Animals
True or false: In the summer, squirrels use their big, bushy tails to protect themselves from the sun.
Answer: True.
Which country holds the world record for the hottest temperature ever recorded?
Answer: The United States (Death Valley, CA).
Which is the most popular ice pop flavor in the U.S.?
Answer: Cherry.
Which singer, known as the Queen of Disco, sang “I Feel Love”?
Answer: Donna Summer.
The Fourth of July is the biggest event of the summer. But in which year did the United States gain independence from Britain?
Answer: 1776.
What is the most common butterfly in the United States?
Answer: The Cabbage White.
Which country gives students the longest summer vacation?
Answer: Italy (12 weeks).
What is America’s number one BBQ snack?
Answer: Hamburgers.
The song “Summer Nights” is from which 1978 movie?
Answer: Grease.
True or false: The month of July is named after the Roman emperor Julius Caesar.
Answer: True.
Give some examples of animals that hibernate in summer.
Tortoises, crocodiles, four-toed hedgehogs, and dwarf lemurs.
Where was the ice pop invented?
Answer: San Francisco, USA.
What is America’s most popular ice cream flavor? (a) Vanilla (b) Chocolate (c) Strawberry.
Answer: Chocolate.
Which band recorded the 1969 folk-pop classic “Here Comes the Sun”?: (a) The Rolling Stones (b) The Monkees (c) The Beatles.
Answer: The Beatles.
What was the hottest U.S. summer on record? (a) 1976 (b) 2020 (c) 2019.
Answer: 2020.
Why do some animals pant when it’s hot?
To keep themselves cool.
Where is the biggest water park in the world? (a) United States (b) Germany (c) Spain.
Answer: Germany.
What is the most popular cocktail in the U.S.?
Answer: Margaritas.
Who had hits with “Fun! Fun! Fun!,” “California Girls,” and “Surfin’ Safari”?
Answer: The Beach Boys.
In which year did the legendary music festival Woodstock take place?
Answer: 1969.
Which animals are employed as beach lifeguards in some U.S. states? (a) Dogs (b) Chimpanzees (c) Raccoons.
Answer: Dogs.
In which country do people gather at Stonehenge to celebrate the summer solstice?
Answer: England.
Which two cities both claim to have invented the ice cream sandwich?
Answer: Pittsburgh and New York.
Who sang the 1970s rock anthem “School’s Out”?
Answer: Alice Cooper.
When was the “Summer of Love”?
Answer: 1967.