Summer Snacks
This fruit is the only one with its seeds on the outside, and it's a favorite for summer shortcakes.
What is a Strawberry?
This "colorful" topping consists of tiny cylinders of sugar and is called "Hagelslag" in the Netherlands and "Jimmies" in parts of the U.S.
What are Sprinkles?
In this backyard game, you use a wooden mallet to hit colored balls through metal hoops called "wickets."
What is Croquet?
This is the primary reason we have summer; it’s because the Earth is _____ on its axis.
What is Tilted?
In the Northern Hemisphere, June, July, and August are summer, but in this country "down under," those same months are the middle of winter.
What is Australia?
To make a perfect S’more, you need a graham cracker, a marshmallow, and a piece of chocolate from this company, founded in Pennsylvania in 1894.
What is Hershey’s?
Most modern ice cream is made with this process that heats the milk to kill bacteria before freezing.
What is Pasteurization?
If you are "hanging ten" on a longboard, you are participating in this ocean sport.
What is Surfing?
These white, fluffy clouds look like cotton balls and are common on sunny summer days, but they can turn into "thunderheads" if they grow tall.
What are Cumulus clouds?
This is the only US state where coffee is grown commercially, making it a popular "tropical" summer destination.
What is Hawaii?
This frozen treat on a stick was accidentally invented in 1905 by an 11-year-old boy who left a soda with a stirring stick outside overnight.
What is a Popsicle?
This popular ice cream brand, known for its "Pints," was started by two friends in a renovated gas station in Vermont.
What is Ben & Jerry’s?
This popular lawn game involves throwing a bola (two balls connected by a string) onto a three-tiered ladder.
What is Ladder Toss (or Ladder Golf)?
This is the process where liquid water turns into a gas, which is how your sweat cools you down on a hot day.
What is Evaporation?
In the movie Finding Nemo, the characters live in this famous summer vacation spot, which is the world's largest coral reef system.
What is the Great Barrier Reef?
Often sold at fairs, this "airy" snack is made of spun sugar and was originally called "Fairy Floss."
What is Cotton Candy?
If you are eating "Neapolitan" ice cream, you are eating these three specific flavors in one container.
What are Chocolate, Vanilla, and Strawberry?
This activity involves using a mask, fins, and a tube to look at sea life, but unlike scuba diving, it doesn't require a tank.
What is Snorkeling?
This "index" combines air temperature and relative humidity to determine how hot it actually feels to the human body.
What is the Heat Index?
Most summer "annual" flowers need to be replanted every year, but these types of plants come back on their own every summer.
What are Perennials?
These small, salty, twisted snacks were once believed to be shaped like arms crossed in prayer.
What are Pretzels?
This specific "brain" sensation happens when you eat ice cream too fast, causing blood vessels in the roof of your mouth to swell.
What is a Brain Freeze?
In this sport, players use a racket to hit a "shuttlecock" or "birdie" over a high net.
What is Badminton?
These giant revolving storms start over warm ocean waters and are called "typhoons" in the Pacific but this name in the Atlantic.
What are Hurricanes?
This was the first ever Disney theme park to open, debuting in California on July 17, 1955.
What is Disneyland?