People & Places
Arctic or Antarctic – the colder of the 2.
*What is the Antarctic?
An outdoor clock with no moving parts.
*What is a sundial?
1,550, 10,000, or 30,000 – the number of quills an adult porcupine has.
*What is approx. 30,000?
This flavour of ice cream is eaten the most.
*What is vanilla?
In Canada, what is Santa’s official postal code?
*What is H0H 0H0?
In Labrador, which vegetable is traditionally hollowed out, fitted with a candle, and given to children at Christmas?
*What is Turnip?
A ‘Robertson’s’ screwdriver has this shaped head.
*What is a square head?
This astrological symbol and desert-dwelling creature packs a powerful sting.
*What is the scorpion?
How many points does a snowflake have?
*What is six?
The ‘Louvre’ was this before it became a museum.
*What is a palace?
Who is the lead singer of the Eurythmics who was born on Christmas Day in 1954?
*Who is Annie Lennox?
The ‘radius’ refers to this distance.
*What is the distance between the centre and edge of a circle?
This flower snaps at you when pinched.
*What is the snapdragon?
What is the name of the skin that hangs from a turkey’s neck?
*What is wattle?
On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to me…
*What is four calling birds?
The River Vltava runs through which European Capital?
*What is Prague?
The structural backbone of a ship.
*What is the keel?
A ‘chervil’ refers to this.
*What is an herb?
The Polar Express, what word does the conductor punch into the ticket of ‘the young man with all the questions’ at the end of the night?
*What is Believe?
Plum Pudding contains plums True or false?
*False (raisins, sultanas, and currants, but no plums)
The name for ground that is always frozen.
*What is permafrost?
Protected by a sleeve that fits into a jacket.
*What is a record?
Sockeye Salmon are caught on this Canadian coast.
*What is west coast?
Spider-Man takes pictures for this newspaper in his other identity.
*What is the Daily Bugle?
In Spain, what is it tradition to eat twelve of as the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve?
*What are grapes?