Water
July in History
Hot Dogs
Ice Cream
Random Facts
100

How much water does the average residence use during a year?

Over 100,000 gallons (indoors and outside)

100

Which US president was shot and mortally wounded on July 2, 1881?

James A. Garfield


100

The hot dog originated in what country?

Germany

100

How many gallons of milk do you need to produce just 1 gallon of ice cream.

12 gallons

100

The Mona Lisa is missing this on her face.

Eye brows

200

How much of the world’s water is frozen and therefore unusable?

2%

200

July has some pretty delicious month-long observances such as:

a)National Donut Month | b)National Hot Dog Month | c)National Gelato Month| 

b) National Hot Dog Month

200

The first hot dog eating contest took place in what year?

1867

1967

2007

1867

200

In what century did America open its first ice cream parlor?

A.) 15th, B.) 16th, C.) 17th, D.) 18th

B.) 16th Century (1776)

200

What first appeared in the hills above Los Angeles in July of 1923?

The Hollywood Sign 

300

What were the first water pipes made from in the US?

Fire charred bored logs

300

If this petition, drafted by the Continental Congress on July 5, 1775, had not been rejected by King George III, the American Revolutionary War might never have taken place. What was it called?

The Olive Branch Petition 

300

The world's longest hot dog is:

100 feet long

200 feet long

300 feet long

200 feet long

300

"Rocky Road" ice cream was created after what historical event?

What is the stock market crash of 1929

300

This animal sleeps half of it's brain at a time.

Dolphin

400

How many community public water systems are there in the United States?

54,000

400

On July 29, 1958, this U.S. exploration agency was established.

NASA

400

What is the world record for eating hot dogs? 

76

400

What drink was originated as an ice cream topping?

Hawaiian punch

400

The inventor of this can is now buried in one

Pringles can

500

Where was the first municipal water filtration works opened and when?

Paisley, Scotland in 1832

500

This mission began with a liftoff from Kennedy Space Center at 9:37 a.m on July 16, 1969.

Apollo 11 Lunar Landing

500

Sausages is possibly the world oldest processed food dating back to what century BC?

9th century BC

500

When did Marco Polo bring an early form of ice cream to Europe?

1300s

500

The first vegetable to be grown in space.

Potato

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