SUMMER

Daily Fun
Facts & Trivia
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Grades 1-6
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Daily Fun Facts & Trivia

June Calendar of Events 3

July Calendar of Events 4
August Calendar of Events 5
June Daily Activities 6
July Daily Activities 11
August Daily Activities 16

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Stand for 1 Radio Patented

2 First U.S. Space 3 First Supermarket 4 U.N. World 5 First Drive-In 6
 
Children Day Walk (1965)
(1896) Cart Introduced (1937) Environment Day Movie Theater
American Indians Opened (1933)
Kentucky Admission Tiananmen Square Robert F. Kennedy
Day (1792) Granted U.S. Demonstrations (1989) Assassinated (1968) D-Day (1944)
Citizenship (1924)
Tennessee First AIDS Report
Admission Day (1796) USDA Introduces Published (1981)
MyPlate Nutrition
CNN Debuted (1980) Guidelines (2011)

Homer Plessy 7 World Oceans 8 Hong Kong 9 Alcoholics 10 Great Barrier 11 Diary Day 12 Poet William 13
Broke Segregation Day Leased to UK for 99 Anonymous Reef Discovered Butler Yeats's
Laws (1892) Years (1898) Founded (1935) (1770) Pres. George H. W. Birthday (1865)
Bush's Birthday (1924)
VCR Introduced (1975) Ballpoint Pen Oceanographer Presidents of North
Patented (1943) Jacques Cousteau's Anne Frank's & South Korea Met
Birthday (1910) Birthday (1929) (2000)

Flag Day 14 Arkansas 15 Valentina 16 Artist M.C. 17 Ramadan 18 First Official 19 World Refugee 20
Admission Day (1836) Tereshkova First Escher's Birthday Begins Game of Baseball Day
Official U.S. Flag Woman in Space (1898) (1846)
Adopted (1777) Oregon Boundary (1963) War of 1812 Began West Virginia
Treaty Signed (1846) Republic of Iceland (1812) Juneteenth Admission Day (1863)
First Commercial Established (1944) (Liberation of
Computer Napoleon Defeated Slaves) (1865)
Introduced (1951) at Battle of Waterloo
(1815)

Sally Ride First

American Woman in
Space (1983)

Father's Day 21 Explorer 22 First Typewriter 23 Term "Flying 24 General Custer 25 Bicycle 26 Activist Helen 27
George Vancouver's Patented (1868) Saucers" First Used Died at Little Patented (1819) Keller's Birthday (1880)
Summer Begins Birthday (1757) (1947) Bighorn (1876)
Athlete Wilma Inventor of the First Newbery Medal
New Hampshire Pledge of Allegiance Rudolph's Birthday Author George Thermometer Born Awarded (1922)
Admission Day (1788) Recognized by (1940) Orwell's Birthday (1824)

Cyrus McCormick Congress (1942) Supreme Court

(1903)
First Map of Human
Patented Justice Clarence Author Eric Carle's Genome Completed
Mechanical Reaper Thomas's Birthday Birthday (1929) (2000)
(1834) (1948)
First Color TV
WNBA Debuted (1997) Broadcast (1951)

Paul Bunyan 28 Shakespeare's 29 Meteor Day 30

       
Day Theater Destroyed
by Fire (1613) 26th Amendment
Changed Voting Age
Remote Control to 18 (1971)
Introduced (1964)

Child Vision Awareness Month National Rose Month

Dairy Month Safety Month
Fireworks Safety Month Smile Month
National Rivers Month

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Battle of 1 Pres. James 2 Compliment Your 3 Independence 4

     
Gettysburg (1863) Garfield Shot (1881) Mirror Day Day (1776)
Canada Day (1867) Aviator Amelia Stay Out of the Sun Thoreau Moved to
Earhart Disappeared Day Walden Pond (1845)
First U.S. Zoo (1937)
Opened (1874) Idaho Admission Statue of Liberty
Civil Rights Act of Day (1890) Presented (1884)
ZIP Codes 1964 Became Law
Introduced (1963) (1964) U.S. Veterans
Administration
Created (1930)

