Facts about the Earth in the Winter
Health
Safety Tips
Winter in Buffalo, NY
GSC Personnel Trivia
100

The average snowflake falls at this rate...(in mph).

What is 3mph

100
Turn off your space heater and turn on one of these -- after all wet heat is better than dry heat for your skin.

What is a humidifier?

100

Your better off wearing these instead of gloves because the body heat produced from your fingers touching produces more heat than the material does.

What are mittens?

100

This is Buffalo's coldest month where the average temperature overnight is 17.8°F.

What is January?

100

This is the total amount of people currently in the GSC department.

What is 19?

200
On average one inch or rain is equivalent to this many inches of snow.

What is 13"?

200

The symptoms of this illness include fever, chills, muscle aches, cough, congestion, runny nose, headaches, and fatigue.

What is the flu?

200

Throw on your mittens/gloves and take your hands out of these!  You are more likely to lose your balance and fall if you don't!

What are your pockets?

200

This is the term for snow falling on the lee side of a lake, generated by cold dry air passing over warmer water, especially in the Great Lakes region

What is lake effect?

200

This person is our 2018-2019 Fantasy Football Winner.

Who is Amanda?

300

The coldest temperature ever recorded was -123°C (-189.4°F) was recorded on this continent.

What is Antarctica?

300

Adults ages 18-64 should get this amount of sleep (answer is a range of hours)

What is 7-9 hours?

300

Make sure your car is filled with this liquid to remove the salt from your windshield to make driving conditions more clear.

What is antifreeze windshield washer fluid?

300

Drive an hour south to Ellicottville and enjoy skiing and snowboarding at this resort.

What is Holiday Valley?

300

This person has neck issues because he/she dove into a shallow lake thinking it was deep.

Who is Ryan?

400

These are caused as the Earth, tilted on its axis, travels in a loop around the Sun each year.

What are seasons?

400

Make sure you have enough of this at work since our personal days and sick days are taken out of one pool.

What is PTO?

400

In extreme cold temperatures experts recommend this many layers of tops/coats and this many layers of pants.

What are 3 tops and 2 pants.

400

Head on down to Canalside and play this sport where a large round flat stones are slid across the surface toward a mark

What is curling?

400

This person has the fastest car in WNY.

Who is Tiny?

500

The snowiest city in the world is Aomori City in this country where the citizens are pummeled with 312 inches, or about 26 feet, of snow on average each year.

What is Japan?

500

Experts say that you should wash your hands for this long (it may help to sing the ABC's at a moderate speed).

What is 20 seconds?

500

Per Bob Crowe the key to nailing this maneuver is to extend your arms out to your side, bend your knees, and shuffle side to side as you move forward (rather than taking big steps). All of this will help maintain your center of gravity.

What is walking like a penguin?

500

The first one of this was held at Ralph Wilson Stadium in 2008 where the Sabres fell to the Penguins 2-1 in s a shootout.

What is the Winter Classic?

500

This person left us in 2017 but is currently a Supply Chain Planning Specialist in Rolling Meadows.

Who is Peter?

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