Backyard BBQ
This squirtable yellow condiment gets its bright color from turmeric, not actual mustard seeds.
What is yellow mustard?
This 1975 Steven Spielberg film about a killer shark practically invented the concept of the "Summer Blockbuster."
What is Jaws?
If you are driving to see Old Faithful erupt, you are taking a road trip to this famous National Park.
What is Yellowstone?
To stay cool, the human body releases this liquid from sweat glands to lower internal temperatures via evaporation.
What is sweat / perspiration?
This "King of Pop" released the hit track "Rock with You" but also had us dancing in the summer heat with his brothers.
Who is Michael Jackson?
To make a authentic S'more, you need graham crackers, marshmallows, and this specific brand of chocolate bar.
What is Hershey's?
In 2023, the simultaneous summer release of Barbie and Oppenheimer led internet users to coin this viral, mashup phrase.
What is Barbenheimer?
Known as the "Main Street of America," this historic highway originally ran from Chicago to Santa Monica.
What is Route 66?
Invented by Willis Carrier in 1902, this mechanical system revolutionized modern indoor comfort.
What is air conditioning?
This California surf-rock band had us dreaming of "Good Vibrations" and "Surfin' U.S.A."
Who are The Beach Boys?
This "charred" material is made by burning wood in the absence of oxygen and is the standard fuel for classic grills
What is charcoal?
Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones saved the world from alien scum during the summer of 1997 in this sci-fi comedy.
What is Men in Black?
To drive across the overseas highway all the way to Key West, you will be traveling through this southern state.
What is Florida?
SPF stands for this, which measures how well a sunscreen protects your skin from UV rays.
What is Sun Protection Factor?
DJ Jazzy Jeff and this future "Fresh Prince" actor teamed up in 1991 for the laid-back anthem simply titled "Summertime."
Who is Will Smith?
From the Spanish word barbacoa, this style of cooking involves slow-smoking meat over indirect heat for hours
What is barbecue?
Tom Cruise felt "the need for speed" all over again in the summer of 2022 with this incredibly high-flying sequel.
What is Top Gun: Maverick?
This massive, man-made Nevada landmark on the Colorado River creates Lake Mead and is a popular Southwest driving stop.
What is the Hoover Dam?
This type of light, invisible to the human eye, is responsible for causing sunburns.
What is Ultraviolet / UV light?
This country singer wants you to know that "it's five o'clock somewhere" while sipping a margarita.
Who is Alan Jackson or Jimmy Buffett?
Often served at BBQs, this tubular pasta salad traditionally gets its name from a word meaning "elbow" or "large grooved tube" in Italian
What is macaroni salad?
This 1993 dinosaur epic held the record for the highest-grossing film of all time until Titanic sank it.
What is Jurassic Park?
This spectacular, winding 52-mile highway cuts through Glacier National Park and shares its name with a popular phrase for traveling to the sun.
What is the Going-to-the-Sun Road?
This is the highest temperature ever reliably recorded on Earth, in Death Valley.
What is 134 degrees?
Alice Cooper famously sang that this institution is "out for summer" and "out forever."
What is school?