Summer Misc.
Summer Food
Summer Holidays
Summer Fun
Summer Weather
100
This is the vitamin you can get from direct sunlight.
What is vitamin D?
100
This tart vegetable (often thought of as a fruit) is paired with strawberries in pies.
What is rhubarb?
100
This is the day in which we celebrate America's independence from Britain.
What is July 4th/Independence Day?
100
This classic summer game was inspired by an empty pie tin that college students began to throw around.
What is Frisbee?
On January 23, 1957, machines at the Wham-O toy company roll out the first batch of their aerodynamic plastic discs—now known to millions of fans all over the world as Frisbees. The story of the Frisbee began in Bridgeport, Connecticut, where William Frisbie opened the Frisbie Pie Company in 1871.
100
What is the hottest temperature ever recorded in the United States?
134 °F (recorded in Death Valley, CA, in July 1913).
200
In the United States, this is the best-selling BBQ meat during the summer.
What are hotdogs?
According to Forbes, is that 150 million hot dogs are consumed each Independence Day, setting Americans back $104.7 million for the dogs and another $70.4 million for the buns.
200
This summer fruit is actually a member of the rose family. Each fruit may contain around 200 seeds!
What is a strawberry?
200
This is the day in June in which the U.S. flag is celebrated.
A) May 29th, B) July 14th, C) June 14th, D) June 1st
What is June 14th?
The holiday commemorates the date in 1777 when the United States approved the design for its first national flag.
200
When was the first beach ball invented?
A. 1910 B. 1920 C. 1928 D. 1938
1938
A classic beach toy, the inflatable beach ball is believed to have been invented by Jonathon DeLonge in 1938. The original beach balls are thought to have been about the size of a hand.
200
The letters SPF in your sunscreen stand for this.
What is Sun protection factor?
300
True or false: The month of July is named after the Roman emperor Julius Caesar.
True!
300
90% of Americans keep this sweet treat in their freezer.
What is Ice Cream?
300
This holiday was first celebrated in 1868 at Arlington National Cemetery.
A) Flag Day B) Labor Day C) Veterans Day D) Memorial Day
What is Memorial Day?
It was initially called decoration day. Maj. Gen. John A. Logan established Decoration Day as a way for the nation to honor the graves of those who died in the Civil War with flowers, according to the U.S. Veterans Affairs Department.
300
This famous island in New York holds a hot dog contest on Independence Day.
What is Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York City.
Winners of the contest collect a $10,000 prize, along with a championship mustard belt.
300
Which U.S. state experiences the most wildfires during summer? (a) Texas (b) Arizona (c) California.
California.
Since 1983, the National Interagency Fire Center has documented an average of approximately 70,000 wildfires per year.
400
This Shakespeare play is famously set in the middle of summer.
What is A Midsummer Night’s Dream?
400
This popular summer fruit contains about 90% water.
What is watermelon?
400
This holiday commemorates the day the last U.S. slaves were freed in TX. It was made a federal holiday in June 2021.
A) Shavuot B) Juneteenth C) Memorial Day D) Freedom Day
What is Juneteenth?
The troops’ arrival came a full two and a half years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth honors the end to slavery in the United States and is considered the longest-running African American holiday.
400
The U.S. has hosted the Summer Olympics this many times.
What is Four?
St. Louis in 1904, Los Angeles in 1932 &1984 and most recently Atlanta in 1996.
400
True or false: More thunderstorms occur during the summer than at any other time of the year.
True. Thunderstorms are most widespread across much of the country in summer because hot, humid air needed to fuel thunderstorms is most pervasive in June, July and August.
500
This is the longest beach in the United States.
What is Long Beach, Washington. The Long Beach Peninsula is the longest contiguous beach in the U.S. at about 28 miles .
500
This first summer drink debuted in Paris on August 20th, 1630. The drink was made from sparkling water and lemon juice sweetened with honey.
What is Lemonade?
(August 20th is National Lemonade Day)
500
Which holiday honoring parents came first: Mother's Day or Father's Day?
Mother's Day
Mother's Day became a commercial holiday in 1908. The nation’s first Father’s Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910, in the state of Washington, but it was not until 1972—58 years after President Woodrow Wilson made Mother’s Day official—that the day honoring fathers became a nationwide holiday in the United States.
500
This is the oldest and most prestigious tennis tournament played each summer.
What is Wimbledon?
This tournament was first played in the year 1887, and gets its name from the place where it was first played, The All England Club which is located in the suburbs of London in a place called Wimbledon.
500
The longest streak of consecutive rain-less days in U.S. history lasted this many days.
What is 150 days (Las Vegas, summer 2020).