P. T. Barnum's 5 Republican Party 6 Pinocchio First 7 First Public 8 Sugar Cookie 9 Don't Step on a 10 World 11
Birthday (1810) Formed (1854) Printed (1883) Reading of Day Bee Day Population Day
Declaration of
Larry Doby Signed Pres. George W. Hawaii Annexed by Independence (1776) Wyoming Admission Pres. John Quincy
with Cleveland Bush's Birthday (1946) U.S. (1898) Day (1890) Adams's Birthday
Indians (1946) Vermont Abolished (1767)
Terrorist Bombing in Slavery (1777)
First Cloned Sheep London Killed 52 Babe Ruth Debuted
(Dolly) Born (1996) (2005) in Major League
Baseball (1914)
Author Patricia
Polacco's Birthday
(1944)

Etch-a-Sketch 12 First World Cup 13 Bastille Day in 14 Howard Hughes 15 District of 16 Potsdam 17 Mein Kampf 18
Introduced (1960) Soccer Tournament France (1789) Set New Speed Columbia Conference (1945) Published (1925)
(1930) Record (1938) Established (1790)
First Female Vice- Nazis Became Sole Disneyland Opened Gymnast Nadia
Presidential 25-hour Blackout in Political Party in First International Last Russian Czar (1955) Comaneci Scored
Candidate New York City (1977) Germany (1933) Manned Spaceflight Executed (1918) First Perfect 10 (1976)
Announced (1984) (1975)
$100 Bill Became First Parking Meters
Largest U.S. (1935)

Currency (1969)

National Ice 19 First Special 20 Author Ernest 21 Pied Piper 22 Pneumatic Tires 23 Apollo 11 24 Puerto Rico 25
Cream Day Olympics (1968) Hemingway's Arrived in Hamelin Invented (1888) Astronauts Safely Became U.S.
Birthday (1899) (1264) Return to Earth (1969) Commonwealth (1952)
First Women's First Moon Landing Hale-Bopp Comet
Rights Convention (1969) Scopes Found Discovered (1995) First Test-Tube
Held (1848) Guilty in "Monkey Baby Born (1978)
Trial" (1925)
First East to West
Rowing of the Stateswoman Janet
Atlantic (1969) Reno's Birthday (1938)

Parents' Day 26 Korean War 27 Author Beatrix 28 Author Sharon 29 Author Emily 30 Columbus 31
 
Veterans' Armistice Potter's Birthday (1866) Creech's Birthday Brontë's Birthday Arrived in Trinidad
New York Day (1945) (1818) (1498)
Admission Day (1788) 14th Amendment
Bugs Bunny Ratified (1868) NASA Established Industrialist Henry Author J.K.
Liberia Became Debuted (1940)
(1958) Ford's Birthday (1863) Rowling's Birthday
Africa's First World War I Began Prince Charles
(1965)

Republic (1847) Bombing at Olympic (1914) In God We Trust

Married Lady Diana Made U.S. Motto
Games in Atlanta Spencer (1981)
FBI Created (1908) (1996)
(1956)

Blueberries Month Read an Almanac Month

Hot Dog Month Recreation and Parks Month

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Colorado 1
           
Admission Day (1876)

Friendship Day 2 National Kids Day 3 Musician Louis 4 Electric Traffic 5 Bacteriologist 6 First Pictures of 7 Great Train 8
Armstrong's Birthday Lights First Installed Alexander Fleming's Earth Taken from Robbery Thieves
Ice Cream Columbus Set Sail (1901) (1914) Birthday (1881) Space (1959) Stole $6M (1963)
Sandwich Day (1492)
Nazis Arrested Anne Astronaut Neil Atomic Bomb Lynne Cox Swam First Canadian
Declaration of William Faulkner Frank & Family (1944) Armstrong's Birthday Dropped on
Stamp Issued Bering Strait (1987) Turtle Derby (1972)
Independence (1987) (1930)
Hiroshima (1945)
Signed (1776) President Barack Nixon Announced
Obama's Birthday Sonia Sotomayor Resignation (1974)
First U.S. Census: (1961)
Confirmed as First
Population Hispanic Supreme
3,929,214 (1790) Court Justice (2009)
Lincoln Penny
Issued (1909)

