Summer Trivia Quiz – Your General Knowledge Challenge

Today's marathon is a long-distance running race with an official distance of 42.195 kilometers (26.219 miles, or 26 miles 385 yards).

Louis XIV is also known as Louis the Great (Louis le Grand) or the Sun King (le Roi-Soleil. He ruled as King of France from 1643 until he died in 1715. His reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any monarch of a major country in European history.

On March 21, 1980, U.S. President Jimmy Carter announced that the United States would boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

Here Comes the Sun is a song written by George Harrison, It first appeared on the Beatles' 1969 album Abbey Road.

Summer in the Southern Hemisphere occurs during December, January, and February because that is when it receives the most direct sunlight.

It is the blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii). It can be found from the Gulf of California down along the western coasts of Central and South America down to Peru—approximately one-half of all breeding pairs nest on the Galapagos Islands.

August got its name from Augustus, the first Roman emperor.

San Miguel Beer refers to San Miguel Pale Pilsen, a Filipino pale lager produced by San Miguel Brewery, the Philippines' largest brewery. In 1953, its Spanish rights were spun off by the San Miguel group, and it became an independent entity.

The Sundance Film Festival is held annually in Park City, Utah. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States.

Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter. He is notable for his rough beauty, emotional honesty, and bold colors. His paintings had a far-reaching influence on 20th-century art. His most famous artworks include Starry Night, Sunflowers, Irises, Poppies, The Bedroom, Blossoming Almond Tree, The Mulberry Tree, The Night Caf?, and The Potato Eaters.

Smiles of a Summer Night (Swedish: Sommarnattens leende) is a 1955 Swedish comedy film directed by Ingmar Bergman. The plot in Woody Allen's A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy is loosely based on Bergman's film.

The Rain in Spain is a song from the musical My Fair Lady, with music by Frederick Loewe and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, published in 1956.

Vitamin D is often called the sunshine vitamin. You can ingest it from your diet and supplements. The body can synthesize vitamin D in the skin when exposed to sunlight.

Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and the smallest planet in the Solar System.

Norway is west of Sweden. You will be traveling west.

The Tour de France is the annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race held in France.

The Tokyo 1964 games were the first to be telecast internationally. Pictures were received via satellite in the United States, Canada, and 21 European countries.

Bob Beamon's world-record jump at the Summer Olympics in Mexico City has been named one of the five most outstanding sports achievements of the 20th century. He jumped 8.90 m, 55 cm more than the existing record.

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy by William Shakespeare in 1595/96. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of Theseus, the Duke of Athens, to Hippolyta, the former queen of the Amazons.

Dallas - Fort Worth International Airport is the international airport serving the Dallas - Fort Worth metroplex in Texas. It is also the largest hub for American Airlines.