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Fun Facts about Summer
Fun Facts about Summer
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ELF (English Learning Friends) - Erasmus+ project 2015 - 2017
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1
Summer is the whole months of ... in the southern hemisphere.
May, June and July
June, July and August
December, January and February
July, August and September
2
Where there are no jellyfish?
Spain
Turkey
Croatia
Czech Republic
3
What is ice cream not made of?
Fruit
Sugar
Rolls
Milk
4
Frisbees were used in the 1870’s as ... but in the 1940’s students began throwing them around.
cookie makers
home decorations
sitting things
pie plates
5
The month of August was named for Julius Caeser’s adopted ... who held the title “Augustus.”
nephew Gaius Julius Caesar Octavius
brother-in-law, Gaius Marius
great dog
6
How old was the boy who invented Ice pops?
14 years old
5 years old
10 years old
11 years old
7
Marc Antony named the month of July, in honor of ...
Julia, his daughter
Julia Roberts
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar
8
September is from latin word septem, meaning?
Seven
Siven
Star
Sion
9
In what year was the deadliest and sunniest summer when the sun shone brightly for 699 hours ?
In 1999
In 1976
In 2006
In 1826
10
How many days have Czech summer holidays when they last from 1st July to 31st August?
72 days
61 days
62 days
60 days
11
When are the dog days of summer (the hot, sticky days)?
1st August - 26th August
3rd July - 11th August
3rd July - 15th August
9th July - 24th December
12
The first Father's Day was ... , on June 19th.
in 1954
in 2000
in 1870
in 1910
13
When it is hot in Paris the Eiffel Tower
turns pink
remains the same
decreases
grows larger
14
Watermelons are a part of the cucumber, pumpkin, and squash family and consist of ... water.
92%
55%
71%
10%
15
The first women’s bathing suit was created ...
after the second world war.
in the 1800’s.
in Ancient Greece.
at the beginning of 20th century.
16
... the hottest month in the Northern hemisphere, is the National Ice Cream Month in the USA.
August
July
June
May
17
The month of June was definitely not named after ...
Juno, the wife of Jupiter
Hosta 'June', the plant with beautiful flowers
Juniores, the lower branch of the roman Senate
18
The coldest temperature ever recorded in summer in the UK is ...
1O C
-5.6 C
-1 C
3 C
19
When and where did the first modern Olympic games start?
in 1905 in Portugal
in 2005 in the Czech Republic
in 1896 in Greece
in 1705 inBritain
