Ground Hog Day - where is spring?

The spring equinox doesn't arrive on the same day every year, but it always falls on one of these three days here in the northern hemisphere:

• March 20, March 21 or March 22

• March 19, March 20 or March 21

• March 19, March 21 or March 23

• March 1

Groundhog Day has its roots in the ancient Christian tradition of _______, when clergy would bless and distribute candles needed for winter.

• Candlemas

• Yule

• Candelabras

• Wax Day

The candles represented how long and cold the winter would be. Germans expanded on this concept by selecting an animal—the _______—as a means of predicting weather.

• Bear

• Fox

• Hedgehog

• Weasel

The first official Groundhog Day celebration took place on what date? , in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.

• February 4, 1888

• February 30, 1887

• February 2, 1758

• February 2, 1887

The first official Groundhog Day celebration took place in what town?

• Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.

• Dover, Delaware

• Fremont, CA

• Queretaro, Mexico

In certain parts of Europe, Christians believed that a sunny Candlemas meant another ____ days of cold and snow.

• 30

• 28

• 40

• 45

The groundhog becomes the bearer of bad news when he sees his _______.

• tail

• shadow

• grandmother

• reflection

The members of the Groundhog ceremony wear top hats and conduct the official proceedings in __________ .

• Groundhogese

• German

• Pennsylvania Dutch dialect

• Both A and C

What is the name of the groundhog celebrity?

• Hog da man

• Punxsutawney Phil

• Herr Murmeltier

• Phil the Punk

For the last 30 years, residents of Vermillion, Ohio, have turned to a very different creature for their annual weather forecast. According to tradition, these wannabe groundhogs can predict in the fall if the upcoming winter will be mild.

• ground squirrels

• turkeys

• the woolly bear caterpillar

• salamanders