International Art 9 Missouri 10 Martian Moon 11 International 12 International 13 Japan Agreed 14 Chef Julia Child's15
Appreciation Day Admission Day (1821) Phobos Discovered Youth Day Left-Hander's Day to Surrender in Birthday (1912)
(1677) WWII (1945)
Psychologist Jean Smithsonian Tyrannosaurus Sue Activist Lucy Stone's Panama Canal
Piaget's Birthday Institution Opened First Inmates Arrived Discovered (1990) Birthday (1818) Largest Blackout in Opened (1914)
(1896) (1846) at Alcatraz (1934) U.S. History (2003)
First Two-Way Woodstock Music &
Jesse Owens Won Japanese Satellite Art Fair Opened (1969)
Four Olympic Gold Internment Survivors Conversation (1948)
Medals (1936) Awarded $20K (1988) New Solar System
Discovered (2001)

Bathysphere 16 Folk Hero 17 First American 18 Aviation Day 19 Pres. Benjamin 20 Pueblo Indians 21 Tooth Fairy Day 22
Reached Record Davy Crockett's Child of English Harrison's Birthday Took Possession of
Depth (1934) Birthday (1786) Parents Born (1587) Adolf Hitler Elected (1833) Santa Fe, NM (1680) Writer Annie
Fuhrer (1934) Proulx's Birthday
Klondike Gold Rush Explorer Meriwether Lincoln-Douglas (1935)
Began (1896) Lewis's Birthday (1774) Pres. Bill Clinton's Debates Began (1858)
Birthday (1946)
King Kong Mona Lisa Stolen
Premiered (1933) (1911)

Hawaii Statehood
Day (1959)

International 23 Mount Vesuvius 24 New Orleans 25 Women's 26 Pres. Lyndon B. 27 First Radio 28 Musician 29
Day for Erupted (79) Founded by French Equality Day Johnson's Birthday Commercial Charlie Parker's
Remembrance of (1718) (1908) Broadcasted (1922) Birthday (1920)
Slave Trade & Its Mexico Gained
Independence from Athlete Althea MLK Gave "I Have a Hurricane Katrina
Abolition Gibson's Birthday
Spain (1821) (1927)
Dream" Speech (1963) Devastated Gulf
Sacco & Vanzetti Coast (2005)
Executed Amid First Swimmer Earth First
Protest (1927) Crossed the English Photographed from
Channel (1875) the Moon (1966)

Cleopatra 30 International 31
         
Committed Suicide Blog Day
(30 BC)
Trail Mix Day
Author Mary
Shelley's Birthday Princess Diana Died
(1797) (1997)

Thurgood Marshall
Confirmed as First
Black Supreme
Court Justice (1967)

Back to School Month Happiness Happens Month

Family Fun Month Kids' Vision and Learning Month
Get Ready for Kindergarten Month

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 ••••••••••June 1 ••••••••••June 5
What familiar eating utensil would not Which side of the pitcher is the handle
have been found at the Pilgrims’ harvest on?
feast of 1621?
the outside
shared plates and drinking vessels. ANSWER:
and their fingers, and sometimes
used a knife, a spoon, a large napkin,

••••••••••June 6
The Pilgrims didn’t use forks. They
ANSWER:

1. How could a girl be born in June,

although her birthday is in July, and
••••••••••June 2 grow up to marry her father?
How can you divide 10 potatoes between 2. How can you cut a wheel of cheese
3 people? into eight equal portions with just
three straight cuts of a knife?
Mash them
ANSWER: and cut that stack in half.
quarters on top of one another,
will take two cuts), stack the

••••••••••June 3
2. Cut the wheel into quarters (that
(perform the marriage ceremony).
What did the little rose say to the big she could marry her father
rose?
divorced and decided to re-marry,
father was then widowed or
member of the clergy and her
“Hey, Bud!”
Assuming the girl grew up to be a
ANSWER: Oregon) in the month of July.
June, in Missouri (or in June,
1. She could be born in the town of
••••••••••June 4 ANSWERS:

What is the difference between an old

dime and a new penny?
What kind of fruit did Noah eat on the
ark?
What do bullies like to drink?
nine cents; pears; punch
ANSWERS:

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 ••••••••••June 7 ••••••••••June 12
What two words have the most letters in The common pet gerbil originated in
them? Mongolia. Like all rodents, a gerbil has
front teeth that are constantly growing,
Post Office
so it must chew on things to keep them
ANSWER: filed down to sharp points.

