August
The month of August is named after this person.
Who is Augustus Caesar?
Recognized as one of the most influential physicists and mathematicians in history, this man was key to the 18th-century scientific revolution.
Who is Isaac Newton?
This the name for a female donkey.
What is a Jenny?
Blueberries are native to this continent.
What is North America?
This is the largest ocean in the world.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
August 19th is National Aviation Day, chosen because it is the the birthday of this pilot who piloted the first recorded flight of a powered heavier-than-air machine in 1903.
Who is Orville Wright?
This was the 4th president of the U.S.
Who is James Madison?
All clownfish are born as this gender.
What is male?
Blinis are small savory pancakes from this country
What is Russia?
This is the longest river in the world.
What is the Nile?
Women's Equality Day is August 26th, which celebrates the ratification of this amendment, giving women's right to vote in the U.S.
What is the 19th amendment?
Known for her extravagant tastes and lavish spending, this Austrian-born queen of France is infamously known for her bloody end during the French Revolution when she was executed by guillotine.
Who is Marie Antoinette?
This is how many bones a shark has.
Japanese horseradish is known as this.
What is Wasabi?
This is the longest river in the US.
What is the Missouri River?
(by 1 mile- Mississippi is 2,340, Missouri is 2,341)
"The Dog Days of Summer" originally comes from the belief of these people (nationalities) that the hottest days of the year were caused by the combined heat of the sun and Sirius.
Who are the Greek and Romans?
(will accept one or the other, do not need both)
Born to the Lancastrian Margaret Beaufort, this man's claim the the throne was through distant kinship, but became known as the first Tudor King of England.
Who is Henry the VII?
It is estimated that 30 million of this animal were wandering the plains when Columbus landed on the eastern shores.
However, in the late 1800s this animal was almost entirely driven to extinction with less than 1,000 individual animals remaining.
What are bison?
Up until the Middle Ages, this popular vegetable was always purple in color.
What is a Carrot?
The Rhine River runs through this country.
What is Germany?
August 21, 1791, the revolution of this country from France began.
What is Haiti?
(Between 1791 and 1804, the Haitian Revolution tore apart a French Caribbean colony.)
Born in 1162 as the son of a tribal warrior chief, Temujin became better known by this name throughout his conquering.
Who is Genghis Khan?
This is the largest bird in the world by wingspan.
What is the wandering albatross?
Halloumi cheese comes from this Mediterranean island.
What is Cyprus?
This is where the only tropical rainforest in the United States is located.
What is Puerto Rico? (Puerto Rico’s El Yunque National Forest )