Come Rain or Snow?
What do we call a severe winter storm with strong winds and heavy snow?
Blizzard
A person who repairs pipes and sinks.
Plumber
Who is the current monarch of the United Kingdom?
King Charles III
What major league baseball team is in Toronto?
The Blue Jays
What chess piece is the most important?
The King
What kind of windstorm appeared at the beginning of The Wizard of Oz?
Tornado
What colorful arc appears in the sky when sunlight shines through raindrops?
Rainbow
A person who investigates and solves crimes.
Detective
What breed of dog was Queen Elizabeth II famously fond of?
Corgis
What percussion instrument is shaken or hit with the hand?
Tambourine
This French egg custard is served with a burnt toffee crust.
Crème Brûlée
This is the typical emotion signified by a red rose.
Love
What do we call a ball made of compressed snow that you throw at someone for fun?
Snowball
A person who is a member of the clergy attached to a chapel.
Chaplain
What is the famous London residence of the monarch?
Buckingham Palace
What country is located directly north of Newfoundland and Labrador?
Greenland
Gracias means “thank you” in this language.
Spanish
Stonehenge is located in this country.
England
True or False. It can rain on other planets in our solar system.
True
Venus and Saturn
A person who designs dance sequences for ballets and other dances.
Choreographer
What ceremony marks the crowning of a new king or queen?
A Coronation
The first account of surfing took place in these islands.
Hawaii
What type of sand should you avoid?
Quicksand
These sat on top of TVs to get reception from the stations.
Antennas
What do we call it when a massive amount of snow suddenly slides down a mountainside?
Avalanche
A person who studies the stars and their movements.
Astronomer
What is the name of the Royal House of the British Royal Family?
Windsor
This 1964 tune, titled “Fly Me to ____ _____,” was released by Frank Sinatra and Count Basie.
The Moon
1974’s The Longest Yard centers around a high-stakes game of this sport.
Football
This European nation reunified after the fall of a famous wall in 1989.
Germany
What object on the front of a car moves back and forth to clear away rainwater while driving?
Windshield Wipers
A person who studies pre-historic people and their cultures.
Archaeologist
Which queen became monarch at just 18 years of age and gave her name to an entire era?
Queen Victoria
Which car manufacturer introduced a Compound Vortex Controlled Combustion engine in its 1975 Civic?
Honda
In what sport would you use a "pitch," "wicket," and "bails"?
Cricket
Which instrument has 47 strings and 7 pedals?
The Harp
True or False. Snow is actually white in color.
False
Snow is actually clear and translucent, but it looks white because the many edges of the ice crystals scatter light in all directions.
A person who manages a Museum collection.
Curator
What affectionate nickname was widely associated with Princess Diana?
The People’s Princess
Before the 1980s, these one-way radio devices were primarily used by doctors.
Pagers
Pack your bags for Peru to visit this place, the ruins of the Inca Empire.
Machu Picchu
Who was the British prime minister from 1940 to 1945 and then again from 1951 to 1955?
Winston Churchill