Winter Geography/Weather
The number of sides a typical snowflake has
What is Six
In one word, what does hibernation mean
What is Sleep?
This is the name of the iceman’s reindeer in the movie, Frozen
What is Sven?
This was used for the first time at the 1980 Winter Olympics held at Lake Placid, NY
What is artificial snow?
The place where Anna and Elsa live, in the movie "Frozen"
What is Arendelle?
The snowiest city in the U.S.
What is Rochester, NY (with yearly average of 100 inches)
The hours in a day that a polar bear sleeps
What is 7-8 hours?
The nickname the burglars call themselves in the movie, "Home Alone"
Who are The Wet Bandits?
The number of Olympic Gold Medals awarded to Ohio State Buckeyes
What is 56?
Which is colder - the North or South Pole?
South Pole
The coldest city in the U.S.
What is Minneapolis, MN (most days of year with below-zero temperatures)
Do Polar bears hibernate?
No
In this movie, Sylvester Stallone is a former mountain rescuer who has to contend with a group of criminals in the Rocky Mountains.
Cliffhanger
This country has produced the only athlete to win gold in both Winter and Summer Olympics.
What is the United States of America?
(Eddie Eagan – boxing and bobsled)
The name ‘Ohio’ hails from the Iroquois tribe meaning this.
What is ‘great river’?
The minimum safe ice thickness to walk or ice fish on a lake
What is 4 inches thick - at 4 inches should be ok to stand, skate, and ice fish on the surface
Chicks or Nestlings are the names of which winter animal?
What are penguins?
The occupation of the main character Phil played by Bill Murray in the movie, Groundhog's Day?
What is a Weatherman?
The number of official Winter Olympic Sports.
What is 15?
Founded in 1891, this is the original name of Riverside Methodist Hospital.
What is Protestant Hospital?
It is the weather phenomena that is described as an upper level, large scale low pressure zone with winds rotating counter clockwise near the North Pole, that can deviate south and come into contact with warm moist air resulting in a rapid dramatic change of weather known as a “cold snap”
What is a Polar Vortex
The number of species that are in the penguin family
What is 17?
The name of the actors who play the two old and grumpy men, in the movie, "Grumpy Old Men"
Who are Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon?
Athletes can reach speeds up to 90 mph in this winter sport.
What is alpine skiing?
In 1926, the first household pop-up one of these was marketed by the McGraw Electric Company
What is a toaster?