September 2, 2024 — Allison’s Medium Trivia

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Welcome to Allison’s Medium Trivia. Stretch your brain by playing with a group or yourself with these original questions, and wait until 5:00 PM CT today for answers (with sources) to be posted. Enjoy!

LABOR DAY TRIVIA. Answer questions for the following Labor Day-themed categories.

ROUND ONE: END OF SUMMER

1. It’s an American family tradition to go to our many National Parks to camp during the summer. What park is the most visited in the country, attracting over 13 million visitors on average and boasting half a million acres in the Appalachian Mountains?
2. You’ll find barbeques all over the country during the summer. Each summer between Memorial Day and Labor Day, seven billion units of what barbeque staple gets consumed in the country?
3. Summer is known for its heat, especially in the hottest location on Earth, which is where? Hint: it’s a desert that reached over 125 degrees for nine days straight in July 2024.
4. Baseball is a very popular summer activity. The oldest MLB team, formed in 1912, are the Atlanta Braves. What two expansion teams that both formed in 1998 are the youngest in the league? HALF POINT for each team.

ROUND TWO: BEGINNING OF FALL

1. One of the most well-known locations to see the fall colors is Acadia National Park, which is located in what Northeastern state?
2. Samhain is a pagan holiday celebrating the end of the harvest season. It is celebrated around the world between the end of October and beginning of November, but is more well-known by what name?
3. In the US, August is ranked to consistently be the most popular birth month. However, the month with the top 5 most common birthdays is which fall month?
4. What US city has the perfect conditions to create a unique “box” effect with wind patterns that allow for things to rise and fall in a predictable way, thus making it the ideal location for an international hot air balloon festival in the first week of October?

ROUND THREE: THANK OUR WORKERS

1. What 1979 movie about a trade union movement at a textile mill won Sally Field her first Academy Award?
2. August 20, 1866 is when the National Labor Union officially called to mandate an eight-hour work day. However, Congress didn’t make such a mandate official until what year?
3. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, this profession is expected to grow the fastest between 2023–2033. It’s a service technician job working on what form of green energy?
4. Sometimes people like to be their own boss. What US Metro area has the highest number of self-employed workers in the country?

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