Sunflowers, Sick Days, and Bob Dylan: Happy Holidays, It's May 1st!

Friday, May 1st, 2026 is packing some seriously fun holiday energy. First up, it is International Sunflower Gorilla Gardening Day, a celebration dedicated to the unofficial, unsanctioned, and gloriously guerrilla act of planting sunflowers wherever you please. Go forth and plant.

But the holiday that really stole the morning? National Phone-In Sick Day. This annual unofficial observance exists to encourage rest, combat burnout, and show a little solidarity with the working class. In other words, it is basically a national permission slip to sleep in. Missed the memo? There is always next year.

Both questions are loosely tied to today's keyword: SICK. Think you know the answers? 

1) Bob Dylan's very first Billboard-charting single, the 1965 recording "Subterranean Homesick Blues," is a rapid-fire stream-of-consciousness commentary on 1960s counterculture. According to the song's lyrics, a weatherman is not needed for which of the following?

A) A hard rain's gonna fall

B) To discover whose side you're on

C) To know which way the wind blows

2) "Sicko" is a 2007 American political documentary film investigating health care and the pharmaceutical industry, comparing the for-profit system in the United States with the rest of the world. The film was written and produced by which filmmaker?

A) D.A. Pennebaker

B) Ken Burns

C) Michael Moore

Watch the video to see how Manny, Mary, and the control room crew stacked up, and find out if you know your stuff! Tune in to NBC Palm Springs every weekday morning for more Hashtag Holiday Calendar and Pop Quiz, thanks to One Coachella Valley.