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Take this fun Groundhog Day quiz and be amazed (or alarmed) at what you know!

No, looking ahead, please, but answers are provided after you’ve answered all the questions.

  1. What year did Groundhog Day in America get started?
    1887
    1900
    1923
    1939
  2. In what town does the celebrated Punxsutawney Phil hold his annual Groundhog Day festivities?
    Turkey Hill
    Shadow City
    Varmint Village
    Gobbler’s Knob
  3. Punxsutawney Phil has a partner, one in a long line of much younger, female groundhogs bearing the same name. What is her name?
    Phoebe
    Flo
    Phyllis
    Philomena
  4. How old do records indicate that Punxsutawney Phil is?
    99
    120
    137
    162
  5. Every year at the annual Groundhog Picnic, Punxsutawney goes on a drinking binge. What is his preferred beverage?
    A cold beer with acorns encrusted in ice from a newly broken pond
    Smoothie of asparagus sprouts with chia seeds from New Zealand
    Hot green tea with dried maple leaves, stirred with the whisker of a rabbit
    Arctic water mixed with tears of a ruffled grouse
  6. According to legend, for each annual drinking binge that Punxsutawney Phil indulges in, his life is extended by how many years?
    3
    7
    10
    20
  7. What is Punxsutawney Phil’s accuracy in predicting the weather?
    20%
    30%
    40%
    50%
  8. Punxsutawney Phil is not the only critter in the weather-predicting business. Other groundhogs have “spun off” because of Phil’s fame. In New York, Stanton Island Church is a popular competitor of Punxsutawney Phil. What is Stanton Island Chuck’s accuracy rate in his seasonal forecast?
    20%
    40%
    60%
    80%
  9. In what year did Harold Ramis and Danny Rubin create the movie, “Groundhog Day”?
    1989
    1993
    1996
    1998
  10. Who played the male lead in the movie “Groundhog Day”?
    Bill Murray
    Tom Hanks
    Harrison Ford
    Jim Belushi
  11. Who played the female lead in the movie “Groundhog Day”?
    Diane Keaton
    Andie McDowell
    Bette Midler
    Gilda Radner
  12. Across the United States and Canada, groundhogs go by lots of common names. Which of the following common names below is not a term for groundhogs?
    Land Beaver
    Whistlepig
    Dry Otter
    Marmot

Congrats!
If you scored 10-12, you’re a Groundhog Guru.

If you scored 8-9, you’re a Wise Woodchuck.

If you scored 6-7, you’re a Middling Marmot.

If you scored 4-6, you’re a February Failure, but don’t worry! Groundhog Day will come around again next year…unless you’re caught in a time warp and get to take the quiz again and again until you get all the questions right!

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