Statistics for Full Moon Names

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Month	Named For...	Answer	% Correct
January	...this animal, whose howls could be heard in the cold winter.	{Wolf} Moon	100%
February	...this type of precipitation, common in the month.	{Snow} Moon	93%
April	...the colour of the wild phlox; shares its name with a Nick Drake song.	{Pink} Moon	71%
September	...the time to gather plants; shares its name with a Neil Young song.	{Harvest} Moon	64%
June	...this fruit ready to be picked in the month.	{Strawberry} Moon	57%
November	...this rodent; November is the last month to set traps for it.	{Beaver} Moon	50%
August	...this large fish, often caught in the month.	{Sturgeon} Moon	50%
July	...this male mammal whose distinctive head structures grow in the month.	{Buck} Moon	43%
May	...plants of the division Magnoliophyta, common after the April rains.	{Flower} Moon	43%
October	...this occupation, busy between the reaping of the fields and winter.	{Hunter}'{s} Moon	43%
March	...this invertebrate which emerges in the month.	{Worm} Moon	43%
December	...the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year.	{Long Night} Moon	21%