Thursday, March 19, 2009

March Quiz

MARCH!

1. This campaign during the Civil War left Atlanta in ashes. (2 points)

2. The death of Caesar occurred on:

3. NCAA College Basketball tournament: 

The four number one seeds:

4. This Louisa May Alcott Book about four sisters _____________ was written from the perspective of: 

5. Organization devoted to improving the health of babies:

6. WWII event that involved the transfer of 75,000 American POW’s to Japanese prison camps:

7. 1965 Civil Rights Protest (in March) in which 600 marchers were attacked and beaten by police. Came to be known at “Bloody Sunday.” 

8. Pi Day:         

9. Square Root Day:

10. Mother’s Day Rally in Washington to promote tighter restrictions on private ownership of firearms. 

11. Political March convened by Louis Farrakhan on Washington in Oct. 1995.

12. Movie in which a young man awakens from a four-year coma to hear that his once virginal high-school sweetheart has since become a centerfold in one of the world’s most famous men’s magazines. 

13. _____________________ is considered on of the greatest marches ever written. (extra point for composer)

14. Famous expedition to capture the throne of Persia. 

1 comment:

Andrea said...

Answers:
1. Sherman's March to the Sea
2. the Ides of March (March 15)
3. March Madness-Louisville, Pittsburgh, UNC, UConn
4. Little Women, Jo March
5. March of Dimes
6. Bataan Death March
7. Selma to Montgomery March
8. March 14
9. 3-3-09
10. Million Mom March
11. Million Man March
12. Miss March
13. Stars and Stripes Forever March, John Phillip Sousa
14. March of the 10,000