Winter Animals
A skin-like fringe along the feet of the ruffed grouse allows it to do this in the winter.
What is a walk on top of the snow?
Vasanta or Basant is an auspicious festival celebrated throughout South Asia to honour the purity of this season.
What is spring?
This film from South Korea swept the 2020 Oscars.
What is Parasite?
After creamy strawberry Christmas cake, this fast-food item is the most popular food consumed on Christmas Day in Japan.
What is fried chicken?
I suspect some in our teams might suffer from chionophobia, a fear of this.
What is snow?
The Siberian version of this domesticated animal is the only 'pet' whose fur changes to white during the winter months.
What is a hamster (Siberian hamster)?
The name of this observance in December translates to "dedication".
What is Hanukkah?
As of February 2020, Donald Trump now has this distinction in common with Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson.
What is being impeached?
Red coffee berries are used to decorate Christmas wreaths in this central American country.
What is Costa Rica?
This province (not territory) holds the current record for greatest snowfall in a single day.
What is BC? (Tahtsa Lake, 1999)
125 miles is the distance traversed annually by this majestic, migrating species of bird - but none of this distance is traveled by air.
What is the Emperor penguin?
A Spanish tradition involves eating 12 of these (poisonous to dogs) to mark the 12 chimes of the clock to ring in the new year.
What are grapes?
Nepal closed Mount Everest to climbers just before the start of spring due to safety concerns related to this.
What is COVID-19?
Christmas cakes from this country include fruits soaked in their famous rum and red wine and are often sold at the "grand market" on December 24.
What is Jamaica?
It's not toilet paper but rather this basic grocery item that is regularly sold out along the Eastern coast of Canada when a snowstorm is imminent.
What are chips (storm chips)?
In winter, the sighting of this gaseous substance emerging from atop a lodge is a good indicator that the beaver is home.
What is steam?
Of all the names used to describe this mythical jolly old man of Christmas, this one comes first alphabetically.
Who is Kris Kringle?
This homicidal vespa was discovered for the first time in North America this past spring.
What Asian giant "murder" hornet?
People in this country often wish each other "Melikam Gena!" and go to major cities like Addis Ababa to attend church services.
What is Ethiopia?
In 2008 Ottawa was beat out by this Canadian city as laying claim to the longest outdoor skating rink in the world.
What is Winnipeg (the Forks)?
The artic version of this furry animal can actually lower its body temperature to below freezing during hibernation.
What is a squirrel (artic squirrel)?
An observance whose name translates to "new day" is an ancestral festivity marking the renewal of nature in this month.
What is March (naw ruz)?
The development of the Moderna vaccine was partially funded by this celebrity.
Who is Dolly Parton?
Christmas celebrations were banned in this country up until 1998 (where it was reinstated in honour of a Pope's visit).
What is Cuba?
All snowflakes have this many sides.
What is 6?