Winter Sports
On New Year's Day, many people brave icy waters to take part in a swim named for these ursine creatures.
What is Polar Bear Swim?
Unlike other species of this polar bird, the emperor breeds in the months of May and June. The male incubates a single egg for 65 days.
What is an emperor penguin?
In J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” series, this drink can be enjoyed ice cold or served as a foaming beverage, perfect for a winter treat.
What is butterbeer?
The shape of a snowflake.
What is a hexagon?
Banana and butternut are 2 of the most popular winter varieties of this food.
What is squash?
Snowboarders use a U-shaped structure called a half this to perform tricks.
What is a pipe?
Pinnipeds, meaning flipper-footed, include sea lions, seals, and these of the family Odobenus.
What is a walrus?
In this author’s Master and Man a selfish landowner undergoes a spiritual awakening after his actions places a peasant in a state of hypothermia.
Who is Leo Tolstoy?
Scientists have observed snow falling on this other planet in our solar system.
What is Mars?
Oil of this plant whose leaves keep their color all year and flavors some candies and chewing gum.
What is wintergreen?
What is curling?
The Weddell species of this animal can stay underwater for over an hour.
What is a seal?
This Stephen King winter-themed tale was written expressly as an original screenplay.
What is Storm of the Century?
The amount of snow equivalent to an inch of rainfall.
What is 13 inches?
Physical process your breath undergoes so that you can see it on cold days.
What is condensation?
Let's have a race using this craft whose name comes from a Native American word for sled.
What is a toboggan?
This is the term for the young of a whale.
What is a calf?
Ironically, the name of the American who wrote the season-themed A Winter Eden and Dust of Snow.
Who is Robert Frost?
An area of a country, state, etc where heavy snowfall is common.
What is a snowbelt?
Unfortunately, this chloride commonly sprinkled on icy roads corrodes car bodies.
What is sodium?
Nordic combined events start with a ski jump and end with one of these long alliterative races.
What is cross-country?
Unlike hibernation, which many animals take part of during the winter, this term describes the act of hibernating during the summer.
What is estivation?
In The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Anderson, when Gerda and Kai escape the Snow Queen’s realm and return home, they are surprised to find what amazing thing has happened?
What is they have grown up?
During this year a snowstorm blanketed the northeastern U.S. with up to 55 inches of snow in areas.
What is 1888?
According to poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, this can't be far behind if winter comes.
What is spring?