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Mothers Are Anything But Trivial Trivia

How much do you know about Mother’s Day (and mothers)? Take our Mother's Day Quiz and find out…

1. Roughly how many mothers are there in the United States?

27 million
55 million
81 million
110 million

2. What percentage of 15 to 44-year-olds are mothers in the U.S.?

44%
55%
66%
77%

3. What is the average number of children that women today can expect to have?

2.1
2.7
3.2
1.8

4. In what state do women have the most children on average?

Mississippi
Texas
North Dakota
Utah

5. What state provides the most flowers for Mother's Day bouquets?

Florida
California
South Carolina
North Carolina

6. In what year did Mother's Day become an official national holiday?

1890
1914
1922
1932

7. Anna Jarvis, the woman who crusaded to make Mother's Day a national holiday, was later arrested for what reason?

Indecent exposure: Anna was a famous burlesque dancer.
Public intoxication: The stress of the battle to legitimize Mother's Day was such a drain she turned to alcohol for solace.
Child abuse: Sadly, the woman who strove so valiantly to honor mothers was not the finest mother herself.
Disturbing the peace: Disenchanted with what she viewed as the over-commercialization of Mother's Day, Anna staged a disruptive public protest.

8. At the end of her life, a penniless Anna Jarvis was confined to a nursing home. Unbeknownst to her, who paid her bills?

A coalition of grateful mothers from throughout the country.
Her friends and neighbors in Grafton, West Virginia.
Soldiers from her home unit during World War II.
The contributing members of the Florist's Exchange.

9. What is the earliest known celebration of a day honoring mothers?

The annual spring festival in honor of Rhea, the Mother of the Gods, in ancient Greece, commemorated with honey-cakes and flowers.
The early Christian celebration in honor of the Virgin Mary, celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Lent.
Mothering Sunday in seventeenth-century England, when servants would have the day off to return home and spend the day with their mothers.
The ancient Norwegian holiday of Danske Mudren, in which mothers were honored with group saunas and highly alcoholic fish puree.

10. What flower was first associated with Mother's Day, because it was Anna Jarvis's mother's favorite?

Carnations
Peonies
Roses
Chrysanthemums

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