••••••••••June 13
••••••••••June 8
A cat whose tail is twitching at the tip is
Canada has more doughnut shops per probably mad about something.
capita than any other country on Earth—
one for every 9,000 of its 30 million
residents. ••••••••••June 14
Match the state with its slogan:
••••••••••June 9 State
Literature Trivia 1. Utah
The title of the first book in The 2. Vermont
Chronicles of Narnia is The Magician’s
Nephew. 3. West Virginia
4. Wisconsin
••••••••••June 10 5. New Hampshire
Looking for a special way to sign Slogan
autograph books and school yearbooks? a. Live Free or Die
Try these “Yours” phrases:
b. America’s Dairyland
• Yours ’til butter flies.
• Yours ’til lip sticks. c. Wild, Wonderful
• Yours ’til France fries Turkey in d. Green Mountain State
Greece.
e. Greatest Snow on Earth
• Yours ’til the kitchen sinks.
1—e; 2—d; 3—c; 4—b; 5—a

••••••••••June 11 ANSWERS:

“When I was growing up I always wanted

to be someone. Now I realize I should
have been more specific.”
— Lily Tomlin

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 ••••••••••June 15
Bored with your toys and books?
Organize a swap meet with your friends!
Find a place and set a date. Ask your
friends to get together any books, games,
or toys that they no longer want and
bring them to the swap meet to trade
them. Just make sure that everyone
checks with his or her parents first.
••••••••••June 16
In Chicago it’s against the law to bring a
French poodle with you to an opera
house.
••••••••••June 17
••••••••••June 18
UNICEF Voices of Youth
www.unicef.org/voy
Share your ideas on issues! Communicate
electronically with kids from around the
world.
••••••••••June 19
In the late 1950s, the Wham-O toy
company began preliminary introduction
of its plastic “Flyin’ Saucer” toy to
students at Yale. Wham-O quickly
discovered that students were already
playing with “Frisbies.” Wham-O liked that
name better, changed the spelling, and
soon launched a national craze.

Place the fancy word in the correct

blank: ••••••••••June 20
Knock, Knock!
a. Hey, that’s one _________ apple tree!
Who’s there?
b. By the end of the long dinner, the
fresh flowers were _________. Radio.
Radio who?
c. We really enjoyed your weird uncle’s
_________ stories. Radio not, here I come!
d. I can’t stand talking about movies with
her; she’s so _________.
Word
1. droll
2. eristic
3. fecund
4. flaccid
4. b, flaccid: soft and limp
3. a, fecund: fruitful
2. d, eristic: argumentative
1. c, droll: oddly comical
ANSWERS:

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 ••••••••••June 21 ••••••••••June 24
Match the Kool-Aid flavor with its official The English people who came to
French translation: Plymouth, Massachusetts were not the
first Europeans to come to New England.
Flavor
European traders and fishermen had been
1. Cherry coming to New England for at least 100
2. Strawberry years before the Mayflower landed.

3. Grape
••••••••••June 25
4. Incrediberry
• There are about 800 tombstones in
5. Pink Swimmingo Rose Tombstone, Arizona.
French translation • In 1610, the population of the
a. Magicolore American colonies was 350. (Just
349 people less and Solitaire would
b. Flambant
have been the card game!)
c. Raisin • Annie Oakley, the best sharpshooter
d. Cerise (male or female) in the Old West,
used to pin an Ace of Hearts to a tree
e. Fraise 25 yards away and fire 25 shots in
1—d; 2—e; 3—c; 4—a; 5—b 27 seconds to shoot away the heart
ANSWERS: spot.

