Solstice
Let's not get ahead of ourselves - what part of Earth doesn't celebrate the Summer Solstice at the same time as us?
Southern Hemisphere
Peaches - loved in many summer desserts - are the state fruit of which state?
Georgia
P. Sherman 42 Wallaby Way Sydney - just keep swimming! (2003)
Finding Nemo
This beach is well-known for its seals (pretty stinky)
La Jolla Cove
Waikiki Beach is a world-famous beach in which city?
Honolulu
True or False: the earth is closer to the sun during the summer months.
False! (it's the axial tilt that does the seasons, Earth is actually closer to the sun during Northern hemisphere winter)
A famous Iberian cold soup
Gazpacho
This summer blockbuster (1982) helped popularize Reese's Pieces
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
I can hear kids yelling as they go over the top of the big wooden hill...
Mission Beach (Belmont Park)
Enjoy beautiful summertime views of El Capitan and Half Dome in this world-famous park
Yosemite National Park
This iconic enormous ring lines up with the sun on solstices.
Stonehenge
The name of this classic summer food prep method comes from an indigenous Hispaniola word for a framework of sticks used for cooking meat over a fire
Barbecue (original word is "barbacoa" or similar, from the Taino people of the island of Hispaniola, i.e. current-day Haiti/DR)
"We're gonna need a bigger boat" (1975)
Jaws
This San Diego beach features the second-largest wooden structure in the United States
Coronado Beach
France (Provence, French Riviera)
On Uranus, the summer solstice lasts for:
A. 42 hours
B. 42 days
C. 42 months
D. 42 years
42 years!!! (the poles have 42 years of continuous sunlight followed by 42 years of continuous darkness)
The two members of this classic American cookout pairing have European names and origins
Hamburger and French fries
"Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads"
Back to the Future
This San Diego beach - a popular surfing spot - is named after a former hotel on the site that burned down in the 1940s
Windansea
I'm on Copacabana Beach, what city am I in?
Rio de Janeiro
At what named latitude is the Sun directly overhead on summer solstice? (Hint: it is one of two such named latitudes that are equidistant from the equator)
Tropic of Cancer (Tropic of Capricorn for the Northern Hemisphere winter solstice)
The classic Ben and Jerry's flavors Cherry Garcia and Phish Food take their names from where?
Bands (Phish, and Jerry Garcia of Grateful Dead)
Mad Max: Fury Road
Don't be fooled by this beach's shallow appearance - there are some extremely deep canyons right offshore that create really unique marine habitats!
La Jolla Shores (or Scripps Institute of Oceanography)
Denali (Mt McKinley - Alaska)