🔬 Science of Cold
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This phenomenon explains why snow can fall when air temperatures are above freezing.

evaporative cooling

100

This Olympic winter sport uses the fewest athletes per event while still awarding team medals.

bobsleigh

100

This temperature is where Celsius and Fahrenheit intersect.

What is –40°

100

This film became the first Disney animated movie where a power ballad directly altered the plot structure.

What is Frozen?

100

This historical expedition’s ship was crushed by Antarctic ice in 1915.

Endurance (1912)

200

This property explains why metal feels colder than wood at the same temperature

thermal conductivity

200

This country has topped the Winter Olympic medal table more times than any other.

Norway

200

Light snowfall

Flurry

200

Popular fantasy series which included the infamous quote and theme "Winter is coming."

Game of Thrones

200

This philosopher used winter as a metaphor for existential isolation.

Nietzsche

300

This atmospheric feedback loop causes Arctic warming to accelerate faster than the global average.

Arctic amplification

300

This event combines ski jumping and cross-country skiing

Nordic combined

300

A sudden burst of heavy snow and wind.

Squall

300

This 1996 indie film set in a Minnesota winter, which was later turned into a popular tv series

Fargo

300

Poet who wrote "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening."

Robert Frost

400

This temperature scale reaches zero at absolute zero and never uses negative values.

Kelvin

400

This Olympic ice sport allows players to intentionally stop the object mid-play.

curling

400

A mound of snow formed by wind deposition

snowdrift

400

In the Season 2 Christmas party episode, this last-minute rule change is announced that completely derails the gift exchange and what gift that ultimately causes the most conflict cost roughly this amount?

switching from Secret Santa to Yankee Swap. The gift that causes conflict is an iPod.

400

The novel Ethan Frome (which is set and focuses on winter) takes place in this U.S. state?

Massachusetts

500

This phenomenon causes temperatures in polar regions to drop further because ice reflects solar radiation.

albedo effect

500

In hockey - this violation occurs when an attacking player precedes the puck into the offensive zone

offsides

500

Snow compacted into icy granules by repeated thawing and refreezing

Firn

500

In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, this recurring winter detail signals danger before it’s explained.

The Dementors (or the temperature dropping)

500

This 2014 hit song references snow as a metaphor for emotional distance rather than weather.

"Snow (Hey Oh)” by Red Hot Chili Peppers