Groundhog Day Trivia Questions and Answers
How much do you know about groundhogs? We have put together some groundhog day trivia questions and answers to help you learn more about this rodent.
Groundhog Day is a popular holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on every 2nd of February. This trivia questions and answers not just looks at the groundhogs day movie, but also facts about groundhogs.
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Groundhog Day Trivia Questions and Answers
1. What does it mean if the groundhogs sees his shadow on February 2nd?
Answer: Six more weeks of bad weather
2. What ancient Christian holiday gave rise to the observance of Groundhog Day?
Answer: Candlemas Day
3. What is the size of a groundhog from the head to the rump?
Answer: About 17.75 to 24 inches
4. A groundhog named “Punxsutawney Phil” wore a unique outfit in 1981. It was what?
Answer: A yellow ribbon
5. Who met the groundhog Punxsutawney Phil first as president of the United States?
Answer: Ronald Reagan
6. During warm months, groundhog’s incisors grows by how much?
Answer: 1.6 millimetres each week
7. What is the name of the Groundhog in the movie groundhog day?
Answer: Punxsutawney Phil
8. Phil has been known to disobey the law on occasion. What did he threaten if he wasn’t given a drink during Prohibition?
Answer: 60 weeks of winter
9. In which state was Groundhog Day originally observed?
Answer: Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania
10. According to legend, if a groundhog emerges from his burrow and observes what, there will be six more weeks of winter.
Answer: His shadow
11. According to the National Climatic Data Centre, what has been the groundhog’s prediction accuracy rate?
Answer: 39%
12. What is the name of the groundhog that, on Groundhog Day, forecasts the onset of each season?
Answer: Punxsutawney Phil
13. How long does a groundhog live on average?
Answer: 10 years
14. Which American state uses an armadillo to forecast the weather instead of using a groundhog?
Answer: Texas
15. What year was “Groundhog Day,” a comedy, released?
Answer: 1993
16. Who stars in the movie Groundhog Day?
Answer: The movie stars Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell
17. Where was the majority of the “Groundhog Day” movie shot in the United States?
Answer: Woodstock, Illinois
18. What holiday does the movie celebrate?
Answer: The movie celebrates Groundhog Day, which takes place on February 2 every year
19. How many times does Phil Connors relive the same day in the movie?
Answer: Phil Connors relives the same day for a total of 10 years in the movie
20. What is the groundhog’s scientific name?
Answer: The groundhog is scientifically known as Marmota monax
21. Who first declared that if a groundhog saw its shadow on February 2nd, it would be six more weeks of winter?
Answer: This tradition was started by the Pennsylvania Dutch in the 1800s
22. For how long has Punxsutawney Phil been predicting the weather?
Answer: Punxsutawney Phil has been predicting the weather for over 130 years
23. Where does Punxsutawney Phil live when he isn’t appearing on Groundhog Day?
Answer: Punxsutawney Phil lives in a custom-made burrow beneath Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania
24. What did Bill Murray play in the movie “Groundhog Day”?
Answer: He played an arrogant weatherman named Phil Connors!
25. The director of Groundhog Day movie initially contacted who to star as Phil?
Answer: Tom Hank
26. Who wrote the beginning of the Groundhog Day movie?
Answer: Harold Ramis
27. Which store seen in the background in the scenes where Phil Connors meets Ned Ryerson tried to sue the production company?
Answer: The store Lloyd’s
28. What was marked on the floor throughout the town to indicate where the Groundhog movie was filmed?
Answer: A small plaque by the production crew that reads “Bill Murray stepped here”
29. What is the name of the live groundhog that was used to portray Punxsutawney Phil?
Answer: Scooter
30. How much money did the movie Groundhog Day gross?
Answer: About 105 million USD
Facts About Groundhogs
- Groundhogs, also known as woodchucks or whistle-pigs, are large rodents native to North America.
- They are most closely related to marmots and squirrels.
- Groundhogs can grow up to 2 feet long and weigh an average of 8-10 pounds.
- They live in underground burrows that can extend more than 10 feet below the surface and span several yards across.
- Groundhogs are omnivores and their diet consists mainly of grasses, clover, berries, nuts, roots, insects, and other small animals they come across while foraging in meadows or wooded areas.
- They are active during the day and hibernate during the winter months when food is scarce.
- Groundhogs use their sharp claws to dig burrows that help protect them from predators like foxes and coyotes.
- These animals are famous for their annual prediction of whether spring will arrive early or late based on whether they see their shadow on February 2nd (Groundhog Day).
