Q 01/05

Spring break is a cultural event most associated with which country?

A) Canada

B) Australia

C) The United States

D) The United Kingdom

Answer · why

C) The United States

It is a one-to-two-week academic vacation, usually in March or April.

Q 02/05

Spring break usually falls in which months?

A) March or April

B) January or February

C) May or June

D) November or December

Answer · why

A) March or April

Its timing shifts with term dates and when Easter falls.

Q 03/05

Spring break is most associated with travel to what kind of place?

A) Ski resorts

B) Big cities

C) National parks

D) Warm beaches

Answer · why

D) Warm beaches

It grew out of mid-20th-century films and media coverage.

Q 04/05

Which Florida city is where the spring break tradition began?

A) Miami Beach

B) Fort Lauderdale

C) Downtown Orlando

D) Key West

Answer · why

B) Fort Lauderdale

A visiting college swim team started coming there in the mid-1930s.

Q 05/05

The tradition started when a swim coach from which university took his team south to train?

A) Yale

B) Colgate

C) Ohio State

D) Duke

Answer · why

B) Colgate

They used a brand-new Olympic-size pool in the Florida sun.