Summer Sports
The FIFA World Cup is the most watched single-sporting event globally, engaging billions of viewers every four years. Inaugurated in 1930, it has crowned eight different champions, with this country leading the all-time list with five titles
Brazil
This 2004 summer smash hit by Daddy Yankee, sure "sets the party on fire"!
Gasolina
With our without ice cream?
Apple Pie.
What was the original capital of the U.S.?
Extra 50 points if you can name what year Washington DC became the US capital.
New York City
1790-Washington DC become the US capital
THIS- is Sweden's ultimate tribute to the return of light.
Swedish Midsommar (Midsommarstång)
This easy-to-learn paddle sport that combines elements of tennis, badminton, and ping-pong. Played on a badminton-sized court with a slightly lowered net, participants use a solid paddle to hit a perforated plastic ball
Pickleball
Lana Del Rey- Summertime Sadness
WHAT AM I?
The central cylinder must be subjected to flame, steam, boiling water, or sheets of hot metal until it's gold and glistens. Sometimes it blisters. Sometimes it chars.
A Hot Dog
(2 part) What year did women finally get the right to vote?
Becoming what amendment?
1920- 19th amendment
When the sun remains visible for 24 hours straight without setting, it is called the ___
50 extra points: Name 2 locations that experience this
midnight sun or polar day
parts of Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Alaska, and Russia
A highly demanding, fast-paced team sport played in deep water
Water Polo
This laid-back, reggae-infused rock song by the band Sublime, starts off with the lyrics-
"Summertime ___ ___ ____ ____."
"Doin' Time"-
"Summertime and the livin's easy."
WHAT AM I?
3 ingredients. crunchy, sticky and sweet, hold me over the flame in the summertime heat.
A S'more.
Who wrote “The Star Spangled Banner”?
Francis Scott Key
On the last Wednesday of August, citizens of this country, participate in what is thought to be the largest food fight in the world. As you may have guessed from the name, tomatoes are the projectiles of choice
Buñol, Spain
Name 2 of the cities hosting the 2026 Fifa World Cup
Taking it back 20 years to this HOT 2006 summer smash hit by Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean -
HIPS DON’T LIE
WHAT AM I?
At the edge of a parking lot kingdom,
beneath humming wires and sodium stars,
there waits a rolling cathedral of steel and light.
Orders are called into the night
and names drift through the crowd
like temporary destinies.
A small offering is assembled:
In a few minutes,
it becomes the center of the universe.
Then the meal is finished.
Cars disappear into darkness.
A TACO TRUCK.
On January 1, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation more than two and a half years prior to this event___
JUNTEENTH. On June 19, 1865, Union Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and issued General Order No. 3. This historic announcement informed the people of Texas that all enslaved people were now free.
This Iron sculpture grows up to 15 cm (6 inches) taller during the summer due to thermal expansion
The Eiffel Tower
Running from March to September 27, 2026- A ritual of leather, ash wood, and stitched white spheres
Baseball
FINISH THESE LYRICS-
"Sittin' in the mornin' sun
I'll be sittin' when the evenin' come
___ _ __ __ _
_ __ _ ___ '_ __ __ __, _
"Sittin' in the mornin' sun
I'll be sittin' when the evenin' come
Watching the ships roll in
And then I watch 'em roll away again, yeah
WHAT AM I?
A relic sealed between two golden moons, crowned with molten cheese and layered with an array of complex colors and flavors, creating a slice of heaven that fits into your palm
a cheeseburger
What explorer is America named after?
Amerigo Vespucci
A legendary week-long desert event held in the Black Rock Desert in late August, emphasizing community, art, self-reliance, and self-expression.
Burning Man (Nevada, USA) the Southern Hemisphere (including Australia, Brazil, and South Africa)