Forest Hills - Winter

Weather

100

What temperature is the freezing point of water?

32 Fahrenheit or 0 Celcius

200

How many sides do all snowflakes have?

6

300

Define "precipitation" 

atmospheric water vapor that falls from clouds

400

Near the equator, the seasons aren't defined by changes in temperature, but rather by changes in the amount of...

Rainfall

500

An area of low pressure and cold air that circles the North Pole, acting like a natural "container" for frigid Arctic air during winter.

Arctic/polar vortex

Holidays

100

What Christian holiday is celebrated on December 25?

Christmas

200

How long is the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah?

8 Days

Bonus 200 points: Jews celebrate Hanukkah by lighting a...?

300

The traditional Chinese Dongzhi Festival happens every year between December 21st and 23rd, celebrating what calendar event?

Winter Solstice (Shortest period of daylight in the northern hemisphere)

400

Adherents to which faith that originated in Persia commemorate the death of their religion's ancient founder on December 26th.

Zoroastrianism

500

In what decade did activist Maulana Karenga created Kwanzaa to "give black people an opportunity to celebrate themselves and their history"?

Bonus 500 Points: Name and define two of the seven principles (ideals) of the holiday.

1960s

BONUS:

1. Umoja (Unity): To strive for and to maintain unity in the family, community, nation, and race.
2. Kujichagulia (Self-determination): To define and name ourselves, as well as to create and speak for ourselves.
3. Ujima (Collective work and responsibility): To build and maintain our community together and make our brothers' and sisters' problems our problems and to solve them together.
4. Ujamaa (Cooperative economics): To build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses and to profit from them together.
5. Nia (Purpose): To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness.
6. Kuumba (Creativity): To do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it.
7. Imani (Faith): To believe with all our hearts in our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders, and the righteousness and victory of our struggle.

Media

100

This 1993 animated movie tells the tale of Jack Skellington, King of Halloween Town, who stumbles upon Christmas Town and becomes obsessed with celebrating the holiday himself.

The Nightmare Before Christmas

200

This book by Charles Dickens tells the story of the stingy Ebenezer Scrooge, and has been adapted into hundreds of movies, plays, radio shows, ballets, and other media.

A Christmas Carol

300

This cable TV network, owned by a company that sells greeting cards for many occasions, is known for cheesy holiday romance movies.

Hallmark Channel

400

What do the writers of “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire,” "Let it Snow,” “Santa Baby,” “It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” “Silver Bells,”  “White Christmas,” “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” “A Holly, Jolly Christmas,” and “Walkin’ In a Winter Wonderland” all have in common?

The writers of all these songs were Jewish!

500

This was a 2002 animated adult musical-comedy by Adam Sandler that takes place around the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah

Eight Crazy Nights

Foods

100

This winter treat is a heated drink consisting of shaved or melted chocolate or cocoa powder combined with heated milk or water

Hot Chocolate

200

American children celebrate the holiday season by building houses out of this type of cookie.

Gingerbread

300

This holiday snack is referred to in a song as "roasting on an open fire"

Chestnuts

400

The tradition of eating this meat on Christmas is thought to have evolved from the Germanic pagan ritual of sacrificing a wild boar to the Norse god Freyr during harvest festivals

Ham

500

This sweet dessert, consisting of soft, deep-fried dough balls made from milk solids (khoya or milk powder) soaked in a fragrant sugar syrup flavored with cardamom, rosewater, and saffron, is eaten by South Asian Jews during Hanukkah.

Gulab jamun

Activities

100

Every time it snows, people must undertake this un-fun activity to clear the sidewalks

Shoveling

200

Children often create these by lying down in the snow and flapping their arms and legs

Snow Angels

300

Name all the items needed to make a traditional snowman's face (and what they're used for).

Buttons for eyes

Carrot for nose

Rocks/coal for mouth

400

For those who don't enjoy skiing or snowboarding, this winter activity involves sliding down a snowy slope on an inflatable device.

Snowtubing

500

This winter sport includes moves/techniques such as the Axel, Lutz, Salchow, Flip, and Loop.

Figure Skating