August
August History
Famous People
August Inventions
Pop Culture
100

August is named after this person.

Who is Augustus Caesar?

100

This person penned her last diary entry on August 1, 1944.

Who is Anne Frank?

100

This August born quarterback has won more Super Bowls than any other quarterback.

Who is Tom Brady?

100

On August 12, 1930, Clarence Birdseye patented this revolutionary idea on how to preserve food. 

What is "flash freezing" or the invention of Frozen Food industry? 

100

This event started on a farm in Bethel, New York, on August 15, 1969, lasted for 3 days, and became a cultural icon

What is Woodstock? 

200

These are the 2 Zodiac Signs for August.

What are Leo and Virgo?

200

On August 28, 1963, this famous speech was delivered in front of the Lincoln Memorial.

What is Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech?

200

Happy Days actor Donny Most was born on August 8, 1953. This was the name of his Happy Days character.

Who is Ralph Malph?

200

Nicolas-Jacques Conté received a patent for mixing graphite and clay inside wood creating this invention in August 1795

What is the (modern) pencil? 

200

This music King passed away on August 16, 1977. 

Who is Elvis Presley?

300

Cheese made from this animal is celebrated in August. They were among the first animals to be domesticated for producing food. 

What are Goats?

300

This US President died suddenly on August 2, 1923.

Who is Warren G. Harding?

300

This American folk hero was known as "the King of the Wild Frontier." 

Who is Davy Crockett?

300

This man, considered one of the most prolific inventors in history, patented the Kinetographic Camera (which was essentially the first motion picture camera) on August 31st, 1897.

Who is Thomas Edison? 

300

This late-night talk show debuted on CBS on August 30, 1993

What is David Letterman's?

400

August’s birth flowers are the gladiolus and this.

What is the poppy?

400

The first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. This was the name of the bomber that dropped it.

What is Enola Gay?

400

This poet, who penned the poem Defense of Fort McHenry, was born on August 1, 1779.

Who is Francis Scott Key?

Defense of Fort McHenry later became the U.S. National Anthem.

400

First rolling off the assembly line on August 1, 1941 and built by Willys-Overland, this vehicle came with the tagline: "Go Anywhere. Do Anything."

What is the Jeep?

400

Jim Weiner, Jack Weiner, Charles Foltz, and Charles Rak claim this happened to them in Allagash, Maine, on August 26, 1976.

What is they claimed they were abducted by aliens?

500

August 11 marks the end of this. 

What are the Dog Days of Summer?
500

This French ruler was born in Corsica on August 15, 1769. 

Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?

500

This infamous international spy was born on August 7, 1876, in The Netherlands. She posed as a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy for Germany during World War I.

Who is Mata Hari (Margaret Gertrude Zelle)? 

500

William Thomas Green Morton was an American dentist who first publicly demonstrated and is credited with gaining the medical world’s acceptance of this.  

What is surgical anesthesia?

500

MTV debuted on August 1, 1980. This was the first music video they played. 

What is Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles?