Q 01/05

Woodrow Wilson signed Mother's Day into a national holiday in what year?

A) 1908

B) 1910

C) 1914

D) 1920

Answer · why

C) 1914

Wilson's proclamation fixed it on the second Sunday in May, six years after the first church service in 1908.

Q 02/05

Which woman is credited as the founder of the modern Mother's Day holiday in the United States?

A) Julia Ward Howe

B) Anna Jarvis

C) Ann Jarvis

D) Eleanor Roosevelt

Answer · why

B) Anna Jarvis

She built the campaign around her own mother, who had wished aloud for such a day in a Sunday school lesson in 1876.

Q 03/05

Which Egyptian journalist introduced Mother's Day to the Arab world?

A) Mustafa Amin

B) Naguib Mahfouz

C) Taha Hussein

D) Ahmed Lutfi

Answer · why

A) Mustafa Amin

Mustafa Amin floated the idea in his 1943 book Smiling America; Egypt first marked the day in 1956, and other Arab countries followed.

Q 04/05

Which flower was chosen in 1907 as the official symbol of Mother's Day?

A) Rose

B) Lily

C) Carnation

D) Daisy

Answer · why

C) Carnation

White was meant to stand for the purity of a mother's love.

Q 05/05

Wilson's Mother's Day proclamation asked Americans to display what?

A) The national flag

B) A white carnation

C) A candle in the window

D) A photograph of their mother

Answer · why

A) The national flag

The national flag: the joint resolution Wilson proclaimed asked that the flag be flown on government buildings and homes as a public expression of lov...