Yard Games
Summer
July
Julie/Julius
Miscellaneous
100

DAILY TRIPLE...  THIS game is very much like horseshoes, except you throw bean bags onto a board and try to land them in the hole...

What is "cornhole"?

100

THIS is our most patriotic holiday...

What is "Independence Day" or the "4th of July"?

100

DAILY QUADRUPLE...  These 2 North American nations celebrate their national holidays on July 1st and on July 4th... 

What is "Canada & the USA"?

100

THIS month of the year, is named for the Roman Caesar, Julius...

What is "JULY"?

100
THIS is the BEST thing to do in the summertime...

What is "eat ice cream"   "swim"   "play Frisbee"  "any of any number of summertime activities, we enjoy!" ??

200

THESE type of fights often break out, in a backyard pool.  In THIS type fight, one person sits on the shoulders of another, and together they try and topple another team of two people...

What are "chicken fights"?

200

People enjoy ordering this seafood, in a roll, during the summer...

What is "Lobster" Roll?

200

THIS is the hottest month of the year, in Massachusetts...

What is "July"?

200

DAILY DOUBLE... He was assassinated by his good friend Brutus, in the Roman Senate, on March 15, 44 BC...

Who is "JULIUS Caesar"?

200

DAILY DOUBLE... THIS sport involves "rods" and can be either be done on rivers, in lakes, or on the ocean...

What is "Fishing"?

300
In June 1957, Wham-O founders Richard Knerr and Arthur "Spud" Melin gave their flying disc THIS brand name, after learning college students were calling the Pluto Platter, THIS...
What is "Frisbee"?
300

THIS is the name of the beach in Hull, Massachusetts, which was the former home to Paragon Park (1905-1984)...

What is "NANTASKET BEACH"?

300

THIS is the French National Day.  It is the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille (a fortress-prison in Paris) on July 14, 1789, a major event of the French Revolution:

A) Independence Day  B) Bastille Day  C) Canada Day  D) May Day

What is "B) Bastille Day"?

300

She starred as Mary Poppins, and as Maria von Trapp in the Sound of Music...

Who is "JULIE Andrews"?

300
THIS activity is NOT usually done in the summer:

A) Swimming  B) Snowball Fight  C) Sunbathing  D) Playing Baseball

What is "B) Snowball Fight"?

400
In this game, you throw the footwear of a horse, and try to land it over a target or stake...

What is "horseshoes"?

400

The Disneyland Theme Park was opened in Anaheim, California on July 17th THIS year...

A) 1955  B) 1997  C) 1938  D) 1967

What is "A) 1955"?

400

THIS is the national day of Canada.  It celebrates the anniversary of Canadian Confederation (when the 3 separate colonies of United Canadas, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick were united in a single dominion.  It occurred on July 1, 1867:

A) Independence Day  B) Canada Day  C) Bastille Day  D) July Day

What is "B) Canada Day" (July 1st)?

400

In 1926, Julius Freed & his friend Bill Hamlin (who really liked oranges), founded THIS restaurant.  Thirsty fans of their drink, would go to the counter at the restaurant and say, "Give me an orange.  Julius!"  Sales went through the roof and an original was born... 

What is "Orange Julius"?

400

THIS summertime activity takes something we might do on the snow, and does it on the water, using a rope being tugged by a fast boat!

What is water "skiing"?

500

The object of THIS game is to throw (or roll) your _____ ball closer to the Jack, than your opponent.  ____ is considered an Italian yard bowling game... 

What is "bocce"?

500

The name of the beach, at the end of Powder Point Bridge...

What is "Duxbury Beach"?

500

The water at Nantasket Beach in Hull, is warmest during THIS month of the year.  In fact the warmest the ocean water gets is on, or around ______ 9th...  (HINT: The month is NOT July!)

What is "AUGUST"?

500

Tom Brady shares the same birthday (August 3rd) with his sister, _____.  However, she was born in 1974, while Tom was born in 1977...

Who is "Julie"?  (Julie is married to former Boston Red Sox player, Kevin Youkilis, since 2012).

500

THIS activity is done in the woods...

What is "hiking"  or  "camping"??