SUMMER EVENTS
Fairbanks, Alaska famously hosts a Midnight Sun Festival featuring this sport played by the Alaska Goldpanners
baseball
Let me ask you this kind of question... do you want to make a quick $200 right now?
rhetorical
"Happily rescued in the month of January, 1853":
"____ Years a Slave"
12
Box & 1 & 1-1-3 zone (an 8'6" wingspan also helps)
basketball
The Gulf of Aqaba & the Gulf of Suez are arms of it
the Red Sea
In August you'll see lots of red as Buñol, Spain hosts the world's largest food fight, using these as projectiles
Tomatoes
"Since my baby left me / I found a new place to" do this, to live as a resident, like at that hotel on Lonely Street
dwell
By Louisa May Alcott, with twice the number of March sisters:
"____ Cousins"
Eight
Nickel & dime packages, which are totally legal, man
football
The Arve River has its origins on Mont Blanc & flows into this river near Geneva
the Rhône
Featuring dancers, elephants & more, Kandy, Sri Lanka's Esala Perahara festival honors the tooth relic of this enlightened one
the Buddha
I want to break down a rainbow, but Roy G. Biv isn't doing it for me as one of these--"Richard of York gave battle in vain"? Yes! classier
mnemonic
By Jay Asher & inspiring a Netflix series:
"____ Reasons Why"
13
Stuff block, digging & pancake, a flat hand sliding palm-down on the floor in a last-ditch effort to make a play
volleyball
George Vancouver named this peak that's southeast of Tacoma for his fellow naval officer Peter
Mount Rainier
On July 4 this orchestra performs on the Charles River Esplanade followed by a fireworks spectacular
the Boston Pops
A grave-robbing corpse eater, or a character whose face has seen better days on "Fallout"
ghoul
Where most of mankind has been wiped out in a flu pandemic:
"Station ____"
Eleven
Flat back four & park the bus, as directed by Nick Mohammed on a certain TV show
soccer
This city on the James River is home to the Robert E. Lee House & the home of Chief Justice John Marshall
Richmond
2026 marks the 59th year of the famous Jazz Festival held in this Swiss town on Lake Geneva
Montreux
We never tire of this type of heavy drill that busts up concrete with repeated hammering
pneumatic
Set way in the future, Arthur C. Clarke's
"____: The Final Odyssey"
3001
Total chances & the wheel play, which is a chancy move but looks amazing when executed correctly
baseball
This capital city at the junction of 2 wadis is home to more than 15,000 mosques
Riyadh