In the Japanese city of Furano, people celebrate the Hokkai Heso Matsuri by painting their ____.
bellybuttons
toenails
neighbour's houses
children's faces
According to research from the University of Liege in Belgium, "______ work better in summer."
students
bees
smartphones
human brains
What are these spots called?
freckles
sprinkles
summer spots
prickles
Which word is the odd one out?
scorching
sweltering
roasting
drizzling
1816 is known as the year ______________.
the world got sunburn
without ice cream
of two summers
without a summer
People in ______ are the biggest consumers of ice cream in the world.
the USA
Germany
New Zealand
Japan
What are they?
flop flips
slip slops
slop slips
flip flops
If your birthday is the 28th of July, your zodiac sign is _____.
Taurus
Leo
Cancer
Gemini
Tallinn is in the middle of a ______ right now. I can't believe how hot it is!
heat attack
heatstorm
heatwave
heatwash
During the summer in the town of Killorglin in Ireland, people choose a ____ to be king for three days.
goat
cat
penguin
pig
Watermelon is ________.
a fruit and a vegetable
a vegetable
a fruit
neither
18-35% of the population start ____ when they look at the sun.
sneezing
hiccuping
shaking
crying
I'm planning to spend the summer _______ around Europe. It's the cheapest way to travel!
backpacking
bagpacking
packbacking
rucksacking
What is he doing?
Sunwashing
Sunbaking
Sunbatheing
Suntoasting
In summer 2015, a man in Perth, Australia successfully ______ on the street.
fried eggs
burned his feet
boiled a kettle
melted his shoes
If you visit Sri Lanka in August, you can see Esala Perahera, a very colourful festival also known as The Festival of the ______.
eye
tooth
heart
skull
Americans eat enough ______ on July 4 to stretch from Washington, D.C. to Los Angeles five times.
hamburgers
French fries
hot dogs
spaghetti
I can't believe how hot it is-I'm sweating like _____!
a dog
a horse
an elephant
a pig
In August, in the Spanish town of Bunol, people celebrate summer by throwing _____ at each other.
strawberries
eggs
oranges
tomatoes
Mosquitoes have existed for 10 million years.
false - it's actually 30 million years
true
The world's biggest swimming pool can be found at the Crystal Lagoon Hotel in _____.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Gold Coast, Australia
Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Bali, Indonesia
The hottest time in the summer (July 3rd-August 11th) are known as the _____ of summer.
fish days
cat days
rabbit days
dog days
Which of these is NOT an ingredient in a traditional Summer pudding?
strawberries
old white bread
sliced apples
whipped cream
_____ gets six inches taller in the summer.
The Statue of Liberty
Big Ben
The Eiffel Tower
Mount Everest