All About Snow
All snowflakes have how many sides?
A) 6
B) 8
C) 7
A) 6
Artic fox use their sense of what to locate their prey deep beneath the snow?
A) Sight
B) Smell
C) Hearing
C) Hearing
Hot chocolate is a popular winter beverage in many countries. But originally it was a much thicker, unsweetened drinking chocolate that was served cold, and dates back to 500 BC. It was first had by what people?
A) Mayans and Aztecs
B) Dutch and French
C) Portuguese and Italians
A) Mayans and Aztecs
Who is the famous snowman who has a song and movie all about him?
A) Frosty
B) Jack Frost
C) Olaf
A) Frosty
What is the most popular winter Olympic sport that people like to watch?
A) Skiing
B) Gymnastics
C) Figure Skating
C) Figure Skating
Snow falls at an average rate of how many miles per hour?
A) 8-10 mph
B) 1-4 mph
C) 11-15 mph
B) 1-4 mph
What color is a polar bear's skin under the fur?
A) black
B) white
C) pink
A) black (to soak up extra warmth from the sun)
Which province in Canada grows the most Christmas trees?
A) Ontario
B) Quebec
C) British Columbia
B) Quebec
The winter solstice is the _________ day of the year.
A) coldest
B) shortest
C) darkest
B) shortest
Who will host the next Olympic games?
A) Vancouver
B) Milano and Cortina
C) Norway and Sweden
B) Milano and Cortina (it will be the first Olympic Games to take place in two different regions and the most geographically wide spread in history).
Snow takes up more space than rain. How many inches of snow equals one inch of rain?
A) 2
B) 10
C) 16
B) 10
Most penguins incubate their eggs in nests, but only one type incubates their egg by carrying it on top of their feet. Which type?
A) Emperor penguins
B) Humboldt penguins
C) Galapagos penguins
A) Emperor penguins
The first Winter Olympics was held in 1924 in which country?
A) France
B) Switzerland
C) Sweden
A) France
The Yeti (or Abominable Snowman) myth originated from where?
A) Nepal
B) Hungary
C) Tibet
C) Tibet
The next winter Olympics is set to take place when?
A) February 6 2026- February 22 2026
B) February 12 2025- March 1 2025
C) January 28 2024- February 14 2024
A) February 6 2026- February 22 2026
The snowiest city on earth is Aomori City, which is located in which country?
A) Japan
B) Austria
C) Norway
A) Japan (it gets 312 inches of snow per year!)
2 of Santa’s reindeer, Donner and Blitzen, have names that are variations of their original Dutch names. What was the original meaning in Dutch?
A) Thunder and Lightning
B) Snow and Ice
C) Light and Speed
A) Thunder and Lightning (Donder and Bliksem)
While candy sticks have been around for centuries, the first time they were bent into hooks (to form the modern candy cane) was in 1670 in what country?
A) Norway
B) Germany
C) Russia
B) Germany
What is another name for Old Man Winter?
A) Jack Frost
B) Mr. White Christmas
C) Snow Misner
A) Jack Frost
The next winter Olympic will be the XXV games. How many winter Olympics have taken place so far if the roman numeral is XXV?
A) 23
B)24
C) 25
B) 24
Chionophobia is the fear of snow, but what specifically about snow?
A) slipping in snow
B) "yellow" snow
C) being buried under snow
C) being buried under snow
Many insects create their own type of antifreeze to survive during the winter, but the weta does the opposite: it freezes completely solid, then thaws and continues to live. Where can you find a weta?
A) Canada
B) Finland
C) New Zealand
C) New Zealand
Although gingerbread had been around for centuries, which historical figure is credited with being the first to make the gingerbread man?
A) Martin Luther King
B) Queen Elizabeth I
C) The Grimm Brothers
B) Queen Elizabeth I
In 1947, a new coldest temperature on record was set in the Yukon. How cold did it get?
A) -72° C
B) -62° C
C) -114° C
B) -62° C
It is predicted that how many different nations will participate in the next winter Olympics'?
A) 150
B) 178
C) 206
C) 206