It happened in August
Games We Played
Songs of Summer
Beachy
We're Going on a Trip
100

Green on the outside and red on the inside. The largest contest for eating this summer time fruit was held in Water Valley, Mississippi, USA, on 3 August 2019.

Watermelon

100

Kids run around trying to avoid getting touched by one player in this game.

What is Tag

100

Under the _________ — by The Drifters

What is boardwalk?

100

You may lay on me and dry yourself with me, what am I?

What is a Towel 

100

This location is famous for having reached a temperature of 134 degrees, the hottest temp ever recorded in the world?

What is Death Valley, California

200

GREEN, YELLOW, RED! The first electric one of these was installed on a street corner on  August 5, 1914 in Cleveland, Ohio. 

What is a stoplight.

200

You’ll need to know your numbers and be able to jump on one foot to win this game often drawn with sidewalk chalk

What is Hopscotch

200

She wore an Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie                          ______ _____ ___ ______.

What is a Yellow Polka Dot Bikini?

200

You should use this at least every two hours you are at the beach. 

What is Sunscreen

200

This pictured street is known as the “crookedest street in the world.” Where does this street reside?

What is Lombard Street, in San Francisco, CA

300

August 9, 1974 - Effective at noon, he resigned the presidency as a result of scandal

 Richard M. Nixon

300

Listen up, when this title guy tells you to do something, you better do it because he says so if he didn't say it, you're out. 

What is Simon Says

300

According to "California Girls," the East Coast girls are …


What is hip

300

The tallest of this beach structure measured in at 69 feet 5 inches, and was made in Denmark, on 2 July 2021.

What is a sandcastle 

(more than 6,400 tons of sand was used to create it)


300

The Main Street of America was a nickname for this historic route

What is Route 66

400

She died August 31, 1997 at age 36 in a high-speed car crash in Paris, France.

Princess Diana

400

This version of jump rope requires 2 people twirling 2 ropes one clockwise one counter-clockwise

What is Double-Dutch  

400

This duet from Grease, between John Travolta and Oliva Newton-John, will have you singing “tell me more, tell me more”

What is Summer Nights 

400

Every 14 minutes an American loses, breaks, or sits on a pair of this fashion accessory.

What are Sunglasses

400

What car do you need to spot in order to play the classic road trip game of screaming “punch buggy” or “Slug Bug” while punching your fellow passengers in the arm?

What is a Volkswagen Beetle or VW “Bug”

500

Is she smiling or not? This painting was stolen on August 21st, 1911 from the Louvre Gallery and not recovered for two years

The Mona Lisa

500

You won’t need any real birds to play this game, but your feet will need to "fly" to catch the person who picked you. 

What is Duck, Duck, Goose

500

While Frank Sinatra sang hits like “New York, New York” and “Come Fly with Me,” he also made us wallow in heartbreak at this summer love song.


What is Summer Wind


500

In August 1999 during a baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Los Angeles Angels, a distraction caused by this summer inflatable on the field resulted in the Angels' defeat.[

What is a beach ball 

500

This southern most city in the continental USA is actually nearer to Havana, Cuba than to Miami, Florida.

What is Key West Florida