Winter Phrases
You’re on thin ____
What is Ice?
The hot sweet drink is a wintertime favorite for children and adults.
What is Hot chocolate?
Nice children get presents, while naughty ones get coal.
What is Christmas?
What do Bears, Bats and Snails do in the winter to prepare for Spring?
What is Hibernate?
Light snow falling for short durations. No accumulation or perhaps light dusting.
What are flurries?
What winter activity involves throwing cold, spheres?
What is a Snowball fight?
This country has won a gold medal at every Winter Olympics.
Russia or USA
What is the United States?
"Feeling really sick" is this.
What is Under the weather?
What spice is commonly used in gingerbread cookies?
What is Ginger?
Children get 8 nights of gifts
What is Hanukkah?
What dapper animal looks like it is wearing a tuxedo?
What is a Penguin?
What form of precipitation consists of ice pellets, often mixed with rain or snow?
What is Sleet?
This winter activity involves gliding on ice wearing special shoes.
What is Ice skating?
This Olympic sport involves a sled, high speeds and a mountain track.
Sleighrides or Bobsledding
What is Luge or bobsledding?
I slept so well last night, I was out __________.
What is Out Cold?
Christmas candy made for 300 years and used as a sweet treat or decoration.
What is a Candy Cane?
For the Chinese New Year, young people are given money in envelopes of this color.
Gold or Red
What is Red?
These white, huge, and furry animals withstand the cold temperatures, and advertise soda.
What is a Polar Bear?
What are dangerous winter storms, snow accumulation and blowing snow and wind with low visibility.
What is a Blizzard?
What do you create when you lie on snow and flap your arms?
What is a Snow angel?
How often are the Winter Olympics held?
every 2 years or every four years
What is every 4 years?
That’s just the tip of the __________.
What is Iceberg?
A winter drink is made with egg, milk, and a lot of sugar?
What is Egg nog?
UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand celebrate with gifts on December 26th.
Boxing Day or Dessert Day
What is Boxing day?
What happens to the arctic fox fur during winter?
What is turns white?
Storm results with at least .25” of ice on exposed surfaces. Hazardous driving and walking.
White out or Ice Storm
What is an Ice Storm?
Dogs are essential for this winter sport.
What is Dog sledding?
This sport includes jumps called a lutz, and axel, and is on ice.
Ice Capades or Figure Skating
What is figure skating?
I’m no good at meeting new people, I can never seem to __________.
What is Break the ice?
What Italian dish is traditionally served on Christmas Eve, made of many different types of creatures?
Meatballs or Fish
What is Fish?
This African holiday "first fruits", celebrates family, harvest, and unity.
Kwanzaa or Harvest Day
What is Kwanzaa?
The endangered feline species that are white with spots, cannot roar, and have paws are natural snow shoes?
What is Snow Leopard?
Temperature measurement based on rate of heat loss from skin caused by wind and cold?
Frostbite or Wind Chill
What is Wind chill?
This is the most efficient way for individuals to traverse deep snow over long distances?
What is Snow shoeing?
This country hosted the first Winter Olympics.
Switzerland or France
What is France?
(timing) In the __________ of winter.
What is Dead of Winter?
What is traditionally hidden inside a Christmas pudding?
King Baby or Gold Coin
What is a gold coin?
In Spain, eat 12 on New Years Day to make sure you have good luck.
What are Grapes?
What "slow" moving animal goes underground during the winter when the temperature goes below the freezing level?
What are Slugs?
DAILY DOUBLE: Being temporarily unable to see due to UV light reflecting from snow.
Face snowburn or snow blindness?
What is snow blindness?
Those who love four wheeling can do this winter activity instead.
What is Snowmobiling?
This was the year of the first Winter Olympics.
1924 or 1939
What is 1924?
To not talk to someone is to give them the __________.
What is the Cold shoulder?
DAILY DOUBLE! In which country is it now traditional to eat at KFC for Christmas dinner?
United States or Japan
What is Japan?
What Asian holiday takes place in Winter and celebrates with fireworks.
What is Chinese New Year?
Instead of a nest, where do emperor penguins incubate their egg?
What is top of feet?
Sunsets are more dramatic during the winter due to the lack of this.
What is humidity?
This Winter team sport is played on ice and involves a broom!
What is Curling?
This country has the highest all-time total medal tally at the Winter Olympics.
Russia or Norway
What is Norway? (368 medals: 132 gold, 125 silver, and 111 bronze)