Q 01/05

Which Philadelphia merchant helped Anna Jarvis launch Mother's Day with a 1908 store ceremony?

A) Marshall Field

B) John Wanamaker

C) Rowland Macy

D) Frank Woolworth

Answer · why

B) John Wanamaker

John Wanamaker gave Jarvis financial backing and his store auditorium, where she spoke to a reported 15,000 people instead of attending the first chur...

Q 02/05

The 1914 proclamation that made Mother's Day an official American holiday asked citizens to display what?

A) A lit candle

B) The national flag

C) A family Bible

D) A door wreath

Answer · why

B) The national flag

The national flag: Congress asked for it on government buildings and homes as 'a public expression of our love and reverence for the mothers of our co...

Q 03/05

Which U.S. President signed the proclamation officially designating Mother's Day as a national holiday?

A) Abraham Lincoln

B) Woodrow Wilson

C) Franklin D. Roosevelt

D) Theodore Roosevelt

Answer · why

B) Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson signed it on 9 May 1914, a day after Congress asked him to; Anna Jarvis's letter-writing campaign had already persuaded nearly every st...

Q 04/05

Which flower, her mother's favourite, did Anna Jarvis make the Mother's Day emblem?

A) Carnation

B) Hyacinth

C) Gardenia

D) Rose

Answer · why

A) Carnation

Carnation: Ann Reeves Jarvis loved the white bloom, so Anna sent hundreds to the first service; later a coloured one came to mean a living mother and ...

Q 05/05

Which Mother's Day gift did Anna Jarvis say 'means nothing except that you are too lazy to write' to your mother?

A) A telegram

B) A printed card

C) A typed letter

D) A telephone call

Answer · why

B) A printed card

A printed card, Jarvis said, was no substitute for a letter in your own hand, and she spent most of her money suing firms that profited from her holid...