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  • This sport's professional season starts in April, what is it?
    Basketball
    Football
    Baseball
    Soccer
  • Known for magical roles, this Emma was born in April of 1990
    Emma Stone
    Emma Watson
    Emma Roberts
    Emma Thompson
  • Nelson Mandela became president of what nation in April of 1994?
    Guyana
    South Africa
    Suriname
    Central African Republic
  • Weather is all about this 1996 movie written by Author Michael Crichton and starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton
    Sharknado
    Twister
    The Day After Tomorrow
    The Perfect Storm
  • Around the entire earth, roughly how many thunderstorms are estimated to occur every minute?
    200
    2,000
    20
    20,000
  • Born in Haiti on April 26th 1785, this famous illustrator of birds now as a nature society named after him.
    Jack Hanna
    Jeff Corwin
    John J Audubon
    Steve Irwin
  • 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 founding father was born April 13, 1743
    Thomas Jefferson
    Benjamin Franklin
    John Adams
    James Madison
  • The Leonids take place across ten days in April, roughly from April 16th to the 26th. What is it?
    A meteor shower
    A religious ceremony
    The final exam in high school.
    Lion-themed musical
  • This disastrous joint CIA operation into Cuba took place in April of 1961. By what name is it known?
    The Gulf of Dogs
    The Coast of Cats
    The Cove of Cows
    The Bay of Pigs
  • What significant event to world history occurred on April 6, 1917
    The Clark Bar is invented.
    The liner Titanic sinks
    The US Enters World War II
    The US enters World War I
  • Every April, Washington DC holds this flowery event
    The national day of tulips.
    The Race against the Rose
    The Cherry Blossom Festival
    Annual Daisy Celebration
  • In April 3 1948, Truman signed the European Recovery Program. By which name is it more popularly known as?
    The Trevor Situation
    The Curtis Procedure
    The Calvin Solution.
    The Marshall Plan
  • What do you call a person who forecast the weather?
    Meteorologist
    Foolish
    Fortune Teller
    Soothe Sayer
  • In japaense culture, rain while the sun is shining is a sign of what event?
    The wedding of the spirit foxes
    Unfavorable outcome in battle
    More rain
    Good crops next summer
  • The April of 1792 saw the establishment of what US agency?
    The Banking Guild
    The US Mint
    The FBI
    The IRS
  • Paul Revere was only one of the riders to warn of the British on April 18th 1775. Who was the other?
    William Dawes
    Samuel Adams
    Paul Newman
    Ben Franklin
  • In April of 1513, for which kingdom did Ponce De Leon claim Florida?
    England
    Portugal
    Spain
    France
  • If you have a pond, a sure sign of spring is the croaking of this leggy animal
    Newts
    Salamanders
    Frogs
    Axolotl
  • Who invented the modern folding umbrella?
    Ulysses M Berella
    Hans Haupt
    Larry Newman
    Samuel Bumber
  • Name the writer born in April of 1564 known as the Bard of Avon?
    Tom Middleton
    William Shakespeare
    John Milton
    Christopher Marlowe
  • This global celebration takes place on April 22 every year. What is it?
    Earth Day
    Friday
    Moon Night
    Arbor Day
  • The most famous mutiny of the HMS Bounty took place in April of 1789. From what island had they just departed?
    Bermuda
    Azores
    Fiji
    Tahiti
  • 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?
    30 days
    10 days
    14 days
    12 days
  • George Washington became our first president in 1789 on the thirtieth of which month?
    April
    January
    July
    May
  • What are two elements needed for a rainbow to form?
    A blink and a nod
    Water and sunlight
    Magic and Unicorns
    Baking Soda and Vinegar
  • For what birthstone is April known?
    Garnet
    Amerald
    Quartz
    Diamond
  • This began on April 19 over two hundred and fifty years ago.
    The Olympics
    The War for Independence
    The Middle Ages
    Jerry Garcia's Dark Star guitar solo
  • Which famous Danish fairy tale author was born in April of 1805?
    Charles Perrault
    Marie-Catherine d’Aulnoy
    Jakob Grimm
    Hans Christian Anderson
  • What famous Ford muscle car made its appearance in April of 1964
    The Camaro
    The Mustang
    The Chevelle
    The Charger
  • Not every spring is wet. In dry climates a sudden strong wind can lead to this weather phenomenon.
    Falling Rocks
    Dust Storms
    Mudslides
    Dry Heat
  • Name one of April's birth flowers
    Daffodil
    Rose
    Tulip
    Daisy
  • When was the very first Earth Day celebrated?
    1980
    1996
    1790
    1970
  • The stars are right. What two zodiac signs do you find in April?
    Ford and Taurus
    Capricorn and Aquarius
    Coheed and Cambria
    Aries and Taurus
  • What chilling event took place April 14 in 1912?
    The invention of the automatic Ice Sculptor
    The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
    The Sinking of Titanic
    The Winter Olympics were added.
  • What did the ancient Roman's call April?
    Fifthimus
    Apewont
    Aprillis
    Quintus
  • In France, April Fool's is known as "Poisson d'Avril" What dies this mean?
    Fish Sticks.
    The Poison of Avril
    The Anvil of Poseidon
    April Fish
  • What is the official birthstone for April?
    Spinel
    Diamond
    Ruby
    Garnet
  • What influentual leader was shot and killed in Memphis TN on April 4th 1968?
    Robert Kennedy
    Martin Luther King jr
    Malcolm X
    John F Kennedy
  • 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
  • No fooling, the helpful satellite TIROS-1 was launched April 1st 1960 for what purpose?
    MASS Device Redirection
    Live Sports Brioadcasts
    Weather Forecast
    Fixing the hole in the Ozone
  • No April Fools, Argentinian forces invaded this British Colony on April 2nd 1982.
    Cook Island
    Sandwich Islands
    Easter Island
    Falkland Islands
  • When did Yuri Gargarin become the first human to venture into space??
    April 12, 1961
    Apri 12, 1986
    April 12, 1956
    April 1, 1961
  • On April 26 1986 which event began the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union?
    The Fall of the Berlin Wall
    Ninety Nine Red Ballons.
    Gorbechev's birthmark
    The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
  • "April Showers bring May flowers" was originally coined by poet Thomas Tusser in what year?
    1575
    1957
    1755
    1557