Summer Vacation Spots Trivia

[lavenderblue]

I am (newly) co-chair of my company's Events Committee. We do 4 Kahoot games per year and they are very popular. For the Summer Kahoot we are doing Summer Vacation Spots. I'm familiar with spots that are near me (East Coast) but I'm having a hard time coming up with spots in other parts of the country. So, please share your favorite (domestic) summer vacation spot and a fun fact about that spot if you have one.  

Ex. Wildwood, NJ was known as Little Las Vegas in the 1950's and 1960's 

Thanks!

[Jalapeñomel]

Biggest Little City

[bbdoll]

Yellowstone is actually a super volcano.

The carvings on Mt. Rushmore were originally supposed to have clothing to the waists, but they ran out of funding.

[cereal K]

I live in MO and it feels like everyone takes a summer trip to Gulf Shores AL.

My H always talks about childhood summer trips to Branson, MO.

[dish2501]

The Wisconsin Dells are called the water park capital of the world.

[waverly]

Mackinac Island- No cars are allowed except emergency vehicles. People get around by horse carriage or bicycle.

Fort Mackinac was founded during the Revolutionary Way and the British captured the fort during their first engagement on American Soil in 1812. (from the Mackinac Island Website). www.mackinacisland.org/activities/fort-mackinac/

[bbdoll]

The oldest operating roller coaster in the world, Leap the Dips, is at Lakemont Park in Altoona, PA.

[gardengal]

Probably not the most popular destination spot (unlike beaches or maybe big cities), but we are visiting upper mid-west for hiking & lake time this summer. Here's some facts I found on MN (https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/minnesota/quirky-facts-mn/)

-Only state that water flows *out of* and not *in to*
-Place where water skiing was invented

In that link, they mention Alaska (which I think of as a place most people only go in summer) has over 3million lakes which could be another fact.

[marvine]

The city of Pittsburgh has 446 bridges, more than Venice, Italy. Pittsburgh also is the home to the first broadcast radio station - and it's the only radio/tv station east of the Mississippi that has call letters that begin with K instead of W. (KDKA)

[lavenderblue]

These are great, thank you!

[shortstax]

*in my best game show host voice*

This amusement park is on a peninsula in Lake Erie and boasts 16 rollercoasters, earning it the nickname of “America’s Roller Coast!”

Answer: Cedar Point

[ellipses84]

California:

City where blue jeans were invented - San Francisco, by Levi

A famous zip code in this city used to be a Lima bean farm. - Beverly Hills 90120, LA

This state was originally known as "the Grizzly Bear State" and is now known as “the Golden State” - California, or only say the old name to make the question more difficult.

The only state that hosted both winter and summer Olympics. -California

Or a city that hosted the olympics twice.
The city of Los Angeles hosted the 1932 and 1984 Summer Olympics (Squaw Valley hosted the 1960 Winter Olympics).

What was the first Disney theme park built? - Disneyland in California

Which city is the top employer of the United States Navy. - San Diego

Which city has The Giant Dipper, a wooden roller coaster at Belmont Park in Mission Beach, is the only roller coaster in the United States to be on the National Register of Historic Places. - San Diego

This city produces the most avocados in the United States. - San Diego

Both Shaun White and Tony Hawk hail from this city and May 29th is Tony Hawk Day in the city (the post offices and banks don’t close, though). - San Diego

[devonpow]

Santa Barbara is where the egg McMuffin was invented lol

[mrspez07]

Rocky Mtn National Park features the Country’s Highest Continuous Paved Road

Grand Canyon is not the deepest canyon in the world. Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon in Tibet is.
Or:
Mail is delivered by pack mule to the remote town of Sinai Village at the base of the Grand Canyon. It is the most remote community in the lower 48.

[ellipses84]

Oregon:

Haystack Rock is one of the state’s most recognizable coastal landmarks and has been featured in countless novels, television programs, and movies including The Goonies and Kindergarten Cop. - Oregon

This state is home to Tillamook Creamery and the factory tour is a popular tourist activity to watch cheese be make and eat ice cream. - Oregon

This city is home to VooDoo donuts, known for its Maple Bacon donut and a VooDoo doll donut. Portland, OR

The City of Roses is the official nickname of this city. It was dubbed that in 1905, during the Lewis and Clark Centennial celebration, there were 200 miles of rose-lined streets. - Portland

[minzy]

Random fact - As of a census just a few weeks ago, the annual wild pony count at Assateague Island National Seashore (which is just the Maryland side) is 73. (The ranger who I asked the question to last week said he had heard of potentially a few births since.)

