Winter
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The shortest day of the year.
What is the winter solstice?
The animal that famously predicts the length of winter every February.
What is a groundhog?
The traditional winter sport of Canada.
What is ice hockey?
The name of the Grinch’s dog.
Who is Max?
The Aurora Borealis is also known by this name.
What is The Northern Lights?
The speed at which a snowflake falls.
What is 3 to 4 mph.
This animal migrates long distances between polar feeding grounds and warmer breeding areas.
What is the humpback whale?
The most popular winter sport in the U.S.
What is skiing?
In the 90s movie Cool Runnings, this is the winter sport the Jamaican team plays.
What is bobsledding?
The percentage of the Earth’s land surface is covered in snow and ice.
What is 12%?
The month that the earth is closest to the sun.
What is January?
This animal has a dewlap, a flap of skin under their throat, which helps regulate their body temperature.
What is a moose?
The name of the dogsled race that goes from Anchorage to Nome.
What is the Iditarod?
This author wrote the play ‘A Winter’s Tale’.
Who is William Shakespeare?
This country has received the most snowfall in the 21st century.
What is Japan?
The number of sides a snowflake has.
What is six?
This animal is known for its large, snowshoe-like hind feet and seasonal fur color change.
What is the snowshoe hare?
In North American skiing, this color symbol marks beginner slopes.
What is green?
This is the name of the ground sloth, in the movie Ice Age.
Who is Sid?
The U.S. state that has the most snow days per year.
What is Alaska?
The effect that occurs when cold air passes over warmer lake waters, picking up moisture and creating heavy snowfall downwind.
What is lake effect snow?
This amphibian buries itself on the forest floor and goes dormant with the heart temporarily stopping to beat.
What is the wood frog?
The year was the first Winter Olympics held.
What is 1924?
This book by C.S. Lewis has the character The White Witch.
What is The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe?
This is the coldest country in the world.
Where is Greenland? (Denmark)