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This is the location of the world famous Nathan's Hot Dog eating contest on July 4th each year since 1916.
What is Coney Island?
It was no small order, however, this disease has been eradicated over the last 60 years thanks to vaccines.
What is smallpox?
This novel allegedly boosted the number of visits to the Louvre in 2005 by 22%.
What is the Da Vinci Code?
The apartment complex that was the place to be in the 90's, it is the famous 90210 spin-off.
What is Melrose Place?
Is the city that celebrated the first Independence Day in the United States.
What is Philadelphia?
This city has hosted the summer games the most, three times, in 1908, 1948, and 2012.
What is London?
This is the year that Don Henley's 'The Boys of Summer' song was released.
What is 1984?
Immunization is not just a human thing, colonies of these also employ a "social immunization" to create a herd immunity.
What are ants?
In 2004, this author became the first person to earn $1 billion for writing books.
Who is J.K. Rowling?
You were moving on up in this All in the Family spin-off. For an extra point name another All in the Family spin-off with a future "Golden Girl".
What is the Jeffersons?
Extra: What is Maude?
Three gentleman who all signed the Declaration of Independence and by the way were also President of the United States, all passed away on July 4th. True patriots! (200 points for each name your team is able to come up with)
Clue: Chicago has street's named in honor of all three. Two run east/west, the other is north/south.
Who are Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and James Madison.
These are the sports that the most golden female, soviet Larisa Latynina with 9 gold medals, and golden male, Michael Phelps with 23 gold medals, competed in.
What are gymnastics and swimming?
This month of summer is National Ice Cream Month.
What is July?
This is the percentage goal for achieving herd immunity against the SARS-CoV-2, better known as COVID-19.
What is 70%?
Popular children’s book featuring characters named Augustus Gloop, Violet Beauregarde and Veruca Salt?
What is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?
Do you know your American housewives, these were the spin-off places in the U.S. after The Real House Wives of Orange County. (300 points for naming three, an extra 100 points for each additional correct answer)
What are
Was the population of the United States on July 4th, 1776. (Within 200,000 up or down)
What is 2.5 million?
This is the event that the oldest man to compete in the Summer Olympic Games, Oscar Swahn of Sweden in 1908, 1912, and 1920, competed in. He became the oldest gold medalist when he won gold at 64 years and 280 days old in 1912, and the oldest medalist when he won silver in 1920 at the spry age of 72 years, 281 days old.
What is shooting?
These are the three signs of the Zodiac that occur during summer.
What are Cancer, Leo, and Virgo?
MMR stands for this in the vaccine given to young children.
What is measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles)?
Is the American author who wrote The Great Gatsby
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
These shows didn't jump a shark, but they were all spin-offs of Happy Days. (400 points for naming one spin-off and an additional 200 points for additional correct answer)
What are
Is the only American president born on the 4th of July. You must be very alliterate to name this gentleman.
Who was Calvin Coolidge?
Aleshia Keys may have been inspired by Australian Cathy Freeman when she sang her hit 'Girl on Fire'. This is the individual track event Freeman won gold for at the Sydney 2000 Games, after lighting the Olympic Flame, making her the only person ever to do both in the same games.
What is the 400 meters?
This is where our friends the seventeen year cicadas spend a majority of their time.
What is underground? (At a depth of about a foot)
Dr. Edward Jenner is credited with developing the first successful vaccine in this year, after observing milkmaids who previously had caught cowpox did not catch smallpox.
Also later this year U.S. President George Washington issues his Farewell Address, which warns against partisan politics and foreign entanglements. In addition, he sets a precedent by declining to run for a third term
What is 1796?
These are the names of the four sisters from Little Women.
Who are Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy?
The names of the Law and Order spin-offs.
(500 points for naming two and an additional 200 points for every additional correct answer)
What are
Is the number of people who signed the Declaration of Independence. (Within plus or minus three)
What is 56?
American Eddie Eagan is the only person to win a gold medal at both the Summer and Winter Olympic games. These are the two events he won. The road to gold was a bit rocky and that is no raging bull for his gold in summer. However, for the winter gold it was a lot of cool runnings. This clue is Jama-making me crazy.
What are boxing and bobsled?