Póvoa de Varzim
April /May /June 09
SPRING QUIZ
Center Schedule:
Monday to Friday 10:00 to 21:30
Saturday 10:00 to 14:00
1. Which of the following is not true about the vernal
equinox? (Technically, this is the first day of spring.)
In
April to:
5– Patrícia Pires/ Tiago Neves
7– Isidro Vilaça
15– Eduardo Antunes
16– Vera Mandim
17– Marlene Marques
a) Day and night are almost equal in length.
b) At the exact moment of the equinox on the equator, no
shadow will be cast.
c) It always occurs on the same day in March.
2. Easter gets its name from:
a) Eostre, the Anglo goddess of spring.
b) Eastorus, the star that appears in the spring.
c) Easton, the name of the cave where Christ was buried.
During the last trimester the following
students completed their course:
Ana Margarida Pinheiro; António Ferreira;
António Moreira; António Oliveira; Carina
Alves; Carlos Alves; Carmen Fernandes;
Francisco Leite; Mª Conceição Reitor;
Octávio Moreira.
19– Christophe Fernandes
20– Miguel Marques
21- Francisco Carvalho
22- Marcelo Silva
25- Luís Martins
28- Deivson Carvalho
In
May to:
3. According to Greek mythology, what causes the
onset of spring?
a) Zeus, lord of the universe, was fed up with the cold
weather.
b) Aphrodite, the beautiful goddess of love, needed an
excuse to wear her new spring frock.
c) Persephone, queen of the underworld, returns to her
mother, Demeter, the goddess of the harvest.
2– Luís Magalhães
7- Sandra Rodrigues
9- Felipe Rocha
11- Mª José Costa
21- Carina Alves
29- Mª Arménia Silva
30- Ana Barreto
In
June to:
5– Joaquim Cachada
7- João Calafate
9- Mª Conceição Nogueira
4. What famous poet wrote the well-quoted line: "In
the spring, a young man's fancy turns to thoughts of
love"?
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!!!
WSI Póvoa Staff: Susana Severino; Liliana
Fernandes; Cláudia Figueiredo; Filipa Maio;
Rosane Verzine; Gabriel Lourenço; Mário
Balbeira; Olga Machado; Marta Vilar; Raquel
Peixoto (new).
a) William Shakespeare.
b) Walt Whitman.
c) Alfred Lord Tennyson.
5. In which children's film does the classical music
piece "Rite of Spring" appear?
Come to W.S.I. Póvoa de Varzim and
find out more about BULATS
a) Sleeping Beauty.
b) Fantasia.
c) Snow White.
17- José Augusto Campos
18- Rosa Areias
22- Rodrigo Ramos
24- Hugo Gonçalves
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28- Malvina Machado
30- Pedro Monteiro
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