Summertime Trivia Questions: Quiz!
10 Questions
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Questions and Answers
- 1.On what date does summer officially begin, according to astronomers?
- A.
June 1
- B.
June 21
- C.
May 31
- D.
Memorial Day
- 2.Check all the blockbuster movies that were released during the summer.
- A.
Independence Day
- B.
Spider Man
- C.
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
- D.
Quantum of Solace
- E.
Star Wars
- 3.In Australia, Christmas is a summertime holiday.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.What is the number one grilled food in America?
- A.
Hot dogs
- B.
Hamburgers
- C.
Steaks
- D.
Salmon
- 5.When it is summer in the United States, the sun is over which latitude?
- A.
The Equator
- B.
Tropic of Capricorn
- C.
Tropic of Cancer
- D.
Arctic Circle
- 6.When it is summer in the U.S. the earth is at its closest approach to the sun.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.Dog Days are named for what star?
- A.
Polaris
- B.
Vega
- C.
Pollux
- D.
Sirius
- 8.The ancients believed that summer was so hot because Sirius, the Dog Star, is in conjunction with the sun and so it added its heat to that of the sun.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Select the holidays that always fall within astronomical summer.
- A.
Memorial Day
- B.
Father's Day
- C.
Independence Day
- D.
Labor Day
- E.
Columbus Day
- 10.Who had a hit with the song, "Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer" in 1963?
- A.
Nat King Cole
- B.
Natalie Cole
- C.
Lloyd Cole
- D.
Cole Porter
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