Memory Songs
Memorial Traditions
Summer
100
This poet wrote the poems which inspired the musical that brought us this memory.
Who is T. S. Eliot?
100
This flower is most associated with Memorial Day.
What is a poppy?
100
This film, directed by Steven Spielberg, takes place in the summer time that's plot involves a shark tormenting a small cape town.
What is Jaws?
200
This holiday (in English or Spanish) is a main theme of the movie which brought us the song you are about to hear.
What is Day of the Dead?
or
What is Día de los Muertos?
200
This song is performed at flag ceremonies and military funerals.
What is Taps?
200
This US Holiday unofficially signifies the end of the US summer season.
What is Labor Day?
300
This is the year when the song you are about to hear was introduced to the public (give or take four years).
What is 1941?
300
This was the original date for Memorial Day, until it became established as the last Monday in May in 1968.
(Answer within 3 days)
What is May 30th?
300
This is the percentage of water that is in a watermelon.
(Within 5 percent)
What is 92%?
400
This diarist wrote the words that inspired the song you are about to hear.
Who is Anne Frank?
400
This was an earlier name for Memorial Day, as established in 1868 after the Civil War.
What is Decoration Day?
400
This is what you sing when "Summer is icumen in" as demonstrated in the opening ceremonies of the Munich Olympics in 1972. "Summer is icumen in, loudly sing: "_____"
What is Cuckoo?
500
This actor played the male lead singing the song you are about to hear.
Who is Maurice Chevalier?
500
This is where the narrators of the poem below lie.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In....
What is Flanders Fields?
500
This star gave us the phrase "the dog days of summer" because the ancient Greeks blamed it for the hot temperatures, drought, discomfort, and sickness that occurred when it is prominent in the sky.
What is Sirius?