U.S. History
This July 4, 1776 document announced that the American colonies were independent from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The famous Roswell incident occurred in this U.S. state in 1947.
What is New Mexico?
World Chocolate Day is celebrated annually on this date.
What is July 7?
This month is officially recognized as National Ice Cream Month in the United States.
What is July?
This birthstone for July is a deep red gemstone often associated with royalty.
What is a ruby?
He was the first President of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
Roswell is most often associated with alleged sightings of these visitors from another world.
What are aliens (or extraterrestrials)?
Chocolate comes from the beans of this tropical tree.
What is the cacao tree?
President Ronald Reagan proclaimed National Ice Cream Month in this year.
What is 1984?
This major sporting event is traditionally held each July in France and is considered the world's most famous cycling race.
What is the Tour de France? 🚴
During his presidency, this man kept a pet alligator at the White House and allegedly showed it off to guests.
Who is John Quincy Adams?
The U.S. military initially reported recovering one of these before later saying it was a weather balloon.
What is a flying disc (or flying saucer)?
These ancient civilizations of Mesoamerica drank chocolate as a beverage long before candy bars existed
Who were the Maya and Aztecs?
Vanilla is commonly made from the beans of this flowering plant.
What is an orchid?
The dog days of summer are named after this brightest star in the night sky.
What is Sirius? ⭐
On July 4, 1826, these two former presidents died on the 50th anniversary of Independence Day.
Who are Thomas Jefferson and John Adams?
This secretive Nevada military site is so closely linked to UFO legends that many people jokingly believe it's where Roswell's alien visitors were taken after the 1947 incident.
What is Area 51? 🛸👽
This ingredient is added to dark chocolate to create milk chocolate.
What is milk?
Americans eat about this many gallons of ice cream per person each year—roughly enough to fill a bathtub every decade.
What is about 4 gallons? 🍨😄
This shark-themed television event has aired almost every summer since 1988.
What is Shark Week? 🦈
This influential patriot wrote the 1776 pamphlet Common Sense, which helped convince many American colonists to support independence from Britain.
Who is Thomas Paine?
This city hosts an annual UFO Festival
What is Roswell?
This famous chocolate company's original factory town in Pennsylvania was designed to include parks, schools, and housing for workers.
What is Hershey?
This frozen dessert, made with less air than traditional ice cream, is the Italian word for "frozen."
What is gelato?
This country hosts the famous "Running of the Bulls" festival every July.
What is Spain? 🐂