A winter sport in which teams of two or four teammates make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled.
What is bobsleigh?
100
The largest snowflake recorded in the Guinness World Book of Records fell in this state and was 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick.
Where is Montana?
100
This marks the onset of winter and occurs for the Northern Hemisphere in December and for the Southern Hemisphere in June.
What is Winter Solstice?
100
These form on surfaces which might have a smooth and straight, or irregular shape, which in turn influences their shape.
What are icicles?
100
The name given to rain that falls when surface temperatures are below freezing.
What is freezing rain?
200
Sport combining a bike with skis instead of wheels.
What is snowbiking?
200
This country has the lowest average temperature because most of it sits high on an ice sheet at very high latitudes.
What is Greenland?
200
Occurs during extreme storms, with high-intensity wind and accumulations of between 2 and 6 inches of snow per hour.
What are thunderstorms?
200
A persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight forming where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries.
Who is a glacier?
200
Precipitation in the form of flakes crystalline water ice that falls from clouds.
What is snow?
300
Refers to roped and protected climbing of features such as icefalls, frozen waterfalls, and cliffs and rock slabs covered with ice refrozen from flows of water.
What is ice climbing?
300
This song was composed in 1934 by Richard Smith, a native of Honesdale, PA, who was inspired to write it after seeing Honesdale's Central Park covered in snow and has been recorded by over 200 different artists.
What is "Winter Wonderland"
300
A weather condition where snow is not falling but loose snow on the ground is lifted and blown by strong winds.
What is a ground blizzard or blizzard?
300
This is a type of winter storm characterized by freezing rain, also known as a glaze event or, in some parts of the United States, as a silver thaw.
What is an ice storm?
300
Defined as a body core temperature below 35.0 °C (95.0 °F).
What is hypothermia?
400
A winter sport which combines elements of skating, snowboarding, and skiing.
What is skiboarding?
400
Characterized by cold winters and cool summers and consists of a vast ocean with a seasonally varying ice cover, surrounded by treeless permafrost.
What is the Artic?
400
An unusual kind of thunderstorm with snow falling as the primary precipitation instead of rain.
What is thundersnow?
400
A general term used for recently frozen sea water that does not yet make up solid ice.
What is "new ice"?
400
A snow house or snow hut, is a type of shelter built of snow, typically built when the snow can be easily compacted.
What is an igloo?
500
An annual sports event, controlled and arranged by the U.S. sports broadcaster ESPN which focuses on extreme sports.
What are the Winter X games?
500
The largest recorded snowman ever built was in this US state. The 113-foot, 7-inch snowman broke the previous record held.
What is Maine?
500
This weather phobia causes an intense aversion to snow, more precisely the fear of being snowbound.
What is Chionophobia?
500
Phrases such as "frozen custard", "frozen yogurt", "sorbet", "gelato" and others are used to distinguish different varieties and styles of this.
What is ice cream?
500
Signs and symptoms include coughing, sore throat, runny nose, sneezing, and fever which usually resolve in seven to ten days, with some symptoms lasting up to three weeks.