Famous Days in June
When did summer begin this year?
June 21!
A white carnation is the official flower of Mother's Day. What is the official flower of Father's Day?
Roses are the official flower for Father's Day. A red rose is worn in the lapel when your father is living, a white rose if deceased
Toby McGuire, Andrew Garfield, Tom Holland
Spiderman
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
Seven
What are the zodiac signs in June?
Gemini & Cancer
This day honors what you do with your right hand when you meet someone new
National handshake day (June 27th)
In which country is doing a hiking tour pulling a wagon (man-powered) a traditional part of Father's Day? a. Scotland b. Brazil c. Japan d. Germany
Germany - The wagon is often filled with either beer or wine and local food dishes.
George Clooney, Ben Affleck, Christian Bale
Batman
A man rode into a town with his horse on the 25th of June. He stayed in the town for 3 weeks, then left on June.
How is this possible?
His horse's name was June
What is the birthstone of June?
Pearl.
On June 30, 1934, Adolf Hitler ordered a nighttime purge of his own party, known as the night of these kitchen implements...
Long Knives
This was invented as a tribute to his father, who succumbed to typhoid fever after drinking from a contaminated public water supply.
Halsey Taylor invented the drinking fountain in 1896.
Robert Downey Jr, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ian McKellen
Sherlock Holmes
"I have a daughter. She has as many brothers as she has sisters. Each one of her brothers has twice as many sisters as he has brothers. How many sons and daughters do I have?"
3 sons and 4 daughters.
Who is June named after?
The Roman goddess Juno.
June 6th celebrates the invention of a popular child's toy. Also the first name of a famous musician.
YO-YO
According to a quote by Galileo, what is the father of invention?
Doubt
David Tennent, Matt Smith, Peter Capaldi
Dr. WHO
My days are in the summer
When you’ll eat me when I’m hot
In fact I’ll even eat myself
Where battles tough are fought
But when you find me in a fight
‘Twill be high in the sky
And if you catch me napping
I suggest you let me lie
When you’re bad come to my house
From Ma get thoughts profound
Am I big or am I small?
Some say I’m just a pound.
Dog. Dog days, hot dog, dog pound, dog fight.
What is the difference between sunscreen and sunblock?
Sunscreen screens out most of the sun's UV rays. Sunblock physically reflects the sun's rays by completely blocking them.
This celebration of Canadian performing arts, including the long-running Anne of Green Gables - The Musical, takes place in Prince Edward Island's capital city from mid-June to the end of September.
The Charlottetown Festival
A 2003 genetics study revealed that close to 16 million men are direct descendants of this Mongolian warrior of the 13th century.
Genghis Khan
Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Mickey Rooney
Santa Claus
DAILY DOUBLE
When you went
into the woods you got me.
You hated me yet you wanted to find me.
You went home with me cause you couldn’t find me.
What was it?
A splinter
Of these “summer-time” smells which one do social researchers say is most often found to stimulate pleasant memories in human beings?
a. coconut b. cut grass c. chlorine d. charred hamburger
Cut grass, the wonderful smell of cut grass is actually volatile organic compound, given off from the cut grass as a defense mechanism protecting the cut ends from attacks from insects. Some scientists suggest thinking of cut grass as a kind of chemical polluter. Volital organic compounds react with nitrogen oxides in the air helping to form more ozone near the ground.