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Winter Fun
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a competitive sport of ice skating in patterns or 'figures' and choreographed free skating.
What is Figure Skating?
100
Temperature that is at the freezing point.
What is 32 degrees Fahrenheit?
100
The activity of sliding down on a snowy hill sitting on a flat object
What is sledding?
100
A common hot beverage that is best after being outside in the cold?
What is Hot chocolate
100
Disney movie in which a princess, the elder of two sisters, has the power to create and manipulate snow and ice.
What is 'Frozen'?
200
winter sport that evolved from skateboarding and surfing
What is snowboarding?
200
"a severe snowstorm with high winds and low visibility" or an ice cream treat at Dairy Queen.
What is a blizzard?
200
You’d better make him quickly
When there’s white stuff on the ground
Because he disappears
When the sun’s heat comes around
What is a snowman?
200
If you spend too much time outside and your skin freezes, you might get this
What is Frost bite?
200
This snowman "came to life one day"
What is 'Frosty the Snowman'
300
Who hosted 2022 Winter Olympics?
What is Beijing, China?
2022 Winter Games start Fri, Feb 4, 2022 - until Sun, Feb 20, 2022
300
when it's raining and the temperature drops below 32 degrees Fahrenheit, you might get this
What is freezing rain?
300
This activity looks like you're doing jumping jacks laying in the snow.
What is making snow angels?
300
the condition or period of an animal or plant spending the winter in a dormant state.
grizzly bear gorge on seeds to prepare for this
What is hibernation?
300
Movie about a boy left home at Christmas
What is 'Home Alone'?
400
A physical sport played on ice. Very popular in Vermont and Canada.
What is Hockey?
400
What is the coldest state in the United States?
a. Vermont
b. North Dakota
c. Alaska
d.Minnesota
Where is Alaska
Alaska is the coldest state in the U.S. Alaska's average temperature is 26.6°F and can go as low as -30°F during the winter months. The Fairbanks area experiences some of the hottest and coldest temperatures in the state, with highs of 90°F in the summer and lows around -50°F.
400
catching fish with lines and fish hooks or spears through an opening in the ice on a frozen body of water.
What is Ice fishing?
400
The last day of winter
What is March 20th?
400
In this movie, our hero Mumble is the worst singer in the world, but he can tap dance brilliantly.
What is 'Happy Feet'?
500
looks like the players are sweeping the ice
What is curling?
500
What is it called when rain is mixed with snow.
What is Sleet?
500
When someone hikes during the winter, they may need to wear...?
What are Snowshoes?
500
the shortest day of the year is often called this
What is Winter solstice?
The winter solstice, also called the hibernal solstice, occurs when either of Earth's poles reaches its maximum tilt away from the Sun.
500
A movie staring a woolly mammoth, a saber-toothed tiger, and a sloth.
What is 'Ice Age'?
600
similar to dirt biking, riders follow a track. Except rather than dirt the terrain is covered in snow.
What is Snowmobiling?
600
How many sides does a snow flake have
What is 6 sides?
a typical snowflake, also called a Dendrite, has six sides/points.
600
Many Vermonters harvest this delicious resource in February, March, and April.
What is Maple Syrup .
600
- Millions of these fly to Mexico for the winter
- *hint: these start our as caterpillars.
What are monarch butterflies?
They are the only insect that migrates to a warmer climate that is 2,500 miles away each year.
600
A cynical TV weatherman finds himself reliving the same day over and over again
What is 'Ground Hog Day'?
700
The movie, "Cool Runnings" showcased this fast paced sport where the riders speed down a icy track
What is Bobsledding?
700
a blizzard or squall that reduces visibility to near zero
What is a 'Whiteout'?
700
the act of forming figures with tools, using Ice as the raw material.
What is ice sculpting?
700
The earth is the closest to the sun in this month
What is December?
Though it might seem unlikely, the Earth’s orbit typically brings it the closest to the sun during the coldest period of the year. Our cold weather comes from the decreased sunlight.
700
Four kids travel through a wardrobe to the land of Narnia and learn of their destiny to free it with the guidance of a mystical lion.
What is: 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe'?
800
an ancient practice that relies on energetic packs of huskies to pull sleds through wintry landscapes.
What is Dog Sledding?
Dog Sledding is thought to originate in Alaska.
Today, dog sled racing is a popular sport in the Arctic regions of America and Europe, in which teams of sled dogs compete in pulling their ‘musher’ (dog driver) the fastest.
800
Which state has the most snowfall per year?
a. Vermont
b. Alaska
c. Colorado
d. Maine
Where is Vermont
Vermont receives more snow per year than any other state with an average of 89.25 inches. Vermont sees about 54 days of snow annually. In the 2018-2019 winter season, the state had 201 inches of snowfall.
800
The other name for the aurora borealis.
What are the Northern Lights
800
an ancient stone monument that is aligned with the winter solstice sunset
What is Stonehenge?
800
A paleoclimatologist, must make a daring trek from Washington, D.C. to New York City to reach his son, trapped in the cross-hairs of a sudden international storm which plunges the planet into a new Ice Age.
What is 'The Day After Tomorrow'?