Chillin’ and Grillin’
Summertime cooks apply this thick sauce to meat toward the end of the grilling process.
What is barbecue?
This popular purple vegetable, prominent in Italian and Greek cooking, is ripe for harvest in August.
What is eggplant? When its skin is smooth and shiny and it seems too heavy, it’s ripe.
Cairo is the capital of this North African country.
What is Egypt? The Great Pyramid of Giza outside Cairo is the last remaining of the Seven Wonders of the world.
August has this number of days…currently.
What is 31? August didn’t always have 31 days; it started with 30 days. Then, it was increased to 31 days. When January and February were introduced, August was reduced to 29 days. Finally, it reverted to 31 days, where it has remained.
Money doesn’t grow on these
What are trees?
How many hot dogs come in a standard pack?
10
When you begin to feel a nip in the air in late August, it is time to plant this generic salad ingredient. Some varieties of it include oak leaf and Buttercrunch.
What is lettuce? You can also plant any salad green, cucumber, or root or tuber vegetable in early fall. Cucumbers prefer warm weather, but they grow quickly.
Lisbon is the capital of this country.
What is Portugal? Lisbon is the oldest city in Western Europe. Fado is a genre of sad folk music, and Fado restaurants are popular among tourists and locals there.
August gets its name from this Roman emperor.
Who is Augustus Caesar? Before it was named for Augustus, the adopted son of Julius Caesar, it was known as Sextilis, because it was the sixth month of the year.
When was the last official series of bank notes to contain the one dollar bill in Canada? (year)
1989
Add this to the ice in a manual ice-cream maker before churning the ingredients.
What is (rock) salt? Adding salt makes the ice cream freeze faster.
This huge late bloomer is prized for its bright yellow color and its edible seeds.
What is sunflower? What we think of as one sunflower is actually multiple flowers. The fuzzy, brown center comprises over a thousand tiny flowers.
Santiago is the capital of this South American country.
What is Chile? In Chile, husbands and wives have different last names because women keep their maiden names.
In leap years, August starts on the same day of the week as this month.
What is February? In non-leap years, it starts on a day of the week that no other month does.
Canadian notes are made from what material?
Polymer
This is a more common term for “mopping.”
What is basting? Whatever you call it, it’s applying a seasoned liquid while grilling to keep the food soft and moist. The newfangled term for “spraying” is spritzing. Thank you to all the celebrity chefs for keeping us on our toes with new terminology!
These beautiful insects love flowers, but you won’t see them once fall temperatures arrive, because they can’t fly in temperatures less than 55ºF.
What are butterflies? A group of butterflies is called a kaleidoscope or flutter.
Kabul is the capital of this country, where Canadians and Americans fought a war that spanned the 20th and 21st centuries.
What is Afghanistan? In the 1970s, Afghanistan was a modern country, with women fully participating in society. It was difficult to distinguish their college campuses from those in North America and the Western world.
What is the birthstone for August?
Peridot
This country was the first to use paper money.
What is China? It was a double-edged sword: It was distrusted, but it made international trade easier.
Where does the word barbeque come from ?
The word “barbecue” comes from the Caribbean word “barbacoa.” Comes from the language of a Caribbean Indian tribe called the Taino.
The act of removing spent blooms is referred to by this term. If you’ve been doing it all season, make sure to stop in August if you want the seeds to self-sow.
What is deadheading or pruning? When you stop removing spent flowers, they will turn into seed pods. You can pierce the pod with your fingers and spread the seeds for even more blooms next year.
Reykjavik is the capital of this European country.
What is Iceland? Iceland is part of the European continent but not part of the European Union. Fun fact: Dogs were banned in Reykjavik from 1924–1984 because they were considered farm animals.
What event started in August 1969 that is widely regarded as a pivotal moment in popular music history?
Woodstock
This is the most counterfeited U.S. note.
What is the $20 bill? Betcha thought it was the $100 note. That’s the most counterfeited note outside of the United States. North Korea is the largest counterfeiter, and their dupes look so genuine that they cannot be detected other than by the Federal Reserve’s special machines.