••••••••••June 22
Make a wish…
• Each time you eat a green M&M
• On the first star you see tonight
• On the first robin you see in the spring
• Before wearing a new pair of shoes
• Before throwing a coin into a fountain
• Before blowing out your birthday
candles
• On Midsummer’s Eve (June 23)
••••••••••June 26
Did you know that you can tell the
temperature by counting cricket chirps?
The warmer the temperature, the faster a
cricket chirps. Using a watch with a
second hand, count the chirps for 15
seconds and add 40 to that number. You’ll
have the temperature in Fahrenheit
degrees!
Impress your friends and family! Tell
them you can tell the temperature just by
looking at your watch!

••••••••••June 23 ••••••••••June 27
Name the only country in Europe that • More than 3 million rivets were used
starts with the letter D. to build the Titanic.
• The Titanic used 14,000 gallons of
drinking water every 24 hours.
Denmark
ANSWER:

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 ••••••••••June 28
The territory of killer bees is growing by
300 miles per year.

••••••••••June 29
World’s Best Hot Fudge Float
2 tablespoons of your favorite hot fudge sauce
1 cup milk
1 small scoop of ice cream (your favorite flavor)
3–5 miniature marshmallows
Measure the fudge sauce into a large
coffee mug. Heat the milk in a saucepan
over low heat. (Do not let it boil!) Pour
the hot milk into the cup and stir until the
fudge is completely blended. Place the ice
cream on top. Top with marshmallows.

••••••••••June 30
What do you call a cow that cuts grass?
A lawn mooooooer!
ANSWER:

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 ••••••••••July 1
Top-Selling Ben & Jerry’s Flavors
1. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
2. Cherry Garcia
3. Chocolate Fudge Brownie
4. New York Super Fudge Chunk
5. English Toffee Crunch
The average number of licks in a
single-scoop ice cream cone is 50.
••••••••••July 2
In 1957, the United States Chamber of
Commerce officially designated July as
National Hot Dog Month.
••••••••••July 3
• To quickly get rid of a grape or
cherry juice “mustache,” dab a bit of
toothpaste on a washcloth and wipe it
away.
• If the hem of your pants or skirt falls
down, you can fix it quickly with
scotch tape.
••••••••••July 4
• Fireworks were standard fare for July
Fourth celebrations as early as 1778.
By 1900, fireworks shops sold
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favorites such as whirligigs, batteries
of stars, volcanoes, Pharaoh’s
serpents, serpents’ eggs, and yellow
jackets.
• At the Battle of Bunker Hill on
June 17, 1775, 449 colonists were
killed and wounded by the British. On
July 5, 1904, 4,169 Americans were
killed and wounded by fireworks. A
year later, the number of dead and
wounded by fireworks was up to
5,176.
••••••••••July 5
The Frisbee
In the mid-1940s, students at Yale
University began tossing around empty
pie tins inscribed with the name of the
pie’s baker: William Russell Frisbie.
••••••••••July 6
More Hot Dogs
• The average American eats between
80 and 100 hot dogs per year.
• From Memorial Day to Labor Day,
Americans enjoy more than five billion
hot dogs. Laid end to end, that’s
enough hot dogs to circle the globe
more than 15 times.
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A kid is walking down the street with a Brighten up your email messages with
banana in his ear. A man says to the kid, these “emoticons”:
“Hey, what are you doing with that *:o) clown
banana in your ear?” The kid says, “I
d:-) baseball player
can’t hear you. I’ve got a banana in my
ear.” (:v duck
Banana warning: A mosquito is more :-! smoking a cigar
likely to bite you after you’ve eaten a :-)8 person wearing a bow tie
banana.

••••••••••July 8 ••••••••••July 11
Shalom means “hello,” “goodbye,” and
Ways to Stop the Hiccups “peace” in Hebrew.
• Swallow hard.
• Pull your knees up to your chest. ••••••••••July 12
• Suck on a slice of lemon.
Back in 1900, it wasn’t always easy to
• Ask someone to scare you. tell if a person was dead or just in a
• Hold your breath. coma. So the Society for the Prevention
• Drink a glass of water very slowly. of Premature Burial came up with the
idea of tying a string around the finger of
••••••••••July 9 the person being buried. The string came
through a hole in the coffin and was
The 10 most landed-on spaces in attached to a bell on top of the grave. If
“Monopoly” are: the person woke up, he or she could ring
1. Illinois Avenue the bell.

