History of Father’s Day Quiz

Everyone knows that there’s one day a year set aside to honor our dads and other important father-like figures in our lives, but how much do you really know about the holiday? Take our Father’s Day quiz and see if you are a true holiday history buff!

1. Father’s Day is always celebrated on the _______ Sunday of June in the United States.

A. First
B. Second
C. Third
D. Fourth

2. It originated in the United States in ____, a few years after the country began celebrating Mother’s Day.

A. 1900
B. 1955
C. 1910
D. 1850

3. Father’s Day was started by ________________ of Spokane, Washington.

A. Sonora Smart Dodd
B. Elizabeth Brighton
C. Emily Pierce
D. Jane Johnson

4. She got the idea while…

A. Walking by a lake
B. Listening to a sermon on Mother’s Day
C. Talking to a friend
D. Cooking breakfast

5. While Father’s Day’s beginnings were much earlier, by law it didn’t become an official U.S. holiday until ____.

A. 2010
B. 1980
C. 1950
D. 1972

6. On Father’s Day, you wear a ____ rose to indicate that your father is living and a _____ rose to indicate that he has passed.

A. Red, white
B. Yellow, pink
C. Red, yellow
D. Yellow, white

ANSWERS: 1. Father’s Day is always celebrated on the third Sunday of June. 2. The first Father’s Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910. 3. Father’s Day was started by Sonora Smart Dodd, whose father raised her and her siblings on his own after her mother passed away. 4. She had the idea for Father’s Day while listening to a sermon on Mother’s Day. 5. Presidents Calvin Coolidge and Lyndon B Johnson gave support and recognition to the holiday in 1924 and 1966, respectively, but it didn’t become an official decree by law until 1972. 6. If you choose, you would wear a red rose to show that your father is living and a white rose to indicate that he has passed.