FATHER DEAREST
JUNETEENTH
GRAND OLE FLAG
WALKING ON SUNSHINE
SUMMER LOVING
100

FATHER'S DAY IS CELEBRATED ON WHAT DAY ANNUALLY? 

THE THIRD SUNDAY OF THE MONTH

100

WHAT U.S. PRESIDENT IS CREDITED FOR HAVING ABOLISHED SLAVERY?

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

100

HOW MANY STARS AND STRIPES DID THE ORIGINAL AMERICAN FLAG OF 1777 HAVE?

13 STARS AND 13 STRIPES TO REPRESENT THE 13 COLONIES

100

IT TAKES ABOUT 8 MINUTES AND 20 SECONDS FOR SUNLIGHT TO DO WHAT?

REACH EARTH

100
WHAT IS THE OFFICIAL NAME FOR THE START OF SUMMER?

THE SUMMER SOLSTICE

200

WHICH PACIFIC NORTHWEST STATE HAD THE FIRST FATHER'S DAY CELEBRATION IN 1910?

(SPOKANE) WASHINGTON

200

SLAVES WERE FREED BY LAW IN THE YEAR 1863. WHAT YEAR DID SLAVES IN TEXAS LEAREN OF THE NEWS?

1865!

Enslaved people in Galveston, Texas did not officially experience freedom for two-and-a-half years after the Emancipation Proclamation due to the lack of Union military presence in the state. This isolation made enforcement impossible, while enslavers actively withheld the news to maintain forced labor.

200

WHICH STATE BECAME THE FINAL U.S. STATE TO JOIN THE UNION?

HAWAII IN ON AUGUST 21, 1959

200

THE SUN IS ACTUALLY CLASSIFIED AS WHAT TYPE OF STRUCTURE

A STAR

200
WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT THE SUMMER SOLSTICE IN TERMS OF DAYLIGHT?

IT IS THE LONGEST DAY OF THE YEAR

300

WHICH PRESIDENT SIGNED FATHER'S DAY INTO LAW IN 1972, MAKING IT AN OFFICIAL HOLIDAY?

RICHARD NIXON

300

WHAT PRESIDENTIAL DELCARATION (DOCUMENT) OFFICIALLY OUTLAWED SLAVERY IN REBELLING SOUTHERN STATES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL?

THE EMANCIPATION PROCLOMATION
300

WHICH ESTEEMED UPHOLSTERER AND SEAMSTRESS IS CREDITED WITH CREATING THE AMERICAN FLAG BY THE REQUEST OF GEORGE WASHINGTON IN 1776?

BETSY ROSS

300

THE SUN IS LARGER THAN THE EARTH BY:

1) HUNDREDS

2) THOUSANDS

3) MILLIONS

4) BILLIONS

1.3 MILLION, MEANING 1.3 MILLION EARTHS COULD FIT INSIDE THE SUN

300

EARTH'S ____ TOWARD THE SUN MAKES SUMMER POSSIBLE

TILT

400

CAN YOU NAME ONE OF THE TOP FATHER'S DAY PRESENTS AS CREDITED BY CONSUMER REPORTS?

THE LIST INCLUDES:

GRILLS, NECKTIES, TOOLS, SPORTING GOODS, MEALS, CARDS, OUTINGS, AND MONEY/GIFTCARDS

400

WHAT YEAR DID PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN DELCARE JUNETEENTH A FEDERAL HOLIDAY?

2021

ALTHOUGH JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION HAVE BEEN TAKING PLACE IN TEXAS SINCE 1980

400

WHAT IS THE FEDERAL GUIDE FOR HOW TO HANDLE AND DISPLAY AMERICAN FLAGS?

THE U.S. FLAG CODE
400

TWO ELEMENTS COMPRISE THE SUN. WHAT ARE THEY? (NAME AT LEAST 1)

HELIUM AND HYDROGEN
400

WHAT DAY DID SUMEMR BEGIN THIS YEAR?

JUNE 21ST

500

FATHER'S DAY WAS CREATED BY A WOMAN NAMED SONORA SMART DODD, WHO WANTED TO HONOR HER VETERAN FATHER, WHO RAISED SIX CHILDREN ALONE, AS HIS WIFE DIED IN CHILD BIRTH.

WHAT WAR DID HE FIGHT IN?

THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

500

JUNETEENTH IS SOMETIMES CALLED, "AMERICA'S SECOND _____________ DAY."

INDEPENDENCE

500

WHAT IS THE METHOD IN WHICH TATTERED FLAGS SHOULD BE RETIRED?

BURNED BY A LOCAL VETERANS GROUP

500

WHAT FORCE BY THE SUN KEEPS ALL PLANETS ORBITING AROUND IT?

GRAVITY

500

WHAT FAMOUS METAL STRUCTURE GROWS BY SEVERAL INCHES EACH SUMMER SEASON?

THE EFFIEL TOWER