Summer Summary - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) False. In some locations, like Anchorage, Alaska and Portland, Oregon, this is true, but in most places the sun rises a minute or two earlier in the week before the solstice and sets a minute or two later the week after the solstice. See The Longest Day of the Year.
• A2) Krakatoa. The Indonesian volcano's eruption and side effects, such as tsunamis, killed 36,000 people and sent enough debris into the air to lower global temperatures by more than two degrees Fahrenheit.
• A3) Gilligan's Island. Movie star Ginger Grant and farm girl Mary Ann Summers shared a bungalow during the three-year series.
• A4) Harvard University. The former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury led the Cambridge institution until 2006, when Drew Galpin Faust took over.
• A5) Talk Like a Pirate Day. "Ol' Chumbucket" and "Cap'n Slappy" devised the humorous day in 1995 and now have a web site and a book.
• A6) Bad Girls. The 1979 title track reached #1 on the Hot 100, as did its album. Summers also topped the chart with "MacArthur Park", "Hot Stuff", and "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)".
• A7) False. The phrase refers to the star Sirius. The ancient Egyptians noted that the Dog Star's ascension in the night sky coincided with the annual flooding of the Nile River.
• A8) Don Henley. MTV named it Best Video of the Year. Henley's solo "Dirty Laundry" (#3 in 1982), his duet "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" (#2 in 1992 with Patty Smyth), and Glen Frey's "The Heat is On" and "You Belong to the City" (both #2 in 1985) also reached the top five in the Hot 100.
• A9) Jasper White. The New Jersey native opened the casual seafood restaurant after running the kitchens of Boston's Copley Plaza, Parker House, and Bostonian hotels and his own Jasper's Restaurant then taking time off to write cookbooks.
• A10) Deneb. Each star is in a separate constellation, as Vega is in Lyra and Altair is in Aquila.
• A11) Sarah Michelle Gellar. Her portrayal of the title character in Buffy, the Vampire Slayer won her a Saturn Award for Best Genre TV Actress in 1999 and a Blimp Award for Favorite Female Action Hero in 2003, and four Teen Choice Awards.
• A12) William Faulkner. The Hamlet was the first book in a trilogy with The Town (1957) and The Mansion (1959).