Let's dance around the May TRIVIA QUIZ!

May is National Barbecue Month, Clean Air Month, Allergy/Asthma Awareness Month, Arthritis Month, Family Wellness Month, Heal the Children Month, Get Caught Reading Month, National Mental Health Month, National Hamburger Month, Egg Month, Hamburger Month, Fitness and Sports Month, Moving Month, National Bike Month, Motorcycle Safety Month, Women’s Health Care Month, Victorious Woman Month, Older Americans Month, Teen Self-Esteem Month, Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, Haitian Heritage Month, Jewish American Heritage Month, Vinegar Month, Salad Month, Salsa Month, and Smile Month.

Today is May Day, originally a festival in honor of Flora, the Roman goddess of spring, May Day has traditionally been a time to gather flowers and welcome warm weather. In the late 1800s, May Day also became a day to honor workers.


Today is Experience Spokane Day. I have, and there's no need :)

Today is also Law Day, Loyalty Day, Lei Day, School Principals' Day, Mother Goose Day, Day of Prayer, Day of Reasoning, and Save the Rhino Day.

On this day in 1786, in Vienna, the hothead composer Mozart threatened to burn "The Marriage of Figaro" unless it was performed ahead of another composer's latest opera. Mozart won.

On this day in 1967, Elvis married Priscilla Beaulieu, daughter of a U.S. Army colonel, at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas. They divorced in 1973.

On this day in 1991, Charles Osborne of Anthon, Iowa, died at age 97. Though living a normal life, he had hiccuped continuously every few seconds for 69 years.

On this day in 2002, a Christchurch, New Zealand, man received a phone call from police saying there were armed officers surrounding his house. The 33-year-old was told to walk out with his arms in the air and no weapons. When he got outside there was no one there and he went back in. A police negotiator still on the phone then realized he had the wrong telephone number.

OK, super trivia fans: on this day in 2003, President Bush spoke to the nation from the deck of an aircraft carrier off the coast of Southern California. For which president was that aircraft carrier named?

Good luck :)