INDEPENDENCE DAY
CAMPTOWN
SUMMER BLOCKBUSTERS
THE DEEP BLUE
BASTILLE DAY
100
According to the National Sausage and Hot Dog Council (NHDSC), Americans are expected to eat this many hot dogs over the July 4th holiday:
1. 5 million
2. 15 million
3. 150 million
What is 150 million?
(This is part of an estimated 7 billion that are expected to be eaten during the summer season from Memorial Day to Labor Day.)
100
One of the earliest known recordings of this campfire song is from the 1920s, but it has been around for far longer. Thanks to the repetitive lyrics (one of which has to do with driving six white horses), this one should be easy for all the kids to follow along with.
What is “She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain”?
100
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Although this Actor did not win the Oscar for Best Actor, he did win the Oscar for Best Picture & Best Director. Name the Movie & Actor please.
What is Dances With Wolves & Kevin Costner?
100
True or false: it is possible for fish to drown in water.
What is true?
(Fish breathe oxygen, just like mammals. Instead of lungs, they take oxygen out of the water by filtering it through their gills. Fish can drown in water if the water doesn’t have enough oxygen.)
100
This is a 23 day, 2,200 mile men’s bike race held each summer and ends at the Champs-Élysées.
What is the Tour de France?
200
He ruled England when the Colonies established independence.
Who was King George III?
200
This is the popular camping treat made with chocolate, marshmallows and crackers.
What are S’mores?
200
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Movie & Actor
What is Tootsie & Dustin Hoffman?
200
In the animated movie “Finding Nemo”, this is the type of fish that is Nemo.
What is a Clownfish?
200
Although often misattributed as a French invention owing to its name and history, this macabre beheading-device was actually first used in Ireland in 1307, over 450 years before it was first used in France.
What is the Guillotine?
300
He made a midnight ride to Lexington, Massachusetts, to warn residents the British were coming.
Who was Paul Revere?
300
This park is a nearly 3,500-sq.-mile wilderness recreation area atop a volcanic hot spot. Mostly in Wyoming, the park spreads into parts of Montana and Idaho too.
What is Yellowstone National Park?
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Name this Movie that won all 5 Major Oscar Categories in 1976 & Best Actor.
What is One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Jack Nicholson?
300
He wrote the famous novel “The Old Man and the Sea”.
Who was Ernest Hemingway?
300
This is the name of the 'transaction' President Thomas Jefferson bought from France in 1803 that was about 828,000 square miles worth of land.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
400
Every Independence Day, this is the number of times the Liberty Bell rings.
What is 13?
(On every Fourth of July, at 2:00pm Eastern time, children who are descendants of Declaration signers symbolically tap the Liberty Bell 13 times while bells across the nation also ring 13 times in honor of the original 13 colonies)
400
This is Canada's first national park, established in 1885 and located in Alberta's Rocky Mountains.
What is Banff National Park?
400
This classic book written in 1812 became a blockbuster 1960 movie.
What is The Swiss Family Robinson?
400
Dolphins travel in family groups called this.
What are pods?
400
Double Jeopardy:
This most famous gift from France, The Statue of Liberty, is famously green because of _______ and is made of this metal.
What is oxidation (or patina) and copper. The exterior reacts with the elements to form a protective green coating called patina. Initially, the statue was a reddish-brown color like a new penny, but over time, exposure to air, saltwater, and pollutants caused the copper to oxidize and develop the distinctive green hue. This patina is a form of corrosion that actually protects the copper from further damage.
500
This founding father was president when the first 4th of July celebration was held at the White House on July 4, 1801.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
500
This campfire song tells the story of pioneers and cowboys (and where deer and antelope play) from the old American west . It is such an American staple that Franklin D. Roosevelt declared it his favorite song when he was elected president.
What is “Home on the Range”?
500
TRIPLE JEOPARDY: Considered 'torrid & risque' in August 1953, name this MOVIE & ACTORS
What is Here To Eternity; Burt Lancaster & Deborah Kerr?
500
This fish is known for its ability to walk on land using its pectoral fins.
What is a Mudskipper?
500
True or False: The French Revolution was before the American Revolution?
What is False?
The French Revolution began in 1789 and lasted until 1794. King Louis XVI needed more money. This was a period of radical and social upheaval, a complex event, with deep-rooted causes and lasting consequences. It challenged the established order of the French monarchy and aristocracy, ultimately leading to the overthrow of the monarchy and the rise of a republic.