Wizard Of Oz
This is Dorothy's Home State
What is Kansas? Dorothy represents Americans at their best, and she comes from an area that was devastated at the time.
This getaway city is home of the Alamo.
Answer: What is San Antonio, Texas? Another popular attraction there is the San Antonio River Walk.
During a hurricane, an eerie calm occurs when you are in this part of the storm.
Answer: What is eye? You might even see sunlight during the eye
August 3 is a great day to eat this green-on-the-outside, red-on-the-inside melon, often served as dessert at backyard barbecues.
Answer: What is watermelon? It’s National Watermelon Day.
This word is a temporary end to hostilities in war.
Answer: What is cease-fire? The term can also be a military order to the soldiers to hold their fire
Dorothy’s dog
What is Toto? Author L. Frank Baum did not specify Toto’s breed, but in the film adaptation with Judy Garland they cast a cairn terrier.
This city is known as the Big Easy, aka NOLA.
Answer: What is New Orleans, Louisiana? Aside from taking in the French Quarter, visitors can enjoy a month of festivals in August, and the restaurants are superb year-round.
This shaking occurs before a tsunami.
Answer: What is earthquake? If the earthquake is far out to sea, you might not feel it on land. Tsunami waves can travel at 500 miles per hour.
The kids either love or hate August as they head back to this place.
Answer: What is school? August is recognized as Back to School Month.
When someone has had way too much to drink, we say they are “four sheets to” this.
Answer: What is the wind? The phrase is believed to come from nautical terminology in which the sheets being referred to are ropes that control the sail. If four of them are loose, or to the wind, the boat will be unsteady, like someone who is intoxicated.
Dorothy’s aunt’s name
Answer: What is Auntie Em? Auntie Em’s husband is Dorothy’s Uncle Henry
During a weekend in this town known as Music City, you can catch a live performance of the Grand Ole Opry.
Answer: What is Nashville, Tennessee? It’s also called the Athens of the South due to its large number of higher education institutions, including Vanderbilt University.
If, during a storm, you hear from your safe space what sounds like the roar of an approaching train, assume one of these has touched down.
Answer: What is tornado? The sound has also been described as the roar of a grizzly bear
Bozo is celebrated during this international week.
Answer: What is International Clown Week? It is observed August 1–7
Moving this is doing everything possible to make something happen.
Answer: What is heaven and earth? When you make an extraordinary effort to make something happen, you are said to be moving heaven and earth.
She is the Good Witch that helps Dorothy.
Answer: Who is Glinda? She represents the mother archetype.
If you visit the Smoky Mountains, you can stay in this picturesque little town on the Tennessee side of the mountains.
Answer: What is Gatlinburg? If you don’t want to hike the nature trails, you can take the loop drive around Cades Cove and view the scenery from your car.
This is the common or slang name for a tornado.
Answer: What is twister? Tornadoes have been described as “pillars of twisting air” that can travel at around 200 miles per hour.
August 22 is a great day to take this purring pet to the vet.
Answer: What is cat? It’s National Take Your Cat to the Vet Day
On-the-job training can feel like this by fire.
What is baptism (or trial)? Baptism by fire means “to go through some ordeal without adequate preparation.” The phrase was taken from Matthew 3:11: “As they marched onto the battlefield, you could see all of the uniformed boys become men as they experienced baptism by fire
The Wicked Witch of the West tries to remove these from Dorothy.
Answer: What are slippers? The Wicked Witch portrays the Good Witch’s alter ego.
These barrier Islands are off the coast of North Carolina.
Answer: What are the Outer Banks (or OBX)? Also known as OBX, you’ll find 100 miles of seashore, coastal villages, parks, and wildlife refuges—the perfect prescription for relaxation.
These large ice pellets can rattle you and your pets.
Answer: What is hail? In early summer, warm temperatures cause instability, while the upper atmosphere is cold enough to produce hail. Hail can fall at close to 100 miles per hour.
On August 22, we celebrate these difficult-to-say, alliterative sayings, such as “She sells seashells by the seashore.”
Answer: What is tongue twister? It’s International Tongue Twister Day
You’ll have more energy if you get a second one of these.
Answer: What is wind? It’s a renewed energy, often associated with an endurance task. For example, marathon runners can get a second wind, or college students pulling all-nighters before exams can get a second wind.