How it works
Which president signed Father's Day into law? Which bird carries water to his chicks in his belly feathers? These 70 Father's Day trivia questions and answers are about the day and about fathers in general.
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Five topics, 70 facts
How Father's Day began has 14 questions, from a 1909 sermon to the 1972 law. Father's Day around the world has 14 on other countries' dates, such as Thailand's 5 December and Taiwan's 8 August. Animal fathers has 14, Famous fathers and their children has 15, from Daedalus to two Nobel Prize families, and Dad words and sayings has 13.
A round about your own dad
A fixed pack cannot know him. Hand every guest two slips of paper: one true thing about Dad, one invented. He reads each slip aloud, the table votes true or false, and he gives the ruling. Ten guests make a 20-question round.
- With children at the table, open Animal fathers: a catfish father holds eggs in his mouth and a fox father brings food to the den.
Questions and answers
Are these Father's Day trivia questions and answers printable?
Yes. Pick a round under Start from, play it, then press Print on the score card and tick With answer key for the host. The last row of the list adds the rest of the topic, so any one topic fits on it whole.
Who started Father's Day?
In the United States, Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane, Washington. She proposed it in 1909 to honor her father, a Civil War veteran who raised six children alone. The first celebration was on June 19, 1910, and it became a permanent national holiday in 1972.
Is Father's Day in June everywhere?
No. Spain, Portugal and Italy use 19 March, the feast of Saint Joseph. Germany uses Ascension Day, Australia the first Sunday of September, and Finland, Sweden and Norway the second Sunday of November. The second topic asks why each date was chosen.
Which Father's Day topic is easiest to start with?
Dad words and sayings, with a chip off the old block and Father Time's scythe. The pack is mostly medium, by our estimate. Animal fathers holds the most hard questions, 6 of 14, and the two Nobel Prize families are hard too.