APRIL QUIZ

Spring is here and so is our April quiz!  You'll find the answers at the bottom of the quiz.

1.  April 1st is also known as April - - - - - Day.

2.  April - - - - - - - are short periods of rain.

3.  Oh, to be in England
     Now that April's there

are lines from a famous poem by Robert - - - - - - - - .

4.  People who were born in April have the - - - - - - - as their birthstone.

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5.  Kate Middleton will become Princess Catherine of - - - - - when she marries Prince William on 29th April  this year.

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6.  St. George, patron saint of England, Modica and Ragusa in Sicily, Malta, Gozo and many other places around the world, has his feast day on which date in April?

7.  What is the English acronym for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, established on 4th April 1949?

8.  Which English king died on 21st April 1509?

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9.  Sir Winston - - - - - - - - - became an honorary citizen of the United States Of America on 9th April 1963.

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10.  Mary Wollstonecraft, author of A Vindication of the Rights of  - - - - - , was born on 27th April 1759.  Her daughter was Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein.

11.  On 12th April 1606 Britain adopted the Union - - - - as her flag.

12.  On 15th April 1912 a ship called the RMS - - - - - - - hit an iceberg and sank.

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 Highlight the space below to see the answers:
1. Fools' 2. showers 3. Browning.  The poem is called Home Thoughts, from Abroad.  4. diamond  5. Wales 6. 23rd April 7. NATO 8. Henry V11 [the first Tudor monarch] 9. Churchill 10. Women 11. Jack 12. Titanic.