2. Go
••••••••••July 13
3. B&O Railroad
1. What would you do if you found
4. Free Parking Chicago, Ill.?
5. Tennessee Avenue 2. How many months have 28 days?
6. New York Avenue 3. When is a potato like a bad idea?
7. Reading Railroad
8. St. James Place
When it’s half-baked 3.
All of them 2.
9. Water Works
Call Baltimore, M.D. 1.
10. Pennsylvania Railroad ANSWERS:

••••••••••July 14
Merci is French for “thank you.”

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 ••••••••••July 15 ••••••••••July 19
1. What do you call a smart duck? 1. When did humans first walk on the
moon?
2. What’s the biggest pencil in the world?
a. July 20, 1969
3. What, by losing an eye, has nothing
left but a nose? b. July 20, 1979
Noise (N-O-I-S-E) 3. c. July 20, 1989
Pennsylvania 2. 2. Buzz Aldrin was the second man to
step onto the moon. What was his
mother’s maiden name?
A wisequacker 1.
ANSWERS:
a. Lunarowski
b. Armstrong
••••••••••July 16 c. Moon
To find a tiny object on the floor, put 1—a; 2—c
a bare light at floor level; the illumination
will cause the object to cast a long
ANSWERS:

shadow, making it easier to spot.

If you’re lost in the woods, and come
to a stream, your chances of finding ••••••••••July 20
civilization are much greater if you travel Which statement(s) is (are) not true?
downstream.
1. Most American car horns toot in the
key of F.
••••••••••July 17
2. “F” is the letter most found in the New
Hair York City residential phone book.
Most of the world’s population has dark
brown hair. The darkest hairs on anyone’s 3. The housefly hums in the middle
body are usually the eyelashes. octave, key of F.
4. Most rock and roll music is played in
••••••••••July 18 the key of F.
Facts about human beings: Statements 1 and 3 are true.
• Your most powerful sneeze flies out Statements 2 and 4 are false.
of your face at a little more than 100 ANSWERS:
miles per hour.
• Your heart beats about 100,000
times a day. ••••••••••July 21
The average adult’s skin weighs six
pounds.

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 ••••••••••July 22 ••••••••••July 25
Exclamation Point A zoologIST is a person who studies
Like the question mark, the exclamation animals. A zoologist who studies a
point was invented by stacking letters. specific animal has a specific name. For
The mark comes from the Latin word io, example:
meaning “exclamation of joy.” Written ApiculturISTS specialize in bees.
vertically, with the i above the o, it forms EntomologISTS study insects.
the exclamation point we use today. IchthyologISTS specialize in fish.
OrnithologISTS study birds.
••••••••••July 23
If you’re a lobster, stay away from Maine! ••••••••••July 26
That’s where more than half of the Match the object with its fastest speed.
lobsters caught in the United States are
Object Speed
trapped.
1. train a. 154 mph
2. white-tailed deer b. 32 mph
••••••••••July 24 3. skier c. 252 mph
Match the -illion word to the equivalent 4. bicycle d. 45 mph
-illion number. 5. ostrich e. 80 mph
-illion word 1—c; 2—b, 3—a, 4—e, 5—d
1. billion ANSWERS:

2. nonillion
3. quintillion ••••••••••July 27
4. sextillion Body Part Slang
-illion number abdomen belly
eyes peepers
a. 1,000,000,000
face mug
b. 1, 000,000,000,000,000,000 hair mane
c. 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 legs wheels
mouth kisser
d. 1, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000

1—a; 2—c; 3—b; 4—d

ANSWERS:

