A DAY IN JUNE
PUNCUATION
AN EXPLOSIVE CATEGORY
OLD BOOKS
PLANTS & TREES
"GOOD" ENTERTAINMENT (With "good" coming up in each correct response)
200
On June 30, 1859 a French acrobat became the first daredevil to cross these falls on a tightrope
What is Niagara Falls?
200
It makes an ending; Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, even puts one at the end of her signature
What is a period?
200
Alfred Nobel added an inert substance to very unstable nitroglycerin to make this more easily handled explosive
What is dynamite?
200
The “Arabian Nights” tales include one about Prince Husain, who flies around on a magical one of these
What is carpet?
200
It looks like these plants are ready for picking
What is cotton?
200
An apatosaurus named Arlo befriends a human boy in this 2015 animated film
What is The Good Dinosaur?
400
On June 8, 1949, this British author published a novel introducing Big Brother and the concept of ‘doublethink’
Who is George Orwell?
400
The “air” version of these signals that a speaker is being sarcastic
What is quotations?
400
A paper cylinder holding a weak explosive, or a red, white, & blue popsicle brand
What is a firecracker?
400
“Sing aloud unto God our strength”, says this biblical book of poems meant to be sung
What are Psalms?
400
It’s quicker to grow tulips from these usually rounded organs rather than from seeds
What are bulbs?
400
On this sitcom ordinary woman Kristen Bell believed she was sent to the wrong region in the afterlife
What is The Good Place?
600
The first day of the Allied invasion of Normandy, June 6, 1944 is known as this letter-perfect name
What is D-Day?
600
It was Ladislav Sutnar who put telephone area code inside these
What are parentheses?
600
It’s the term used for the process of destroying a building by using explosives to make it collapse inward on itself
What is implosion?
600
Dating from 3,500 years ago, this civilization’s “Book of the Dead” is a manual for the afterlife
Where is Egypt?
600
Koalas spend a lot of time eating and sleeping in the type of tree
What is eucalyptus?
600
Seen here, she was the voice of Judy Hopps in “Zootopia”
Ginnifer Goodwin
800
This John sent a war message to Congress June 1, 1812; on June 18, Congress declared war on Great Britain
Who is Madison?
800
Commas separate phrases in a series; when the phrases contain commas, separate using these
What are semicolons?
800
The largest explosion in earth’s recorded history was from one of these on Indonesia in 1815
What is a volcano?
800
In “Analects” the ancient Chinese philosopher said, “When you have faults, do no fear to abandon them”
Who is Confucius?
800
Some people drink the juice of this succulent for its health benefits & a gel is used to relieve sunburns
What is aloe?
800
Sam Smith bemoans his expertise at breakups in this hit song from 2017
What is “Too Good at Goodbyes”?
1000
The first section of this city’s famed Boardwalk along the New Jersey shore opened on June 26, 1870
What is Atlantic City?
1000
An em one is longer than an en one
What is dash?
1000
These sudden outburst of energy on the Sun’s surface are the largest explosions in the solar system
What are solar flares?
1000
Ancient Greek playwright Sophocles wrote 2 plays named for this complex & troubles King of Thebes
What is Oedipus?
1000
Native to India and other parts of Asia, a single one of these unusual trees can resemble a small forest
What are banyan trees?
1000
Ray Liotta stars as Henry Hill in this 1990 Martin Scorsese mob classic based on a true story
What is Goodfellas?