Health & Fitness
Mother's Day History and Quiz
Do you know how Mother's Day started? Can you answer this quiz about the most famous Mothers?
This excerpt is from Cornell Christianson's book "Holiday Skits & Contests" available on Amazon.
MOTHER’S DAY HISTORY
In 1870, after half a million soldiers died in the Civil War, a Boston woman, Julia Ward Howe, wanted to end all war and believed it would take mothers to do it. She believed men were the cause of war. She organized the first "Mother's Day" as a day for mothers to come together and be the leaders in creating a world without war.
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So Mother’s Day started, not as a day to honor Mothers, but as a day to unite Mothers against war. Forty years later in 1910, President Woodrew Wilson declared the first national Mother's Day as a day to honor those mothers whose sons had died in war. By 1920, the holiday expanded to honor all Mothers and became one of the most successful holidays in America. Today, Mother’s Day is the busiest day of the year to dine out in a restaurant and the second biggest gift-giving day of the year after Christmas.
Julia Ward Howe, the founder of Mother’s Day, also wrote what song?
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ANSWER: The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
FAMOUS MOTHER’S QUIZ
1. What mother is known for writing fairy tales and nursery rhymes?
ANSWER: Mother Goose.
2. Was Mother Goose a real person? Yes or No.
ANSWER: Yes. Her real name was Elizabeth Goose and she created nursery rhymes such as "Sing a Song of Sixpence," "Old King Cole," and "Little Jack Horner." Her son immortalized her by publishing them in a book in 1765 called "Tales Of My Mother Goose".
3. What mother went to the cupboard, to fetch her poor dog a bone?
ANSWER: Old Mother Hubbard.
4. Who is the most famous and most powerful mother of all time?
ANSWER: Mother Nature also known as Mother Earth.
5. What mother won a Noble Prize for her missionary work in India?
ANSWER: Mother Teresa.
6. Who is the Queen Mother?
ANSWER: Queen Elizabeth.
7. Who is the mother of radioactivity?
ANSWER: Madame Curie.
8. Is "Whistler's Mother" a painting, a sculpture or a book?
ANSWER: Painting.
9. Was Grandma Moses a painter, a sculptor or a writer?
ANSWER: A famous painter. She didn't start painting until she was 70 years old. At the age of 83, she sold a painting for $1 million.
10. What mother was the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court?
ANSWER: Sandra Day O'Connor
