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August Happenings
Happy Birthday August Baby
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You should make this while the sun shines.
What is hay? The saying, “Make hay while the sun shines” encourages you to take advantage of an opportunity while it still exists.
100
You can grill this purple vegetable in the summer, but you can also bake it with marinara sauce and Parmesan cheese for a winter favorite.
What is eggplant? If you can find the small, mild zebra eggplant, which is lighter purple with white stripes, you don’t have to salt and drain it—just chop and cook.
100
Baby boomers associate this 1960s musical group with surfing, sun, and summer fun.
Who are the Beach Boys?
100
On August 29, 2005, this hurricane struck the Gulf Coast and devastated New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
What is Hurricane Katrina?
100
Born August 15, 1912, this American-born French chef was portrayed by Meryl Streep in the 2009 film Julie & Julia.
Who is Julia Child?
200
What is the southern United States (and sometimes Arizona) called?
What is the Sunbelt?
200
This is another name for green onions.
What are scallions? You can use both the green and white parts. You can substitute the chopped green part for chives.
200
When someone changes TV channels frequently, they are doing this.
What is channel surfing? The remote control brought a completely new meaning to surfing. Before the remote, there were typically three or four channels, and you had to get up, go to the TV, and manually change channels, which inhibited the urge to surf.
200
On August 24, 79 AD, a sleeping Mount Vesuvius roared to life and buried this Roman city, killing many of its residents.
What is Pompeii?
200
Born August 3, 1940, this actor starred in The West Wing, playing the role of President Jed Bartlet.
Who is Martin Sheen? Sheen’s given name is Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez
300
This is the ending of the phrase, “There’s nothing new….”
What is “under the sun”? Personal development trainers will tell you there are only seven personal stories, and novelists will tell you there are only seven basic plots. It’s all recycled with new twists.
300
This tropical fruit called the “king of fruits” comes in a rainbow of colors, including yellow, red, green, red/green, and red/yellow combinations.
What is the mango? The mango, which grows on trees, has been a major crop in India for the past 5,000 years.
300
This Beach Boys tune has the word surfer in the title.
What is Little Surfer Girl?
300
On August 15, 1969, according to the History Channel, “Half a million young ‘hippies’ lived up to its billing of ‘Three Days of Peace and Music’” at this iconic music festival.
What is Woodstock?
300
Born August 3, 1941, this domestic diva served part of a sentence at a minimum security prison named "Camp Cupcake" for lying to federal authorities about insider trading activity.
Who Is Martha Stewart?
400
The Beatles sing, “Little darling, it’s been a long cold lonely winter” in this tune.
What is “Here Comes the Sun”?
400
This is the difference between an heirloom green pepper and an heirloom red sweet pepper.
What is ripeness? Unless it’s a hybrid sweet pepper, the bell pepper turns green before it turns red. Hybrid seeds produce white, yellow, orange, red, green, and purple (almost black) bell peppers. The Old Farmer’s Almanac says, “The longer bell peppers stay on the plant, the more sweet they become and the greater their Vitamin C content.”
400
This is what it’s called when a wave goes over a surfer.
What is getting barreled? When surfers gets barreled, they can’t go left or right, only forward.
400
On August 15, 1947, these two rival nations, one predominantly Hindu and the other predominantly Muslim, gained independence from Britain.
What are India and Pakistan?
400
Born August 22, 1970, this American-born chef specializing in Italian food can be found on the Food Network and the Cooking Channel, sometimes whipping up Italian favorites with her Aunt Raffy.
Who is Giada De Laurentiis? She is the granddaughter of renowned Italian film producer Dino De Laurentiis, who produced over 600 films and won several Academy Awards.
500
This is the planet referred to as the “third rock from the sun.”
What is Earth? Starting with the “rock” closest to the sun, the order is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and dwarf planet Pluto
500
Many people turn their nose up at these red root vegetables, but they’re a major source of sugar.
What are beets? Try roasting them with a little balsamic vinegar at 350 degrees Fahrenheit until they’re caramelized.
500
The first account of surfing took place in this chain of islands.
What is Hawaii? Legend has it that Captain James Cook witnessed surfing in 1778
500
On August 24, 1944, this European capital was liberated from German control.
What is Paris?
500
Born August 28, 1943, this actor with the soulful eyes played the role of Hutch in Starsky and Hutch.
Who is David Soul?