Summer Movies
This 1978 hit musical movie was set in the summer of 1958 and follows greaser Danny Zuko's "summer lovin'" fling with Sandy.
Grease
The first of this series of slasher films was released in 1997 staring Jennifer Love Hewitt
I know what you did last summer
Hot Fun in the Summer Time hit No. 2 on the US pop charts after this "family" band performed at Woodstock
Sly and the Family Stone
I scream, you scream, we all scream for...
Ice Cream
Aloha! This state is hands down the best north American island to vacation.
Hawaii
This 1975 movie classic will make you want to stay out of the water.
Jaws
Bananarama wrote this song about the darker side of summer.
Cruel Summer
Saturdays In the Park is a perfect mellow seventies hit for this band (also named after a big midwestern city)
Chicago
Ira and George Gershwin's song, "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" nitpicks at the pronunciation of this plant. Technically a fruit, it's also considered a "culinary vegetable" because it's lower sugar content.
Tomato
Located high in the Andes mountains of Peru, this destination is believed to have been a sacred royal retreat for Incan rulers.
Machu Picchu
What 1987 movie stars Patrick Swayze was filmed at Lake Lure, North Carolina and Mountain Lake Hotel near Pembroke, Virginia.
Dirty Dancing
This 1958 movie starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward and Orson Welles is based on three works by William Faulkner
The Long, Hot Summer
What is Nelly's "hottest" song from 2002?
Hot in Herre
While this fuzzy stone fruit is a deciduous tree native to the region of Northwest China, you can see it's likeness while driving on Interstate 85 as a water tower in Gaffney, South Carolina.
Peach
This natural wonder in the US is over 277 miles long and up to 18 miles wide in places.
The Grand Canyon
Stand By Me
Don't get sad about this song that was originally written in 1958 by rockabilly artist, Eddie Cochran and was covered by Alan Jackson, Blue Cheer, The Who, Brian Setzer and Jimi Hendrix.
Summertime Blues
Lead singer Johnny Moore took his first lead vocal with The Drifters after the heroin-related death of Rudy Lewis the day before recording this famous song in June 1964
Under the Boardwalk
This herb thrives in hot temperatures and is the main ingredient in this green Italian oil and herb sauce.
Basil
Located in this country, the protected Masai Mara National Reserve park is home to lions, leopards, rhinoceros, elephant and Cape buffalo.
Kenya
This 1989 movie chronicles one of the hottest days in New York. As the weather heats up, tensions heat up between Mookie, a pizza delivery man, Sal a pizzeria owner and Pino, Sal's racist son.
Do the Right Thing
The seminal surf movie released in 1966 by filmmaker and narrator Bruce Brown.
The Endless Summer
This band wrote "Nineteen eighty-nine, the number, another summer..." in their song Fight the Power for Spike Lee's groundbreaking summer-set film "Do the Right Thing"
Public Enemy
This plant species is a vine-like flowering plant originally domesticated in West Africa and produces a fruit that is 91% water.
Watermelon
This country has risen in popularity in recent years due to use as the filming location for the Lord of the Rings and is believed to be one of the last places on earth to have human inhabitants.
New Zealand