Winter Expressions
Winter Flavors
Winter Wildlife
Winter Olympic Sports
Winter Birds
100
You’re on thin __________.
Ice
100
Holiday baked treat that is loved for its long shelf life
Fruit cake
100
What happens to the arctic fox each winter?
It's fur turns white in winter.
100
Luge
100
Another winter goose, the Ross’s Goose is smaller and more delicate, with a shorter neck. Meanwhile this, pictured below, has a larger, chunkier bill with a dark line, or “grin patch” near the gape.
Snow Goose
200
In the __________ of winter.
Dead
200
Classic Christmas candy has been around more than 300 years
Candy Cane
200
What color is a polar bear's skin?
HINT: Also the color of a giraffe's tongue.. from last jeopardy!
Black
200
Curling
200
Thousands of these irrupted into the lower 48 in 2013-2014, turning up as far south as Florida and the Bahamas.
Snowy Owl
300
That’s just the tip of the __________.
iceburg
300
A fruit popular during the Japanese New Year
Mandarin Orange
300
Which endangered feline species is found in the mountains of Nepal?
Snow Leopard
300
This sport didn't begin until the late 19th century, when the Swiss attached two skeleton sleds together and added a steering mechanism to make a toboggan
bobsleigh
300
Finding these birds is one challenge — the second is getting close enough to actually to see their twisted bills, which they use to prize seeds out of pine cones.
Red Crossbills and White-Winged Crossbills
400
I slept so well last night, I was out __________.
cold
400
This quintessentially southern flavor is created by heating whole almonds with lightly caramelized sugar, dating back to French-colonized Louisiana
Praline
400
This tiger lives in northern China and Russia so are used to the cold; zoos notice them more active during the winter months
Amur tiger
400
This country is the only one to have won a medal at every Olympic Winter Games
US
400
The largest North American accipiter, these powerful, elusive hawks hunt rabbits, hares, squirrels, and other large birds in dense forests, zipping through the trees at high speeds. They’re found year-round throughout the Rockies, and throughout the mid to northern U.S. in the winter.
Northern Goshawk
500
I’m no good at meeting new people, I can never seem to __________.
break the ice
500
In this country is it now traditional to eat KFC for Christmas dinner
Japan
500
Males shed their antlers in autumn and winter, while females keep theirs until spring
Reindeer
500
This city became the first city that has held both the summer and the winter Olympic Games
Beijing
500
The Brown-capped, Grey-crowned and Black — are Rocky Mountain winter specialties. The Black and Gray-crowned are found throughout the west, while the Brown-capped is only found in Colorado and northern New Mexico. All three species are poorly studied by scientists because their breeding ranges are small and incredibly remote.
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