Cinco de Mayo
Cinco de Mayo, an annual celebration, is celebrated on this date
What is May 5th?
Memorial Day is now celebrated on this day
What is the Last Monday in May?
Juneteenth is celebrated on this date
What is June 19th?
This spring Christian celebration includes decorating hard boiled eggs, filling baskets with goodies and even has its own egg rolling competition at the White House
What is Easter or Resurrection Day?
This anthem, written in 1814, includes the lyrics "Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, O’er the ramparts we watch’d were so gallantly streaming?"
What is The Star-Spangled Banner?
This is the name of the traditional Mexican music that is often played on Cinco de Mayo
What is mariachi music?
This is the place people often visit on Memorial Day to commemorate their lost loved ones
What are cemeteries (veterans and/or military)?
The meaning of Juneteenth
What is a day to celebrate the end of slavery in the United States?
These meats are typically grilled at summer cookouts (Please name two)
What are hot dogs, burgers, chicken, brats, kabobs, steaks or ribs?
This one verse song, containing the lyrics "My home sweet home", was written by Irving Berlin in 1938 and has become an unofficial national anthem for the USA
What is "God Bless America"?
This U.S. state is known to hold the world’s largest Cinco de Mayo celebration
What is California? (The Fiesta Broadway celebration in Los Angeles)
Name one major sporting event that traditionally takes place every Memorial Day weekend
What is the Indianapolis 500 or NASCAR Coca-Cola 600?
In this year, Juneteenth become a National Holiday
What is 2021? (President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law making it a federal holiday.)
Cherry blossom viewing, also known as Hanami, is a known spring tradition in this country
What is Japan?
This song, written and sung by George Harrison of the Beatles, symbolizes the ending of winter in anticipation of "brighter" days.
What is "Here comes the sun"?
Red, green and this color are the colors of the Mexican flag and are often associated with Cinco de Mayo
What is white?
This flower is often associated with Memorial Day
What is the poppy? The red poppy or Remembrance Poppy has been a symbol of lives lost to war since World War I (1914-1918). Today, sales of red poppies benefit veteran's associations.
Juneteenth is also known by three other names (Please name one)
What is Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, or Emancipation Day?
This event marks the longest day of the year and the shortest night in the Northern Hemisphere
What is the summer solstice?
This 1975 summer blockbuster directed by Steven Spielberg became the first film to gross more than $100 million at the box office
What is "Jaws"?
Cinco de Mayo is celebrated by doing these types of activities (Please name two)
What are parades, music festivals, eating authentic Mexican food, traditional dances, and engaging with Mexican art and culture?
On Memorial day, a wreath is placed on this significant memorial
What is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier?
It took this many years after the Emancipation Proclamation to inform all slaves of their emancipation
What is two years? (June 19, 1865)
This country celebrates Holi, a Hindu festival known as the festival of colors, in celebration of love, good over evil, and the arrival of spring
What is India?
This movie, starring Julie Andrews, portrays the Von Trapp family who uses a spring festival, known as the Salzburg festival, to plot their escape from the Third Reich.
What is "The Sound of Music"?
Cinco de Mayo is the celebration of the Mexican victory over this country at the Battle of Puebla, on May 5, 1862
What is France?
Memorial Day, established at the end of the Civil War in 1868, was originally known by this name
What is Decoration Day?
This Constitutional Amendment officially abolished slavery across the United States
What is the 13th Amendment? (Ratified in 1865)
Annually, this country celebrates the storming of the Bastille, a medieval prison, which sparked a revolution on July 14th, 1847
What is France?
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A measure of how well sunscreen protects your skin from UVB rays is known as SPF and stands for this
What is Sun Protection Factor?