110 August Trivia Questions and Fun Facts With Answers (2024)
August trivia will explore historical events, quirky facts, notable birthdays, and other intriguing tidbits.
Whether you are a trivia enthusiast or curious about this month’s hidden gems, explore what makes the month of August unique!
Fun Fact: People born in August are highly confident, determined, hard-working, and strong. They make excellent CEOs or bosses.
August Symbols (Picture Quiz Round)
Can you name these iconic August symbols in this trivia picture round?
Easy August Fun Facts Trivia For Kids
9. What month does August come after?
Answer: July (Related: July Trivia Questions and Answers)
10. What month does August come before?
Answer: September
11. What month is August in the calendar?
Answer: The 8th month of the year.
12. What meteorological season is the month of August in the Northern Hemisphere?
Answer: Summer (See more Summer Trivia)
13. What meteorological season is the month of August in the Southern Hemisphere?
Answer: Winter (See more Winter Trivia)
14. How many days does the month of August have?
Answer: 31 days
15. If you are born June 23rd-August 22nd, you are considered what zodiac sign?
Answer: Leo
16. If you are born August 23rd-September 22nd, you are considered what zodiac sign?
Answer: Virgo
17. True or False: August was named after Augustus Caesar, the first Emperor of Rome.
Answer: True
18. The astrological sign of Leo takes up the first two-thirds of this month. What is the animal associated with the Leo sign?
Answer: The Lion
19. True or False: People born under the sign of the Leo tend to be negative and deceitful.
Answer: False: They are full of energy and positivity and are very honest and forthright.
Fun Fact: Leos are known for their capacity for love.
20. What flower of August is known for its sedative nature?
Answer: The poppy
21. True or False: The full moon in August goes by the names Barley moon, Fruit Moon, and Grain Moon all of which allude to the forth-coming harvest season.
Answer: True
22. True or False: There are no major federal holidays celebrated during August.
Answer: True
23. What month of the year was August on the old ten-month Roman calendar?
Answer: The 6th month
24. What is the term for the Dog Star that rises with the sun in August and is part of the Canis Major constellation?
Answer: Sirius
25. Which continent experiences a monsoon season in August?
Answer: Asia
26. August is the last full month of what season in the Northern Hemisphere?
Answer: Summer
27. What Atlantic weather activity increases later in August?
Answer: Hurricanes
28. Average temperatures and what else starts to decrease in August?
Answer: Daylight
29. The risk for what type of storms is high in the northern states in August?
Answer: Tornadoes
30. August is the wettest month for parts of the South and also what state?
Answer: Alaska
31. What weather phenomenon can start to happen in late August in the peaks of the Rockies?
Answer: Snow
32. In August 1762, what popular lunch food was invented? (Hint: It is easily packed in a lunch box.)
Answer: The sandwich (Related: Lunch Box Jokes)
33. Who was it created by?
Answer: The Earl of Sandwich after he requested meat between two pieces of bread so he could eat with his hands.
34. True or False: In a standard year, 4 other months begin on the same day of the week as August.
False: No other months do.
35. What do students typically call the end of summer and the start of the new school year in August?
Answer: Back-to-school
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Best August Picture Trivia Round
Name the August national days pictured in this trivia round (Bonus points if you know the date).
Fun Fact: August is National Wellness Month, Family Fun Month, Peach Month, National Sandwich Month, and more. Celebrate something everyday!
76. What happens August 1-7 to honor the first recognized group of organized clowns?
Answer: International Clown Week
77. What day is observed on August 13 to celebrate the uniqueness of non-right-handers?
Answer: National Left-Handers Day
78. All during the month of August, you can celebrate your loveable canine pals with what celebration?
Answer: National Dog Month
79. Arrr-gust is also know for this that inspiring buccaneers will enjoy. What is it?
Answer: International Pirate Month (Free Printable Pirate Hunt!)
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Fun August Pop Culture Trivia
These pop culture events all took place in August.
80. “Video Killed the Radio Star” was the first video shown on August 1, 1981, on what new network?
Answer: MTV
81. In 1957, what show debuted on the ABC television network with host Dick Clark?
Answer: American Bandstand
82. In 1992, what Growing Pains actress was hospitalized for anorexia and written out of most of the final episodes for the series?
Answer: Tracy Gold
83. In 1969, at a ‘zebra crossing’ in London, photographer Ian Macmillan took one of the most famous photographs of all time of what band?
Answer: The Beatles (See more music trivia)
84. In 1984, what movie starring Patrick Swayze and Charlie Sheen, became the first-ever PG-13 movie to be released in theaters?
Answer: Red Dawn
85. Disney released it’s 5th full-length animated film in theaters in 1942. What was it?
Answer: Bambi (See Kids’ Movie Trivia)
86. In August of 1969, what three-day event opened in upstate New York with 500,000 attendees?
Answer: Woodstock
87. What American swimmer became the first person to win eight gold medals in one Olympic Games in 2008?
Answer: Michael Phelps (Related: Best Olympics Trivia)
88. What Thor actor was born on August, 11?
Answer: Chris Hemsworth (Related: Birthday Trivia Facts)
89. What “Queen of Pop” was born on August 16, 1958?
Answer: Madonna
90. What beloved Friends star celebrated his birthday on August 19?
Answer: Matthew Perry
91. What famed sharpshooter was born on August 13, 1860?
Answer: Annie Okaley
92. What famous moonwalker was Born on August 5, 1930?
Answer: Neil Armstrong
93. Everyone loved this actress and business woman born on August 6, 1911. Who was she?
Answer: Lucille Ball
94. What master of fright was appropriately born on August 13, 1899?
Answer: Alfred Hitchcock
Interesting August History Facts Trivia
These historical events all happened in the month of August.
95. In 1774, British scientist Joseph Priestley re-discovered what gas verifying the discovery of it by German Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele?
Answer: Oxygen
96. In 1610, Henry Hudson sailed into what is now known as what bay? (He thought he had reached the Pacific Ocean)
Answer: Hudson Bay
97. In 1790, 3,929,214 people were counted in the first of these?
Answer: United States Census
98. In 1870, the first underground tube railway opened in London, England. What was it named?
Answer: Tower Subway
99. On August 2, 1990, what country invaded Kuwait leading to the Gulf War?
Answer: Iraq
100. In 1492 who set sail on the ocean blue?
Answer: Christopher Columbus
101. In 1944, who was arrested in Amsterdam by German Security Police following a tip-off from an informer who was never identified?
Answer: Anne Frank
102. Who spent 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping as one of his greatest stunts in 1926?
Answer: Harry Houdini
103. In 1945, “Little Boy” was dropped and destroyed what town?
Answer: Hiroshima, Japan
104. In 1892, Thomas Edison received a patent for what?
Answer: A two-way telegraph
105. On August 9, 2014, who was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer, sparking protests and unrest?
Answer: Michael Brown
106. In 1873, what museum opened in France?
Answer: Louvre Museum
107. In 1990, Sue was discovered. She was the largest and most complete of what found to date?
Answer: Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton
108. In 1911, what painting was stolen by a Louvre employee, Vincenzo Peruggia? It was returned in 1913. (source)
Answer: The Mona Lisa
109. On August 28, 1996, what famous royal couple got divorced?
Answer: Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales
110. In 2005, what devastated the US Gulf Coast, from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing an estimated 1,836 people?
Answer: Hurricane Katrina
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