Watermelon
This country is the leading producer of watermelons worldwide.
What is China?
The United States currently ranks 7th in overall watermelon production. The majority of watermelons available in the US are produced domestically or imported from Mexico.
This Broadway production-turned-film-adaptation tells the story of a famous founding father.
What is Hamilton?
This famous actor, born July 3rd, is the face of Mission Impossible movies.
Who is Tom Cruise?
July has two traditional birth flowers: the tall, stately larkspur (delphinium), and this aquatic perennial plant known for its large floating leaves and showy, fragrant flowers that rest on the water’s surface.
What is the water lily?
The larkspur represents love, lightness, and an open heart. The water lily symbolizes purity, rebirth, and spiritual enlightenment.
According to the Guiness Book of World Records, the largest watermelon was grown in this southern US state.
What is Tennessee?
Grown by Chris Kent of Sevierville, Tennessee in 2013, the watermelon weighed in at 350.5 lbs.
This is the name of Forrest Gump's main love interest in the 1994 film.
What is Jenny?
This actor born on July 6th is known for his iconic role in the "Rocky" franchise.
Who is Sylvester Stallone?
This July birthstone is known for its rich red color, which can range from a light pinkish red to a deep blood red.
What is the ruby?
Rubies are traditionally associated with passion, love, courage, and vitality.
The first recorded watermelon harvest occurred approximately 5,000 years ago in this African country:
a) Nubia
b) Maghreb
c) Egypt
d) Ethiopia
What is Egypt?
Watermelons are depicted in hieroglyphics on walls of ancient buildings and were placed in burial tombs of pharaohs to nourish them in the afterlife.
This 1993 coming-of-age comedy features a group of kids playing baseball in the summer.
What is The Sandlot?
This body builder/actor/politician shares a birthday with Erin.
Who is Arnold Schwarzenegger?
The month of July was originally named Quintilis, because it was this (number) month of the Roman calendar year.
What is the fifth month?
The Roman calendar started with March and was 10 months long. Quintilis was renamed July by the Roman senate in honor of Julius Caesar following his death in 44 BCE.
Name two of the four US states that are responsible for most of the production of watermelons domestically.
What are Florida, Georgia, Texas, California?
More than 25 states produce watermelons including Delaware, Indiana, and Michigan.
This 1997 thriller movie follows the fate of four friends who reconvene a year after running over a fisherman and dumping his body in the water.
What is I Know What You Did Last Summer?
This actor, who has played everything from an animated cowboy to an astronaut, was born July 9th.
Who is Tom Hanks?
This stately bird is the birth month bird for the month of July.
What is the eagle?
The first cookbook published in the United States contained a recipe for these made from watermelon rinds.
What are pickles?
The recipe was published in American Cookery by Amelia Simmons in 1796.
This 1995 Hollywood drama is based on the events of the 1970 lunar mission.
What is Apollo 13?
This actor born July 13th is known for the roles of a famous adventurer and a space smuggler.
Who is Harrison Ford?
This president declared July to be National Ice Cream Month in 1984.
Who is Ronald Reagan?