Winter Phrases
You’re on thin ____
What is Ice?
Nice children get presents, while naughty ones get coal.
What is Christmas?
Light snow falling for short durations. No accumulation or perhaps light dusting.
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.
What is the United States?
"Feeling really sick" is this.
What is Under the weather?
Children get 8 nights of gifts
What is Hanukkah?
What form of precipitation consists of ice pellets, often mixed with rain or snow?
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.
What is Luge or bobsledding?
I slept so well last night, I was out __________.
What is Out Cold?
For the Chinese New Year, young people are given money in envelopes of this color.
What is Red?
What are dangerous winter storms, snow accumulation and blowing snow and wind with low visibility.
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?
UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand celebrate with gifts on December 26th.
Boxing Day or Dessert Day
What is Boxing day?
Storm results with at least .25” of ice on exposed surfaces. Hazardous driving and walking.
White out or Ice Storm
What is an Ice Storm?
Dogs are essential for this winter sport.
Deer Hunting or dog sledding
What is Dog sledding?
This sport includes jumps called a lutz, and axel, and is on ice.
Ice Capades or Figure Skating
What is figure skating?
I’m no good at meeting new people, I can never seem to __________.
Break the Ice or Make Jokes
What is Break the ice?
This African holiday "first fruits", celebrates family, harvest, and unity.
Kwanzaa or Harvest Day
What is Kwanzaa?
Temperature measurement based on rate of heat loss from skin caused by wind and cold?
What is Wind chill?
This is the most efficient way for individuals to traverse deep snow over long distances?
What is Snow shoeing?
This country hosted the first Winter Olympics.
What is France?
(timing) In the __________ of winter.
What is Dead of Winter?
In Spain, eat 12 on New Years Day to make sure you have good luck.
What are Grapes?
DAILY DOUBLE: Being temporarily unable to see due to UV light reflecting from 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.
What is 1924?
To not talk to someone is to give them the __________.
What is the Cold shoulder?
What Asian holiday takes place in Winter and celebrates with fireworks.
What is Chinese New Year?
Sunsets are more dramatic during the winter due to the lack of this.
What is humidity?
This Winter team sport is played on ice and involves a broom!
What is Curling?
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)