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 ••••••••••July 28 ••••••••••July 31
Match the sport with the official number Did you know that?
of players on a team: • A best boy is an assistant to a gaffer.
Sport No. of Players • A gaffer is an electrician in charge of
baseball 4 lighting on a movie or TV set.
basketball 7 • A cabin boy is a servant on a ship,
especially to the captain.
football (American) 6
• A page delivers messages.
ice hockey 6
• A maître d’ shows diners to their
polo 9 tables in a restaurant.
soccer 11 • A diva is the principal female singer in
ultimate Frisbee 5 an opera.
volleyball 11

volleyball—6
4; soccer—11; ultimate Frisbee—7;
(American)—11; ice hockey—6; polo—
baseball—9; basketball—5; football
ANSWERS:

••••••••••July 29
Olympic Rings
Designed in 1913 by Baron Pierre de
Coubertin, the five rings represent the
five regions of the world that participated
in the Olympics: Africa, the Americas,
Asia, Europe, and Oceania.

••••••••••July 30
Complete this series:
• Vice President
• Speaker of the House of
Representatives
• President Pro Tempore of the Senate
• Secretary of State
• Secretary of the Treasury
in order, of Presidential succession.
able to serve, these are the positions,
President of the United States not be
Secretary of Defense. Should the
ANSWER:

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 ••••••••••August 1 ••••••••••August 6
When a baby seagull is hungry, it pecks What does “Dorito” mean in Spanish?
on its parent’s beak. The parent then a. Bet you can’t eat just one.
regurgitates dinner into the young bird’s
mouth. b. Very salty
c. Little bits of gold

••••••••••August 2 c

If the day before the day after tomorrow

ANSWER:

will be Friday, and the day after the day

before yesterday was Wednesday, what
day is today?
Thursday ••••••••••August 7
• Bats always turn left when exiting a
ANSWER:

cave.
• Owls can’t move their eyes but they
can spin their heads in an almost
••••••••••August 3 complete circle.
Danke is German for “thank you.” It’s
pronounced dahn-kah.
••••••••••August 8
What does a fly do before eating your
••••••••••August 4 food?
“There are people who take the heart out a. Flaps its wings and buzzes in a strange
of you and there are people who put it ritual; this is the perfect opportunity to
back.” swat it.
— Elizabeth David
b. Tests the food with its toes to see if
it’s squishy.
••••••••••August 5 c. Vomits chemicals all over the food to
“Animals are such agreeable friends—they make it more digestible.
ask no questions, they pass no
criticisms.”
c
— George Eliot
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 ••••••••••August 9 ••••••••••August 13
Match the object with its fastest speed. At age 26, Iowa farmer Charles Osborne
1. automobile a. 250 mph began to hiccup. He then kept hiccupping,
right through two marriages and eight
2. cheetah b. 70 mph children, until his death at age 95.
3. garden snail c. 28 mph
4. helicopter d. 205 mph
••••••••••August 14
Complete the analogy:
5. human being e. 0.03 mph
EMIT : STAR :: TIME : ?
1—d; 2—b; 3—e; 4—a; 5—c
STAR spelled backwards is RATS.)
ANSWERS:
(EMIT spelled backwards is TIME.
RATS

••••••••••August 10
ANSWER:

Solve the Word Puzzle below. The letters

and words are arranged to give you clues ••••••••••August 15
to find the answer. For example: Your ears and nose never stop growing.
cheditorief stands for the phrase “editor They are the only body parts that get
in chief.” larger and larger with age.
casts casts
casts casts ••••••••••August 16
(Hint: Predicts) 1. What is the only English word that
forecasts (four casts) ends in the letters “mt”?
ANSWER:
2. What is big and yellow and comes in
the morning to brighten Mother’s day?

••••••••••August 11 2. the school bus

Barbie got her first bathing suit, a black

1. dreamt

and white model, in 1951.

ANSWERS:

••••••••••August 12 ••••••••••August 17
Animal Facts
Opening an umbrella in the house is
• Squids have the largest eyes in bad luck.
nature—up to 16 inches across.
This belief arose because, at one time,
• Robins become intoxicated after
umbrellas weren’t made very well. If you
eating holly berries and often fall off
opened one in the house, someone could
power lines.
have gotten hurt.

