Summer Foods
100: Tomatoes, cucumber, bell pepper, garlic, olive oil – served cold as soup.
Answer: What is Spain? (Gazpacho)
You use this to dry off after swimming.
Answer: What is a towel?
Families celebrate Independence Day on July 4 with barbecues and fireworks.
What is the USA?
This sticky weather happens when it’s very warm and wet.
Answer: What is humid?
100: "It's as hot as an ___!"
Answer: What is oven?
Watermelon, feta cheese, mint, red onion – served chilled as a salad.
Answer: What is Greece?
You wear these on your feet at the beach.
Answer: What are flip-flops?
During La Tomatina, people throw tomatoes at each other in a giant food fight in the streets.
Answer: What is Spain?
These violent summer storms include lightning, thunder, and heavy rain.
thunderstorm
200: "I'm sweating like a ___!" (common funny exaggeration)
Answer: What is pig?
300: Rice noodles, shrimp, fresh herbs, and vegetables wrapped in rice paper – served cold.
Answer: What is Vietnam? (Fresh spring rolls / gỏi cuốn)
A kind of special mat or cover you bring to the park or beach to sit and eat on.
Answer: What is a picnic blanket?
During midsummer, people wear flower crowns and dance around a maypole.
Answer: What is Sweden?
When it rains after hot weather and makes the air smell fresh.
Summer shower
300: "Beat the ___ with a cold drink!"
Answer: What is heat?
400: Spicy grilled meat skewers with peanut sauce, popular in the summer.
Answer: What is Indonesia? (Satay)
A small portable container to keep drinks and food cold.
Answer: What is a cooler?
During the summer Naadam Festival, locals compete in wrestling, horse racing, and archery to celebrate the culture of the steppes.
Answer: What is Mongolia?
A period of abnormally high temperatures, often lasting days or weeks.
a heatwave
400: "Dog days of ___" refer to the hottest time of year.
Answer: What is summer?
500: Corn, cheese, mayonnaise, chili powder – often served on a stick.
Answer: What is Mexico? (Elote – Mexican street corn)
Inflatable item shaped like a unicorn or pizza slice or duck – used for relaxing in water
Answer: What is a pool float/floatie
Summer Obon Festival includes lanterns and traditional dances to honor ancestors.
Answer: What is Japan?
A short, intense burst of rain often followed by sunshine. It’s very typical in tropical climates.
A downpour
500: "Make hay while the sun ___." (Meaning: take advantage of good conditions)
Answer: What is shines?