on _____, 1819, the date later being celebrated
as Commonwealth Day.
a.
May 3 b. May 12 c. May 24
11.
The German _____, the Hindenburg, blew up and burned on May 6, 1937.
a.
oceanliner b. airship c. rocket
12.
The name of the month of May is believed to be in honor of Maia, the
Roman Goddess of _____.
a.
marriage and childbirth b. flowers c. spring and growth