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 ••••••••••August 18 ••••••••••August 21
Fleas jump 130 times their own height. Riddles
That’s like a person jumping over a
1. What starts with a T, ends with a T,
65-story building.
and is filled with T?

••••••••••August 19 2. How many jelly beans can you put in

an empty jelly bean jar?
Place the fancy word in the correct blank
of the not-so-fancy sentences. 2. Only one. After that it’s not empty!

1. juglandaceous
1. Teapot
ANSWERS:
2. nuddle
3. powsowdy
4. sally ••••••••••August 22
a. I enjoy a ___________ muffin for If you turn a table fan on in your
breakfast. bedroom for 10 minutes, how much
cooler will your room be?
b. In this party game, you get down on
your knees and ___________ the a. 0 degrees cooler
basketball over to the door. b. 5 degrees cooler
c. There’s nothing like a bowl of c. 15 degrees cooler
___________ after a cold morning of
ice-skating. does NOT lower the temperature.)
from your skin so you feel cooler. It
d. Let’s ___________ to the front of the which helps moisture to evaporate
ticket line. (The fan just moves the air around,
a
4. d, sally ANSWER:
3. c, powsowdy

••••••••••August 23
2. b, nuddle
1. a, juglandaceous
ANSWERS: Can you give the name for the newborn
of each critter below?
human, cockroach, kangaroo, whale
••••••••••August 20
kangaroo—joey; whale—calf
Every U.S. state has at least one human—baby; cockroach—nymph;
nickname. See some examples below: ANSWERS:
Florida—Sunshine State
Massachusetts—The Bay State
Idaho—The Hawkeye State
California—The Golden State
Maryland—The Free State

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 ••••••••••August 24 ••••••••••August 27
Brighten up your email messages with Weird Laws
these surfin’ abbreviations: • In Tulsa, Oklahoma no man can walk
BTW—by the way around in public with his shirt
AKA—also known as untucked.
FYI—for your information • In Stockton, California it’s illegal to
“wiggle” while dancing.
IMHO—in my humble opinion
FWIW—for what it’s worth ••••••••••August 28
LOL—laughing out loud
Confused by what to call the many little
ROTFLOL—rolling on the floor, laughing parts of many common things?
out loud
Parts of a… include…
B4N—bye for now Zipper pull tab, slide, teeth
Eyeglasses temples (go over ears),
••••••••••August 25 budge (sits on nose),
Palindromes (words or phrases that eye wires (surround
read the same backwards as forwards): glass)
• A nut for a jar of tuna Scissors pivot, bow handle
• Drowsy baby’s word (large), ring handle
• Wontons? Not now (small), pail ears
(where handle is
attached)
••••••••••August 26
Chocolate-Covered Frozen Bananas ••••••••••August 29
6 bananas
small (6 oz) bag of chocolate chips • Babe Ruth once downed 12 hot dogs
popsicle sticks between games of a doubleheader.
small cookie sheet
spatula
• In 1983, a 1,983-foot-long hot dog
was made by Bill-Mar Food in
Peel bananas. Cut them in half, crosswise. Wisconsin.
Push a popsicle stick into the cut end of
• According to the theme song from
each half. Put bananas on cookie sheet
“The Patty Duke Show,” what makes
and freeze for several hours. Melt chips in
Patty lose control? You guessed it—a
microwave. Use the spatula to spread
hot dog!
melted chocolate on the frozen bananas.
Chocolate will harden instantly. Smile and
have yourself a CCFB! ••••••••••August 30
Americans’ favorite names for female
cats, in order of preference, are:
Samantha, Fluffy, Misty, and Muffin.

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 ••••••••••August 31
Match the Kool-Aid flavor with its official
French translation:
Kool-Aid flavor
1. Purplesaurus Rex
2. Rock-a-Dile Red
3. Sharkleberry Fin
4. Berry Blue
5. Scary Black Berry
Official French translation
a. Cerise Noire Terrifiant
b. Rock-o-dile Rouge
c. Requin Drole
d. Baies Bleu
e. MauvoSaurus Rex
1—e; 2—b; 3—c; 4—d; 5—a
ANSWERS:

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