Winter Phrases
You’re on thin ____
What is Ice?
The hot sweet drink is a wintertime favorite for children and adults.
Hint-its good with whip cream
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. Associated with light swirling wind.
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, USA, Germany or Norway.
What is the United States?
"Feeling really sick" is this.
Under the ________
What is 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.
What is Luge or bobsledding?
I slept so well last night, I was out __________.
What is Cold?
Christmas candy made for 300 years, typically red and white like a barber's poll, is 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.
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 heavy 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?
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.
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, Black Ice or Ice Storm
What is an Ice Storm?
Dogs are essential for this winter sport.
What is Dog sledding or Iditarod
This sport includes jumps called a lutz, and axel, and is on ice.
What is figure skating?
I’m no good at meeting new people, I can never seem to break __________.
What is the ice?
What Italian dish is traditionally served on Christmas Eve, made of many different types of creatures?
What is Fish?
This African holiday "first fruits", celebrates family, harvest, and unity.
What is Kwanzaa?
The endangered feline species that are white with spots. They cannot roar, and have paws that are natural snow shoes?
What is Snow Leopard?
Temperature measurement based on rate of heat loss from skin caused by wind and cold?
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, Japan, France, or the United States.
What is France?
(timing) In the __________ of winter.
What is Dead of Winter?
What coffee place has fun holiday cups?
Starbucks!
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?
Being temporarily unable to see due to UV light reflecting from snow.
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.
1900, 1924 or 1939
What is 1924?
To not talk to someone is to give them the Cold __________.
What is the Cold shoulder?
In which country is it now traditional to eat at KFC for Christmas dinner?
United States, England, Germany, Philippines 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.
Rain, humidity, water vapor, or mist.
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.
USA, Russia, Norway or Germany
What is Norway? (368 medals: 132 gold, 125 silver, and 111 bronze)