[sakoro]

Catalina Island (off the coast of LA) has a lot of trivia:
1. Chicago Cubs trained on Catalina Island from 1921 to 1951. The reason is that the island was owned by the Wrigley family (of chewing gum and stadium fame)
2. Silent movies were filmed in the island in the 1920s. American bison were brought to Catalina Island for the production of The Vanishing American and abandoned. Today the descendants of the bison are still there.
3. In 1981, Natalie Wood drowned in the Pacific Ocean near Santa Catalina Island during a break from production of her would-be comeback film Brainstorm.

[ellipses84]

Seattle:

The most recognizable building in this city was built for the 1962 World’s Fair and its pointy top, at 605 feet high, once made it the tallest structure west of the Mississippi River. - Seattle, bonus for naming the building, The Space Needle

Postcards from this city often feature Mount Rainier in the background. - Seattle

Tourists leave their chewed up gum on a wall in Pike Place Market in this city. - Seattle

Home of the Fremont Troll, a huge statue of a Troll holding a real Volkswagon Beetle under a bridge. - Seattle

Seattle adjacent - The end of Sleepless in Seattle features a famous building not in Seattle or Washington state. Where is it? NYC. Bonus for the name of the building. The Empire State Building.

[bex1973]

May 6, 2024 11:18:53 GMT -5 ellipses84 said:

Seattle:

The most recognizable building in this city was built for the 1962 World’s Fair and its pointy top, at 605 feet high, once made it the tallest structure west of the Mississippi River. - Seattle, bonus for naming the building, The Space Needle

Postcards from this city often feature Mount Rainier in the background. - Seattle

Tourists leave their chewed up gum on a wall in Pike Place Market in this city. - Seattle

Home of the Fremont Troll, a huge statue of a Troll holding a real Volkswagon Beetle under a bridge. - Seattle

Seattle adjacent - The end of Sleepless in Seattle features a famous building not in Seattle or Washington state. Where is it? NYC. Bonus for the name of the building. The Empire State Building.

I'd add to this - Where can you catch a fish without a fishing pole LOL

[jennistarr1]

Letchworth, NY grand canyon of the north

[Tacocat]

Minnesota has more miles of shoreline than Florida, California, and Hawaii combined due to the number of lakes, rivers and streams.

[sonrisa]

Which National Park has been home to missile testing, oryxes (the subsaharan animal) and lots of gypsum?
(White Sands. the sand is actually gypsum which means it stays comfortable to walk on at high temperatures when beach sand would be very hot. It is also home to the globe's largest collection of Ice-Age fossilized footprints.)

What color is the Golden Gate Bridge?
(international orange - which is a very red "orange")

4-5 National Parks have a color in their name. Which are they?
Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Redwood, White Sands, Yellowstone, Mesa Verde*

5-6 National Parks mention plants in their names. Which are they?
Everglades, Joshua Tree, Redwood, Saguaro, Sequoia, Petrified Forrest*

Lots of people travel for pride celebrations. Where were the first pride marches held?
(June of 1970 in NYC, Chicago, LA and SF to commemorate the anniversary of Stonewall).

[RoxMonster]

I don't know that you want to vacation here in summer but the trivia question is about summer lol

What and where was the highest recorded temperature on Earth?
134 degrees Fahrenheit at Furnace Creek in Death Valley National Park
July 1913

[georgeglass]

Outer Banks trivia here - www.southernshores.com/blog/obx-fun-facts

[fiddles]

May 6, 2024 10:36:42 GMT -5 ellipses84 said:

California:

Both Shaun White and Tony Hawk hail from this city and May 29th is Tony Hawk Day in the city (the post offices and banks don’t close, though). - San Diego

He actually born in Carlsbad but grew up in SD.

Whereas Shaun born in SD grew up in Carlsbad. Which is a lovely place to vacation

[katfco]

Just outside Columbus, Ohio is a building made to look like a giant picnic basket--including handles that had to be specially heated in winter.

[Whitecaps]

May 6, 2024 10:17:12 GMT -5 waverly said:

Mackinac Island- No cars are allowed except emergency vehicles. People get around by horse carriage or bicycle.

Fort Mackinac was founded during the Revolutionary Way and the British captured the fort during their first engagement on American Soil in 1812. (from the Mackinac Island Website). www.mackinacisland.org/activities/fort-mackinac/

To piggyback on this - Mackinac Island’s historic Grand Hotel has the world’s longest front porch.