Question 1: The doting father in today’s image is a common tern, which can be found near the __.
- Desert
- Forest
- Sea
Correct Answer: Sea
Fact: All terns are seabirds, and their diet consists mainly of fish. Fathers participate in the incubation and feeding of the chicks, with up to three young being raised at a time.
Question 2: What male bird is solely responsible for incubation after the eggs are laid?
- Bald eagle
- Barn owl
- Emperor penguin
Correct Answer: Emperor penguin
Fact: Emperor penguin dads hold the unhatched egg in a pocket called a brood pouch while balancing the egg on top of their feet. Only after it hatches does the mother return.
Question 3: Which president signed Father’s Day into law in 1972?
- Ronald Reagan
- Richard Nixon
- John F. Kennedy
Correct Answer: Richard Nixon
Fact: President Nixon established Father's Day as a permanent national holiday in 1972. It came six years after President Lyndon B. Johnson made a presidential proclamation honoring fathers, and more than six decades after its founder, Sonora Smart Dodd, first celebrated the day in Spokane, Washington.