March comes in like a granny?
1. To reach the crown of the Statue of Liberty from the main lobby, how many steps must you climb?
A) 100
B) 377
C) 555
D) 1,776
2. Known for its free-range bison herds, Antelope Island is situated in what American lake?
A) Lake Champlain
B) The Great Salt Lake
C) Iliamna Lake
D) Lake Ontario
3. In 2004, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia joined what international group?
A) European Union
B) NATO
C) OPEC
D) United Nations
4. DNA studies have shown King Tutankhamun suffered from what illness?
A) Cancer
B) Malaria
C) Rickets
D) Tuberculosis
5. Who was the first real-life astronaut to appear in the “Star Trek” TV franchise?
A) Buzz Aldrin
B) Samantha Cristoforetti
C) John Glenn
D) Mae Jemison
6. Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki earned consecutive Oscars for “Gravity,” “Birdman” and which Western survival epic released in 2015?
A) “Brokeback Mountain”
B) “Nomadland”
C) “The Revenant”
D) “Unforgiven”
Answers
1) It's a climb of 377steps from the main lobby to the crown of the Statue of Liberty. 2) Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake is home to freerange bison herds.
3) In 2004, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia joined NATO.
4) DNA studies have shown that King Tutankhamun suffered from malaria.
5) Mae C. Jemison, who flew on the space shuttle Endeavour, appeared as Lt. Palmer in an episode of “Star Trek: The Next Generation.”
6) Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki earned consecutive Oscars for “Gravity,” “Birdman” and “The Revenant.”
FACTS OF THE DAY
• You might have heard that March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb ... except in Bulgaria, where March comes in like a grumpy old lady. Her name is Baba Marta (Grandma March), and her mood is as unpredictable as March weather on its way to spring.
• Hunting, habitat destruction and interbreeding with domestic cattle nearly brought bison to extinction in the United States. By 1913, one of the few remaining groups of pure bison was living at a zoo in New York City. Fourteen of them were shipped to Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota to help reestablish herds in the Great Plains.
• Founded in 1908with just nine members at Howard University in Washington, D.C., Alpha Kappa Alpha is the oldest Greek-letter organization for African American collegiate women. Among its notable alumnae are actress Phylicia Rashad and the three NASA mathematicians portrayed in the 2016film “Hidden Figures,” Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson.