Winter
Winter Wildlife
Winter Phrases
Winter Holidays
Winter Food
Winter Winter
100
Finish the winter song lyrics: "A beautiful sight, we're happy tonight. Walking in a winter _____________."
Wonderland
100
Name a bird that like the cold and cannot fly.
Penguins
100
You're on thin ____.
Ice
100
These two colors are associated with Christmas
Red and Green
100
This hot sweet drink with marshmallows is a wintertime favorite for children and adults.
Hot Chocolate
100
What material is often used to thaw icy roads?
Salt
200
How many sides do most snowflakes have?
a) 6
b) 8
6
200
What do Bears, Bats, and Snails do in the winter to prepare for Spring?
a) Dance
b) Hibernate (or sleep)
Hibernate (or sleep)
200
"Feeling really sick" is called being "under the ____"
Weather
200
This is the purpose of Groundhog Day
a) To predict the length of winter
b) To find the food
To predict the length of winter
200
What flavor are traditional candy canes?
Peppermint
200
What treat is made of snow and syrup?
Snow cone (acceptable Sugar on Snow)
300
What is the lowest temperature ever recorded on Earth? (your guess needs to be within 20 degrees of the actual answer to get points)
a) -128.6 degrees Fahrenheit at Vostok station, Antarctica
b) -50 degrees Fahrenheit on Mt. Washington
-128.6 degrees Fahrenheit at Vostok station, Antarctica
300
These white, huge, and furry animals withstand the cold temperatures up north, but you wouldn't want to encounter one in the wild
Polar Bears
300
I slept so well last night, I was out __________.
Out cold
300
This is what people usually write or promise to do on New Year’s Day.
Make a resolution
300
This bakery item is used to build miniature houses.
What is gingerbread?
300
Which sport requires you to stand on a board to glide down the side of a mountain?
Snowboarding
400
Name one of the top 3 states that get the most snow in the US.
*Extra point if you get all three correct
1. Alaska (72.8 Inches)
2. New Hampshire (59.9 Inches)
3. Vermont (58.4 Inches)
400
Name one animal who's fur turns white during the winter months.
*Bonus points for teams that can name more than one
What are Arctic Foxes, Hares (rabbits acceptable), weasels, caribou, lemmings, and siberian hamsters?
400
That’s just the tip of the_
a) Mountain
b) IceBerg
IceBerg
400
These are the three colors of Kwanzaa
a) Red, black, and green
b) Blue, red, and brown
Red, black, and green
400
This drink is made from eggs and drank during the winter holidays
What is Eggnog?
400
The temperature does water freeze in fahrenheit
a) 0 degrees
b) 32 degrees
What is 32 degrees fahrenheight (which is equal to 0 degrees Celsius).
500
What phenomenon causes the Northern Lights that are often visible in winter?
a) Auroras, caused by solar wind interacting with the Earth's magnetic field.
b) The Northern Lights are caused by giant glow-in-the-dark snowflakes rubbing together in the upper atmosphere, creating sparks of colorful light as they argue about whose turn it is to fall to Earth.
Auroras, caused by solar wind interacting with the Earth's magnetic field.
500
Instead of a nest, where do emperor penguins incubate their egg?
a) on top of their feet!
b) on the ice
on top of their feet!
500
To not talk to someone is to give them the _______
Cold Shoulder
500
Hanukkah lasts this many nights
a) Eight nights
b) Two nights
Eight nights
500
Around 1.7 to 2 billion of this hook shaped candy are produced annually, primarily in the U.S., with nearly 90% of sales occurring between Thanksgiving and Christmas
What are Candy Canes?
500
Nivology is the study of this
A. Snow
B. The earth
C. Weather
What is Glaciology?
(Study of earth- geology; study of weather- meteorology)