Winter Phrases
You’re on thin ____
What is Ice?
What do Bears, Bats and Snails do in the winter to prepare for Spring? (It's a long sleep)
What is Hibernate?
Light snow falling for short durations. No accumulation or perhaps light dusting.
Snow ________
What are flurries?
What winter activity involves throwing cold, spheres?
What is a Snowball fight?
This country has won a gold medal at every Winter Olympics.
Russia or USA
What is the United States?
I'm feeling "under the weather" means this
Feeling sick
What dapper animal looks like it is wearing a tuxedo?
What is a Penguin?
What form of precipitation consists of ice pellets, often mixed with rain or snow?
Rain Sleet Snow Ice
What is Sleet?
This winter activity involves gliding on ice wearing special shoes.
What is Ice skating?
This Olympic sport involves a sled, high speeds and a mountain track.
Sleighrides Bobsledding downhill skiing
What is Luge or bobsledding?
I slept so well last night, I was out __________.
What is Out Cold?
These white, huge, and furry animals withstand the cold temperatures, and advertise soda.
What is a Polar Bear?
What are dangerous winter storms, snow accumulation and blowing snow and wind with low visibility.
It's a ______outside
What is a Blizzard?
What do you create when you lie on snow and flap your arms?
What is a Snow angel?
How often are the Winter Olympics held?
What is every 4 years?
That’s just the tip of the __________.
What is Iceberg?
What happens to the arctic fox fur during winter?
What is turns white?
Storm results with at least .25” of ice on exposed surfaces. Hazardous driving and walking.
White out Ice Storm Blizzard
What is an Ice Storm?
Dogs are essential for this winter sport.
Deer Hunting dog sledding Dog walking
What is Dog sledding?
This sport includes jumps called a lutz, and axel, and is on ice. The athletes wear fancy clothing and music is played.
What is figure skating?
I’m no good at meeting new people, I can never seem to __________.
What is Break the ice?
The endangered feline species that are white with spots, cannot roar, and have paws are natural snow shoes?
Cat Snow leopard Polar Bear White tiger
What is Snow Leopard?
Temperature measurement based on rate of heat loss from skin caused by wind and cold?
Frostbite Wind Chill Cold wind
What is Wind chill?
This is the most efficient way for individuals to traverse deep snow over long distances?
Snow shoeing snow boarding Walk slowly
What is Snow shoeing?
This country hosted the first Winter Olympics.
Switzerland France United States Germany
What is France?
In the __________ of winter.
What is Dead of Winter?
What "slow" moving animal goes underground during the winter when the temperature goes below the freezing level?
Sloths Slugs Squirrels Racoon
What are Slugs?
DAILY DOUBLE: Being temporarily unable to see due to UV light reflecting from snow.
Snow _________
What is snow blindness?
Those who love four wheeling can do this winter activity instead.
What is Snowmobiling?
This was the year of the first Winter Olympics.
1924 or 1939
What is 1924?
To not talk to someone is to give them the cold __________.
What is the Cold shoulder?
Instead of a nest, where do emperor penguins incubate their egg?
Armpit top of feet Sit on it Under their wings
What is top of feet?
Sunsets are more dramatic during the winter due to the lack of this.
Rain humidity sun heat
What is humidity?
This Winter team sport is played on ice.
Ice hockey
This country has the highest all-time total medal tally at the Winter Olympics.
What is Norway? (368 medals: 132 gold, 125 silver, and 111 bronze)