Food
This month (June, July or August) has the most ice cream sales?
What is July?
This country has the most coastline in the world
What is Canada?
This holiday weekend marks the opening of public swimming pools in US
What is Memorial Day?
This state in US holds an annual midnight game of baseball without any lights on
What is Alaska?
Fact or Fiction:
In August 1762 the sandwich, as we know it, was created when the Earl of Sandwich requested meat between two pieces of bread.
FACT
Do we call a sandwich a sandwich because of the 4th Earl of Sandwich? Yes. Was he the first person to come up with the idea? Not at all.
The truth is, we don’t know who invented the sandwich, but it has existed in various forms for thousands of years.
This is the average pounds of watermelons American consume every year?
(5,15 or 30)
What is 15 pounds?
This is approx. how far you can see when you’re standing on the beach looking at the horizon
What is 3 miles?
True or false.
The popsicle was invented by Frank Epperson, an 11-year-old boy, who left his cup of powdered soda and water with a stirring stick inside on his porch on a cold San Francisco night in 1905. The next morning, it was frozen. Initially, he named the frozen pop ‘Epsicle’ but as he grew older, his kids called them ‘Pop’s’ sicle.
TRUE
This country had the first summer Olympics?
What is Greece?
Fact or Fiction:
August has always been the 8th month of the year
FICTION: August was once the sixth month of the year!
In the original ten-month Roman calendar, the month went by the name of Sextilis, meaning “the sixth month” in Latin. It wasn’t until around 700BC that August was rudely shoved back in the order of months when January and February were added to the beginning of the year by King Numa Pompilius.
80% of the vanilla beans used to make vanilla ice cream come from... (Madagascar, Mexico or Tahiti)
What is Madagascar?
This actress has broken her nose four times while surfing
Who is Cameron Diaz?
True or false. The first swimming suit for women had long sleeves and was made of wool.
TRUE
The dog days of summer cover these two months
What is July and August?
Fact or Fiction:
August has also changed its number of days multiple times- from 30 to 29 to 31
FACT
In the ten-month Roman calendar, the months all had either 30 or 31 days, totaling 304 days in the year.
Not only did Pompilius add January and February to the calendar, but he also reduced the number of days in August down to 29.
It wasn’t until Julius Caesar introduced the Julian calendar that it was left with 31 days, and it’s stayed the same ever since!
The popular grilled food (steaks, hamburgers or hot dogs)?
What is hamburgers?
This is the height of tallest sand castle in the world
What is 69 feet?
This country's residents eat the most ice cream per capita
(USA, Italy. New Zealand, Australia or Mexico)
What is New Zealand
(7.5 gal/yr)
This “Love”ly structure grows up to 6” every summer due to the heat
What is Eiffel Tower?
Fact or Fiction:
August 5th is National Underwear Day.
FACT: According to NationalToday.com, National Underwear Day was originally created by the brand Freshpair in 2003, as a campaign promoting a positive body image. Although men were part of the initiative as well, the focus was more on women, and how society perceives their body image
The watermelon is comprised of this much water? (40%, 80% or 90%)
What is 90%
This is the longest species of shark
What is white shark?
It is 60 feet long!
The World's Tallest Waterslide, Verruckt, opened in Kansas City. It is a German word that means (Fast, Waterfall or Insane)
What is Insane?
This ancient place gets crowds of up to 40,000 people to gather at one time to celebrate the summer solstice
What is Stone Hedge?
Fact or Fiction:
According to the census August was the 55th most popular boy name in the United States in 2021
FICTION
It was 121st. However, it is apparently a relatively common name for boys in Denmark. In 2021, it was the 6th most popular name for boys!