Summer Trivia
What is the date for the first day of summer?
June 21st
True or false: A gymnast with a wooden leg won 6 medals, 3 gold, in the 1904 Olympics
True: in the 1904 St. Louis games
True or false: Salt water taffy was made accidently
True: Legend has it that Bradley's candy store became flooded during a major storm in 1883. His entire stock of taffy became soaked with water from the Atlantic Ocean, so he began to call it "salt water taffy" as a joke.
What color is snow?
Technically it's colorless. But can pick up particles of dust or algae and can make the snow appear in many colors including yellow, orange, or green.
When was the first winter Olympics held?
*Bonus: where?
Held in 1924 in the French Alps
True or false: In the heat of summer, the iron in the Eiffel Tower expands, making the tower grow 6 more inches?
True
There's enough water in an Olympic-size pool to take how many baths?
9,400 baths
Olympic pools contain about 660,000 gallons of water, while the average bath contains about 70. That means if you were to drain an Olympic pool and use it to fill your tub, you'd be set at bath time for the next 25 years (assuming you take one bath a day).
What was the first ice cream flavor?
A. Mint Chocolate Chip
B. Vanilla
C. Chocolate
D. Butter Pecan
B: Vanilla
Stands over 122 feet!
What is one of the four indoor sports in the Winter Olympics?
Curling, figure skating, speed skating, and ice hockey
True or false: Americans eat enough hot dogs on July4 to stretch from Washington D.C. to Los Angeles 2 times
False: 5 times
What year was the first summer Olympics held?
*Bonus: Where?
Summer of 1896
In Athens, Greece
About 10 inches of snow
What is the coldest recorded temperature on Earth?
-128 degrees in Antarctica in 1983
How high are the walls of the halfpipe in the snowboarding event?
22 feet
The month of July was named after what historical figure?
a. Ju-Laharquai (ancient Egyptian writer of agriculture science)
b. Julemaeg (Icelandic navigator and first man to map the North Americas known to the Vikings)
c. Julius (Roman Caesar)
d. Pope Julius I
C: Julius (Roman Caesar)
How old is the oldest medalist to compete in the summer Olympics?
Oscar Swahn won silver in 1920 at 72 years old
The tiny snowmen created every time Elsa sneezes in Frozen is called what?
Snowgies
Winter: Earth is 3.1 million miles closer to the sun in January than it is in July.
What Olympic sport has been a part of the Winter games since the beginning?
How many varieties of watermelon are there?
300 varieties
True or false: speed walking has been an Olympic sport since 1908
True
In Home Alone, what is Kevin's last name?
McCallister
How many snow crystals fall from the sky every winter?
Why were there no Olympic games in 1916, 1940, or 1944?
Due to the WWI and WWII.