Forward March - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) Ides of March (March 15). The Ides of May, July, and October also fell on the 15th, while every other month had them on the 13th.
• A2) Wedding March. The juncture of the play's plot is the wedding of Duke Theseus of Athens and Queen Hippolyta of the Amazon.
• A3) March Hare. In addition to Alice, the other guests are the Hatter and the Dormouse. The March Hare offers Alice wine even though there isn't any.
• A4) Amy March. In order from youngest to oldest, her siblings were Beth, Jo, and Meg.
• A5) March of Dimes. Eddie Cantor coined the foundation's current name, originally for its annual January fundraising event, as a pun on "The March of Time" movie theater news segment.
• A6) Bataan Death March. The Japanese forced about 70,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war into prison camps, killing an estimated 10,000 of them along the way.
• A7) March of the Wooden Soldiers. The comedy, also known as Laurel and Hardy in Toyland, features Stan Laurel as Stannie Dum and Oliver Hardy as Ollie Dee.
• A8) Augie March. Forty-three years later, Australians Glenn Richards, David Williams, Adam Donovan, and Edmondo Ammendola named their rock band Augie March in his honor.
• A9) March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. King delivered his moving "I Have a Dream" speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
• A10) "Liberty Bell March". John Philip Sousa composed the tune in 1893.
• A11) Million Man March. Somewhere between two-thirds to one million people turned out in an effort to inspire African Americans to vote and volunteer.
• A12) March of the Penguins. The nature story highlights Antarctica's emperor penguins and especially their efforts to breed and raise their young.