Capital District Trivia
Officially opening in late 2019, this highway exit filled a mysterious gap in numbers that had existed after plans to build a prior auxiliary highway connecting I-90 and I-87 never materialized.
What is I-87 Exit 3? (alternate answer: What is Exit 3?)
This Roman emperor established January 1 as the first day of the year on the Julian calendar in order to honor Janus, the Roman god of new beginings.
Who is Julius Ceasar?
This co-worker's first home was a log cabin that her parents built by hand.
Who is Carla?
To be officially categorized as this type of storm, the following three categories must be met:
1. Considerable blowing or falling snow 2. Visibility of less than 1/4 mile 3. Conditions lasting for three or more hours
What is a blizzard?
Originally built in 1908, this is the oldest municipal airport in the United States.
What is the Albany International Airport?
This famous object has fallen at midnight in New York City every year since 1907 with the exception of 1942 and 1943.
What is the Times Square Ball?
In their prior life, this co-worker worked as a concert security guard for nearly 10 years.
Who is Jodi?
Chionophobia.
What is the name for the fear of snow?
Legend has it that this crunchy, savory snack was invented in Saratoga Springs in 1853.
What is the potato chip?
This New Year's Resolution, or a closely related version, is the most common resolution by Americans each year.
What is losing weight?
This co-worker to dress up in Shaker dress and white cap and give tours of the Shaker Heritage site when they were an intern in college.
Who is Michele (Pollock Rich)?
In 1887 one of these measuring 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick fell in Montana and holds the world record for largest ever observed.
What is a snowflake?
Measuring a mere 0.7 square miles, this Albany County Town is the smallest town in New York State.
In many cultures, eating foods of this shape on New Year's eve is said to bring luck and prosperity for the year.
What is round/a circle?
This co-worker was a certified fitness instructer, long distance runner, and played a very mean game of raquetball.
Who is Laurie?
This country is home to the city with the highest anual snow falls on earth.
What is Japan?
Located in Cohoes, this is the largest indoor skating rink in the world.
What is Guptill's Skating Arena?
One of the three countries that are the first to celebrate New Year's Day on Jan 1 each year.
What is Tonga?
or
What is Samoa?
or
What is Kiribati?
In college, this co-worker ranked among the top 50 world wide gamers in the video game Call of Duty.
Who is Jazmin?
This city holds' the world record for the world's tallest snow man in 1999 and again in 2008 where the world's tallest snow woman, named Olympia after a senator from that state, stood at 122 feet and used wreaths for eyes and skis for eyelashes.
What is Bethel, Maine?