MAY QUIZ

Try our May quiz!  You will find the answers at the end of the post.

1.  The 1st May is known as May - - - .

2.  People born in May have the - - - - - - -  as their birthstone.

3.  The ship which transported the Pilgrim Fathers from Plymouth, England to Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA in 1620 was called the - - - - - - - - - .

4.  On May 16th 1929 Douglas Fairbanks presented the first Academy Awards or
- - - - - ceremony in Hollywood.

5.  L. Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of - - , was born on 15th May 1856.

6.  President John Fitzgerald - - - - - - - was born on 29th May 1917.

7.  The Golden - - - - Bridge in San Francisco, USA was opened on 27th May 1937.

8.  A - - - - - - - is a tall, wooden pole decorated with ribbons and garlands.  People traditionally dance around it in spring in Northern Europe.

Image: Barwick-in-Elmet Maypole Trust

9.  Margaret - - - - - - - - became Britain's first woman Prime Minister on 4th May 1979.

10.  On 1st May 1707 the Act of - - - - - passed by the Parliament of Scotland joined the Kingdoms of England and Scotland as Great Britain.  [The Parliament of England had passed a similar Act in 1706.]

11.  On 31st May 1669 the diarist Samuel - - - - - wrote the last entry in his famous diary.

12.  On 8th May 1994 the Channel - - - - - -  , a transport link between Britain and France, was officially opened.

13.  The drink Coca - - - - was first sold on 8th May 1886.

14. The word  - - - - - - is an internationally used distress signal.  It is a corruption of French m'aidez.

15.  The May - - - - - are dances held at the University of Cambridge at the end of the academic year.

Cambridge University crest

To see the answers, highlight the space below:
1. Day  2. emerald  3. Mayflower  4. Oscar  5. Oz  6. Kennedy  7. Gate  8. Maypole  9. Thatcher  10. Union  11. Pepys  12. Tunnel  13. Cola  14. Mayday  15. balls.