Jerry's Monday Morning Quiz Gets the Team Thinking (and Guessing!)

It was another typical Monday morning on NBC Palm Springs when weatherman Jerry Steffen fired up his signature "Hashtag Holiday Calendar and Pop Quiz" segment – complete with his famously tiny handwritten notes that had everyone wondering how he reads them without glasses!

Today's Holiday Lineup Had Sweet Treats and Summer Vibes

Jerry kicked things off with National Milk Chocolate Day, dropping some knowledge about how solid chocolate becomes the creamy goodness we love when combined with powdered, liquid, or condensed milk. He even name-dropped the heavy hitters: Dove, Godiva, and Lindt made the cut as top milk chocolate bars according to an NBC Today poll. (We'll take his word for it – and maybe grab a bar later!)

But the holidays didn't stop there. National Soccer Day got Jerry cracking jokes about goal-oriented players, while World Nature Conservation Day reminded everyone about protecting our natural resources. And with desert temperatures soaring, National Water Park Day hit different – especially with our local gem, Palm Springs Surf Club, making waves in Jerry's recent stories.

The Pop Quiz: Where Water Met Rock and Roll History

With "water" as the magic word, Jerry served up two brain-teasers that had the control room buzzing.

Question 1 dove into classic rock territory: Which US state gets mentioned seven times in the Doobie Brothers' hit "Black Water"?

Question 2 shifted to filmmaker John Waters territory, asking about his famous movie featuring a "pleasantly plump teenager who loves to dance" in 1962 Baltimore.

Catch Jerry Steffen's "Hashtag Holiday Calendar and Pop Quiz" every weekday morning on NBC Palm Springs – where the questions are quirky and the holidays are always worth celebratin