Santasia
It's a short commute for Santa to get to this frigid Russian region of nearly 5 million sq. mi. that includes the Ob & Yenisey Rivers
What is Siberia?
19th century:
this deal that netted Uncle Sam 530 million acres at about 3 cents per acre
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
While also known for being the "best" ski mountain in the east, Killington also connects Maine to Georgia via this route.
What is the Appalachian Trail?
Molecules that carry amino acids to ribosomes are called tRNA, with the "t" short for this
What is transfer?
Mount Snow, Vermont calls itself these mountains' most accessible ski resort from the big cities south of it
What are The Green Mountains?
Santa Claus can cruise into Ho-Ho-Ho Chi Minh City along the river with this name, the former name of Ho Chi Minh City
What is Saigon?
17th century:
for 60 guilders, Peter Minuit picks up this prime island property
What is Manhattan?
Mt. Buller in the state of Victoria is one of this country's most popular ski resorts
What is Australia?
In the body, an adductor is one of these that moves parts together or towards the center
What is a muscle?
In observing snowflakes, learn the basic types of these symmetrical structures, including plates, columns & needles
What are crystals?
Peshawar, Lahore & Karachi are but 3 city stops as St. Nick soars around this country
What is Pakistan?
21st century:
this NBA team sails over to Steve Ballmer for $2 billion
What are The Clippers?
You might see the Sahara from the slopes of Morocco's Mount Toubkal in this range
The Sun's corona propels this stream of particles continuously at hundreds of miles per second
What are solar winds?
This cereal invented in the 1890s was bleached & used as nice, crunchy underfoot snow in early sound films
What are corn flakes?
Mr. C. is very busy island hopping in this nation in the Pacific; Leyte is just one of its more than 1,000 inhabited islands
What is the Philippines?
20th century:
this businessman buys the island of Santa Catalina & brings the Cubs over for spring training
Who is Wrigley?
Furano is part of the powder belt of ski resorts on this northern Japanese island
What is Hokkiado?
This accelerator run by CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, operates up to 575 feet below ground
What is the Large Hadron Collider?
Snow blinded the Lancastrians & wind stopped their arrows at Towton in this war, said to be the bloodiest battle ever in England
What is the War of Roses?
Santa's sleigh touches down on Honshu in this city of 1.5 million, Japan's capital from 794 to 1868
What is Kyoto?
18th Century:
The U.S. Congress authorizes its first ever land acquisition, purchasing 96 acres to the south of this colonial city to build a fort to prevent a British invasion up the Delaware River.
What is Philidelphia?
Soldeu, El Tarter & Pas de la Casa are part of a big ski resort in this tiny European nation
What is Andorra?
In a molecule of sulfuric acid, there are this many atoms of oxygen
What is 4?
"One must have a mind of winter", begins this Wallace Stevens poem that sets a chilly mood