WINTER-THEMED FILMS
This animated Disney film follows two royal sisters and features the hit song “Let It Go.”
What is Frozen?
This international winter sporting event takes place every four years and features sports like skiing, skating, and hockey.
What are the Winter Olympic Games?
Played on ice, this fast-paced team sport uses a puck and is especially popular in Canada.
What is ice hockey?
This Jewish winter festival lasts eight nights and commemorates the miracle of the oil.
What is Hanukkah?
This weather event occurs when snow is blown by strong winds, greatly reducing visibility.
What is a blizzard?
In this holiday comedy, a young boy is accidentally left behind while his family travels to Paris.
What is Home Alone?
This natural light display is commonly visible in high-latitude countries such as Norway, Canada, and Iceland during winter.
What is the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)?
This Olympic sport involves sliding stones across ice toward a target, using brooms to control speed and direction.
What is curling?
Held annually in Quebec City, this winter festival features ice sculptures, parades, and a snowman mascot named Bonhomme.
What is the Quebec Winter Carnival (Carnaval de Québec)?
This large mass of ice forms on land from compacted snow and moves slowly over time.
What is a glacier?
This 2003 comedy starring Will Ferrell tells the story of a human raised by elves at the North Pole.
What is Elf?
This scientific term describes the moment in winter when a hemisphere experiences its shortest day and longest night.
What is the Winter Solstice?
Competitors in this sport race headfirst or feetfirst down an icy track in a small sled, reaching extremely high speeds.
What is luge?
This Indian winter festival, celebrated in January, marks the harvest season and is known by names such as Pongal and Lohri.
What is Makar Sankranti?
This type of precipitation falls as small pellets of ice, often after melting and refreezing.
What is sleet?
This 1996 Coen Brothers crime film is set in snowy Minnesota and North Dakota and won an Oscar for Best Actress.
What is Fargo?
This traditional Chinese winter festival marks the lunar new year and is celebrated with lanterns, fireworks, and family gatherings.
What is Chinese New Year (Spring Festival, 春節)?
This Nordic sport combines cross-country skiing with rifle marksmanship, testing both endurance and precision.
What is biathlon?
Observed mainly in Iran and Central Asia, this ancient festival celebrates the winter solstice and the triumph of light over darkness.
What is Yalda Night?
This wind chill factor measures how cold it feels when wind removes heat from exposed skin.
What is wind chill?
This survival film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a frontiersman battling the brutal winter wilderness after being attacked by a bear.
What is The Revenant?
In this Asian country, a northern island is well known for heavy snowfall and the annual Sapporo Snow Festival.
What is Japan?
This winter activity involving non-human participants was removed from the Winter Olympics in 1932.
What is dog sledding?
This colorful Tibetan Buddhist festival, often held in winter, features masked dances to mark the lunar new year.
What is Losar?
This ocean current helps keep much of Western Europe warmer in winter than other regions at similar latitudes.
What is the Gulf Stream?