Q 01/05

In the United States, National Grandparents Day is observed on which day?

A) First Sunday after Labor Day

B) Last Sunday in August

C) Second Saturday in October

D) Sunday after Mother's Day

Answer · why

A) First Sunday after Labor Day

Because it is tied to Labor Day, the date drifts between early and mid-September from year to year.

Q 02/05

Which US president signed the proclamation creating National Grandparents Day?

A) Richard Nixon

B) Gerald Ford

C) Jimmy Carter

D) Ronald Reagan

Answer · why

C) Jimmy Carter

He signed it on 3 August the following year, after the Senate's February 1977 joint resolution requesting an annual proclamation.

Q 03/05

Marian McQuade, founder of National Grandparents Day, was a housewife from which state?

A) North Carolina

B) West Virginia

C) Pennsylvania

D) Massachusetts

Answer · why

B) West Virginia

Her state's governor, Arch Moore, proclaimed a statewide Grandparents Day at her urging before the national holiday existed.

Q 04/05

Which senator introduced a 1973 resolution to make Grandparents Day a national holiday?

A) Jennings Randolph

B) Ted Kennedy

C) Strom Thurmond

D) Hubert Humphrey

Answer · why

A) Jennings Randolph

That first resolution died in committee; a 1977 joint resolution with broad support finally got through.

Q 05/05

After the 1973 resolution died, McQuade gathered proclamations from how many states?

A) Twenty-one

B) Thirty

C) Thirty-seven

D) Forty-three

Answer · why

D) Forty-three

She mailed copies of every proclamation to Senator Randolph as proof the idea had national support.