WinterOlympics
Winter Wear
Winter Holidays
Ice Sports
Winter Weather
100
The 2010 games were held in this Canadian city.
What is Vancouver?
100
These are worn on the hands and the only finger showing is a thumb.
What is a mitten?
100
This holiday has seven core principles: Unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity, and faith.
What is Kwanzaa?
100
This team sport which consists of a goalie and five players on an ice rink, is the official winter sport of Canada.
What is hockey?
100
This type of precipitation always has six sides even though each one is unique in design.
What is a snowflake?
200
This team became the subject of a 1993 Disney movie.
What is the Jamaican bobsled team?
200
This type of clothing wraps around the head to cover just the ears.
What are ear muffs?
200
This holiday is observed by the kindling of the lights of a unique candelabrum, the nine-branched Menorah and celebrated over the course of eight days.
What is Hanukkah?
200
A team of two or four people run down a narrow, twisting track of ice in a sled, competing for the fastest time.
What is bobsledding?
200
Rain drops that freeze into ice pellets before reaching the ground.
What is sleet?
300
This recent olympic sport uses styles like jibbing, freeriding, freestyle, and freecarve.
What is snowboarding?
300
In some parts of the country this is a sled; in others it is a hat.
What is a toboggan?
300
This holiday is traditionally the day following Christmas Day, when servants and tradesmen would receive gifts from their employers and is popular in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.
What is Boxing Day?
300
In this sport, women and men compete, individually or as couples, where they perform complicated moves to music on ice.
What is figure skating?
300
This is the perceived temperature resulting from the effect of wind, in combination with cold air, which increases the rate of heat loss from the human body.
What is wind chill?
400
This sport is a form of ski touring in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain, usually large snowfields.
What is cross-country skiing?
400
This is an article of clothing worn about the neck for warmth. It is a closed tube of fabric, often thick fleece or synthetic, which is slipped on and off over the head. It can also be pulled up over the mouth to keep out wind and sand.
What is a neck gaiter?
400
Long ago, people celebrated this holiday and the shortest day of the year by lighting bonfires and candles to coax back the sun.
What is the Winter Solstice?
400
In this sport, competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates around a track.
What is speed skating?
400
This dangerous condition can occur when your body begins to lose heat faster than it can produce it.
What is hypothermia?
500
This sport is a two day event that involves both ski jumping and cross-country skiing.
What is nordic combined?
500
These are a soft boot traditionally made of reindeer skin or sealskin and were originally worn by Arctic aboriginal people but the term can be applied to any soft boot designed for cold weather.
What are mukluks?
500
This holiday is celebrated by Muslims on the 10th day of the month of the lunar calendar to commemorate the willingness of the prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his son for God.
What is Eid Al Adha?
500
This sport originated in Scotland and involves a "house," a "stone," and a "broom."
What is curling?
500
This dangerous condition causes a loss of feeling or a white or pale appearance in extremities, and if not treated can result in amputation.
What is frostbite?
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