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What famous Ford muscle car made its appearance in April of 1964

The Mustang

The Charger

The Chevelle

The Camaro

The April of 1792 saw the establishment of what US agency?

The US Mint

The Banking Guild

The IRS

The FBI

The Pony Express began in April of 1860 as a quick way to send messages. How quickly were they able to deliver messages across the country?

10 days

30 days

14 days

12 days

When was the very first Earth Day celebrated?

1970

1790

1980

1996

Known for magical roles, this Emma was born in April of 1990

Emma Watson

Emma Thompson

Emma Roberts

Emma Stone

Born in Haiti on April 26th 1785, this famous illustrator of birds now as a nature society named after him.

John J Audubon

Steve Irwin

Jack Hanna

Jeff Corwin

This founding father was born April 13, 1743

Thomas Jefferson

Benjamin Franklin

John Adams

James Madison

Which famous Danish fairy tale author was born in April of 1805?

Hans Christian Anderson

Jakob Grimm

Charles Perrault

Marie-Catherine d’Aulnoy

Every April, Washington DC holds this flowery event

The Cherry Blossom Festival

The Race against the Rose

Annual Daisy Celebration

The national day of tulips.

"April Showers bring May flowers" was originally coined by poet Thomas Tusser in what year?

1557

1755

1957

1575

The Leonids take place across ten days in April, roughly from April 16th to the 26th. What is it?

A meteor shower

Lion-themed musical

A religious ceremony

The final exam in high school.

Name one of April's birth flowers

Daisy

Rose

Tulip

Daffodil

The stars are right. What two zodiac signs do you find in April?

Aries and Taurus

Coheed and Cambria

Ford and Taurus

Capricorn and Aquarius

Weather is all about this 1996 movie written by Author Michael Crichton and starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton

Twister

The Day After Tomorrow

Sharknado

The Perfect Storm

Who invented the modern folding umbrella?

Hans Haupt

Ulysses M Berella

Samuel Bumber

Larry Newman

In France, April Fool's is known as "Poisson d'Avril" What dies this mean?

April Fish

The Poison of Avril

The Anvil of Poseidon

Fish Sticks.

If you have a pond, a sure sign of spring is the croaking of this leggy animal

Frogs

Axolotl

Newts

Salamanders

What is the official birthstone for April?

Diamond

Ruby

Garnet

Spinel

No fooling, the helpful satellite TIROS-1 was launched April 1st 1960 for what purpose?

Weather Forecast

MASS Device Redirection

Fixing the hole in the Ozone

Live Sports Brioadcasts

What are two elements needed for a rainbow to form?

Water and sunlight

Baking Soda and Vinegar

Magic and Unicorns

A blink and a nod

What do you call a person who forecast the weather?

Meteorologist

Fortune Teller

Soothe Sayer

Foolish

Around the entire earth, roughly how many thunderstorms are estimated to occur every minute?

2,000

200

20

20,000

Not every spring is wet. In dry climates a sudden strong wind can lead to this weather phenomenon.

Dust Storms

Dry Heat

Falling Rocks

Mudslides

In japaense culture, rain while the sun is shining is a sign of what event?

The wedding of the spirit foxes

More rain

Good crops next summer

Unfavorable outcome in battle

Name the writer born in April of 1564 known as the Bard of Avon?

William Shakespeare

Christopher Marlowe

Tom Middleton

John Milton

This sport's professional season starts in April, what is it?

Baseball

Football

Basketball

Soccer

This global celebration takes place on April 22 every year. What is it?

Earth Day

Moon Night

Arbor Day

Friday

The most famous mutiny of the HMS Bounty took place in April of 1789. From what island had they just departed?

Tahiti

Fiji

Bermuda

Azores

Nelson Mandela became president of what nation in April of 1994?

South Africa

Guyana

Suriname

Central African Republic

George Washington became our first president in 1789 on the thirtieth of which month?

April

May

January

July

Residents of San Francisco were shaken after waking up to this event on April 18th, 1906

The San Francisco Earthquake

The Chicago Fire

The Boston Tea Party

The Johnstown Flood

What significant event to world history occurred on April 6, 1917

The US enters World War I

The US Enters World War II

The liner Titanic sinks

The Clark Bar is invented.

What influentual leader was shot and killed in Memphis TN on April 4th 1968?

Martin Luther King jr

Robert Kennedy

John F Kennedy

Malcolm X

In April 3 1948, Truman signed the European Recovery Program. By which name is it more popularly known as?

The Marshall Plan

The Curtis Procedure

The Trevor Situation

The Calvin Solution.

No April Fools, Argentinian forces invaded this British Colony on April 2nd 1982.

Falkland Islands

Sandwich Islands

Cook Island

Easter Island

In April of 1513, for which kingdom did Ponce De Leon claim Florida?

Spain

France

Portugal

England

Paul Revere was only one of the riders to warn of the British on April 18th 1775. Who was the other?

William Dawes

Paul Newman

Samuel Adams

Ben Franklin

This disastrous joint CIA operation into Cuba took place in April of 1961. By what name is it known?

The Bay of Pigs

The Gulf of Dogs

The Cove of Cows

The Coast of Cats

When did Yuri Gargarin become the first human to venture into space??

April 12, 1961

April 1, 1961

Apri 12, 1986

April 12, 1956

Less than a century after its formation what event (which began and ended in April) nearly destroyed the United States?

The American Civil War

Would War 2

Shark Week

Beetlemania

This began on April 19 over two hundred and fifty years ago.

The War for Independence

The Olympics

The Middle Ages

Jerry Garcia's Dark Star guitar solo

On April 26 1986 which event began the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union?

The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster

Gorbechev's birthmark

The Fall of the Berlin Wall

Ninety Nine Red Ballons.

What chilling event took place April 14 in 1912?

The Sinking of Titanic

The invention of the automatic Ice Sculptor

The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

The Winter Olympics were added.

For what birthstone is April known?

Diamond

Amerald

Garnet

Quartz

What did the ancient Roman's call April?

Aprillis

Fifthimus

Apewont

Quintus