Winter
Sports
Geography
History
Nerd Stuff
100

The shortest day of the year

Winter Solstice 

100

In motor racing, this is the color of the flag they wave to indicate the winner

Checkered (black and white)

100

This is the ocean that the Bermuda Triangle is located

Atlantic Ocean

100

Hernan Cortez was mistaken to be this Aztec deity

Quetzalcoatl

100

This is Baby Yoda's real name

Grogu

200

The Zodiac sign born from November 22 to December 21

Sagitarius

200

This sport is best known as the ‘king of sports’

Soccer

200

This is the name of the smallest country in the world

Vatican City 

200

This fabric was invented in Ancient China

Silk

200

When 'Star Trek' premiered, this was the final line of the introductory text of each episode

To boldly go where no man has gone before

300

This winter sport has the moniker “the roaring game”

Curling

300

This is the national sport of Canada

Lacrosse

300

This U.S. state is home to no documented poisonous snakes

Alaska

300

Modern-day Istanbul, Turkey, used to be called this when it was the capital of the Byzantine Empire

Constantinople

300

Winter is Coming is the motto of this House in Game of Thrones

House Stark

400

This major sports event have never been held in the Southern Hemisphere and no country has ever applied to host them

The Winter Olympics

400

This is what you call when a bowler makes three strikes in a row

Turkey

400

This is the name of the flattest state in the US

Florida

400

This famous general was once attacked by rabbits

Napoleon Buonaparte

400

The name Dumbledore from Harry Potter is an Old English word for this animal

Bumblebee

500

This month is named after an ancient Roman purification festival

February

500

This country has competed the most times in the Summer Olympics yet hasn’t won a gold medal

The Philippines

500

This is the name of the only tropical rainforest in the United States

El Yunque National Forest (in Puerto Rico)

500

This was the code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II

Operation Barbarossa

500

In Lord of the Rings, this is the Ent who carries Pippin and Merry through Fangorn Forest

Treebeard

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