Let the Sun Shine
Four-Letter Words
Chillin’ & Grillin’
Americans Who Lived Abroad
World Travel
Focus on August
100

This band released “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In,” which reached the top of the Billboard charts in 1969

What is the 5th Dimension

100

Opposite of right

What is left?

100

If you’re a fan of meat grilled over charcoal, you know this W charcoal grill’s brand name

What is Weber?

100

Born in Austria, he has been an actor and governor of California.

Who is Arnold Schwarzenegger?

100

This popular beach is in South Florida on a man-made island

What is Miami Beach?

100

This major sporting event takes place every four years

What are the Olympic Games?

200

Stevie Wonder’s hit, “You Are the Sunshine of” this, was released in 1973

What is “My Life”?

200

You can easily measure servings of meat using this four-letter upper-body part

What is palm?

200

This flying creature’s name also describes a slab of meat sliced nearly in half and unfolded flat

What is butterfly?

200

This celebrity chef with the famous director-father was born in Rome, Italy

Who is Giada De Laurentiis?

200

This landmark was built in France for the 1889 celebration of the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution

What is the Eiffel Tower?

200

This multi-bloomed perennial on a long stem, also called a sword lily, is in full bloom in August.

What is gladiolus?

400

This 1971 Bill Withers tune is easy to learn because it’s mostly a refrain 

What is “Ain’t No Sunshine”?

400

To breathe in short gasps

What is pant?

400

Manual ice-cream makers require this type of salt.

What is rock?

400

This famous American classical author spent 22 years in Cuba and six years in Paris, where he wrote The Sun Also Rises

Who is Ernest Hemingway?

400

One of Greece’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites, this temple dedicated to the goddess Athena Parthenos sits atop the Acropolis in the heart of Athens

What is the Parthenon?

400

On this continent, many shops close for the month of August

What is Europe?

600

This song, the Beatles’ first song with sun in the title, is on the Abbey Road album

What is “Here Comes the Sun”?

600

Data in the form of words, or to send an SMS

What is text?

600

The newfangled term for basting

What is mopping?

600

Known for her 1971 hit cover of “Proud Mary,” the late Queen of Rock and Roll moved to Switzerland in 1998.

Who is Tina Turner?

600

This European country has the most UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the world

What is Italy?

600

This popular fruit associated with South Carolina and Georgia is harvested in August

What is peach?

800

“Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” is on this album, which Elton John released in 1974

What is Caribou?

800

B word for “sad” or “listless”

What is blah?

800

Never apply barbecue sauce to meat at this stage of the grilling process.

What is early (or anything close)?

800

This former secretary of state under Barack Obama attended boarding school in Switzerland during his youth.

Who is John Kerry?

800

The Serengeti National Park is in this country.

What is Tanzania?

800

This country celebrates Independence Day on August 15.

What is India?

1000

The Kinks released this “sun” song on their 1966 album Face to Face

What is “Sunny Afternoon”?

1000

The concluding passage of a musical piece

What is coda?

1000

Wooden planks are often used to hold this type of fish on the grill.

What is salmon?

1000

Currently the richest man in the world, he holds South African, Canadian, and American citizenship

Who is Elon Musk?

1000

This small country is made up of more than 60 islands and is known for its massive urban park, Gardens by the Bay.

What is Singapore?

1000

This famous annual meteor shower peaks in August.

What is the Perseid meteor shower?