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Punxsutawney who?
How much do you know about groundhog day? Try our quiz, and learn a few things about our furry, weather-predicting friends

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When is groundhog day? What is the song that plays
a. Feb. 2 on the radio every morning?
b. Feb. 4
c. Feb. 5
a. It’s a Beautiful Morning
b. The Beat Goes On
2–4 kg 15 cm
d. March 2 Average groundhog weight Average length of a groundhog’s
c. Here Comes Kathy’s Clown

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bushy tail
If the groundhog sees his shadow d. I’ve Got You Babe
40–65 cm

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this means?
a. Four more weeks of winter
What is the name of the groundhog
in Ontario? Average groundhog length 3–5 months
b. Six more weeks of winter (including the tail) Normal length of hibernation
c. Spring will come early a. Balzac Billy (Oct./Nov. until Feb./Mar.)
d. A hot spring b. Wiarton Willie

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c. Buckeye Chuck
Where does Punxsutawney Phil d. Walter Wally Groundhogs

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make his prediction? usually live two to
What is the name of the three years in the
a. Wiarton, Ont.
groundhog in Alberta? wild. The original
b. Edmonton, Alta. Wiarton Willie was
c. Gobbler’s Knob, Pennsylvania a. Balzac Billy
22 years old when
d. Knobbler’s Gob, Pennsylvania b. Buckeye Chuck
he died in 1999.

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c. Smith Lake Jake
How many teeth do groundhogs have? d. Shubenacadie Sam

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a. 12 Another name for a groundhog?
b. 16
a. Woodchuck
c. 22
b. Gopher
d. 24
c. Weasel

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Who starred in the movie d. Marmot
Groundhog Day? Groundhog day
When was the first official began in the 18th
a. Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell groundhog day? century,
b. Adam Sandler and

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a. Feb. 2, 1886 introduced by
Andie MacDowell German settlers
c. Bill Murray and Adam Sandler b. Feb. 2, 1917
in Pennsylvania.
d. Steve Carell and c. Feb. 2, 1925
Jamie Lee Curtis d. Feb. 2, 1971 Groundhogs are

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How often are groundhog fierce fighters if
What television channel

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cornered, but
did Phil work for? predictions correct? they prefer to
a. NBC a. 10% of the time duck into their
b. ABC b. 37% of the time burrows if
c. Channel 9 from Pittsburgh c. 50% of the time endangered.
d. WXYZ Detroit d. 72% of the time
Answers: 1) a. 2) b. 3) c. 4) c. 5) a. 6) c. 7) d. 8) b. 9) a. 10) a. 11) a. 12) b.
SUSAN BATSFORD, GRAPHICS EDITOR; INFOGRAPHIC BY MEGAN DINNER/QMI AGENCY