April's Quiz by RobinJRichards

Champion(s):

LuskT
Giggity.


Runner(s)-Up:

FryedBetaKappa
Don't read this.


Quiz Description

Spring has sprung and so has this quiz. Enjoy!

Full Results:

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1 LuskT 555 98 20
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2 FryedBetaKappa 485 96 20
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3 Bix32 462 94 00
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4 UllspergerA 437 91 20
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10 ZellwegerS 387 77 20
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11 jsparkyp 376 75 00
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12 RichmondJ 369 72 20
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Questions:

The month (and by extension, the name of) April comes from the Latin "apiere" which means to do this, much like the question in this quiz.

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open (up)

The diamond is April's birthstone. The origin of birthstones is believed to date back to the breastplate of THIS BIBLICAL FIGURE which contained twelve gemstones representing the twelve tribes of Israel.

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Aaron

The first commemoration of THIS HOLIDAY (known as "Tag des Baumes" in Germany) was in 1594 in the Spanish village of MondoƱedo. The first US commemoration was in Nebraska in 1872 by Julius Sterling Morton, who also served as Grover Cleveland's Secretary of Agriculture. 2016's national edition will be April 29th.

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Arbor Day

THIS ABC SOAP OPERA, set in Port Charles, NY, premiered April 1, 1963.

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General Hospital

THIS EVIL MAN was born on April 20th. His speeches riled up his enemies while his supporters enjoyed his conquests, among which were the 1989 ACC football championship and the 1996 football National Championship. (Admit it, you were thinking Hitler weren't you?)

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Steve Spurrier

In old German, April was once known as "Oster-mond" which translates as "BLANK month."

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Easter

The Boston Marathon has been held in April since 1897. Within two years either way, IN WHAT YEAR were women OFFICIALLY allowed to run in the Boston Marathon (even though a few managed to sneak in a complete race beforehand)?

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1972 (1970-74)

On April 12, 1945, FDR died at the "Little White House" in Georgia. He had just finished the draft for a speech he was to give the next day honoring THIS PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY and was sitting for a portrait when his cerebral hemorrhage hit.

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Thomas Jefferson

On April 17, 1964, Ford unveiled the Mustang at their pavilion at THIS EVENT (we need the city as well as the title).

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New York World's Fair

TIROS-1, the first successful low Earth orbiting one of THIS TYPE OF SATELLITE, was launched April 1, 1960.

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weather [stands for TV Infrared Observation Satellite]

On April 7, 1947, Henry Ford died at THIS ESTATE, the name of which would later name a Ford automobile from 1955-70.

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Fair Lane

April 1 (in limited release) and April 8, 2016 (nationwide), will see the debut of "Everybody Wants Some," the long awaited "spiritual sequel" to THIS FILM set in 1976 at Lee High School in Austin.

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Dazed and Confused [Linklater stated the film was more of a sequel to "Boyhood" than anything else.]