A severe snowstorm characterized by strong sustained winds of at least 35 mph and lasting for a prolonged period of time—typically three hours or more.
WHAT IS A BLIZZARD?
100
This country has the lowest average temperature because most of it sits high on an ice sheet at very high latitudes.
WHAT IS GREENLAND?
100
In modern times, it is used on snow to carry one or more people (often children) down a hill or other slope for recreation.
WHAT IS TOBOGGAN?
100
A persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight; it forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation (melting and sublimation) over many years, often centuries.
WHAT IS A GLACIER?
100
Located in the middle of the Arctic Ocean amid waters that are almost permanently covered with constantly shifting sea ice; a suburb of Fairbanks, is a small city in the Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska.
WHAT IS THE NORTH POLE?
200
They typically occur when a layer of warm air hovers over a region, but the ambient temperature a few meters above the ground is near or below 0 °C (32 °F), and the ground temperature is sub-freezing.
WHAT IS FREEZING RAIN?
200
The largest snowflake recorded in the Guinness World Book of Records fell in this state and was 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick.
WHERE IS MONTANA?
200
A physical game in which balls of snow are thrown with the intention of hitting somebody else. The game is similar to dodgeball in its major factors, though typically less organized.
WHAT IS A SNOWBALL FIGHT?
200
A partial loan translation from the Dutch word literally meaning ice mountain.
WHAT IS AN ICEBERG?
200
One of the four cardinal directions or compass points. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west.
WHAT IS NORTH?
300
This weather phobia causes an intense aversion to snow, more precisely the fear of being snowbound.
WHAT IS CHIONOPHOBIA?
300
The coldest part of this country may be the Prairie Provinces where the temperature can dip to minus 15 degrees during the day and minus 39 degrees at night.
WHAT IS CANADA?
300
An air sport of flying a small, fast fabric wing, usually in close proximity to a steep slope.
WHAT IS SPEED FLYING OR SPEED RIDING?
300
If enough these form on an object, the weight of it can severely damage the structural integrity of the object and may cause the object to break.
WHAT ARE ICICLES?
400
Deriving its name from an Old English word meaning “to appear old,” this is the thin, crisp coating of ice that often forms on objects during cool nights with clear skies.
WHAT IS "HOARFROST"?
400
From April to October, the temperature is just little above the freezing point. January and February can be extremely cold with temperatures going as low as minus 20 degrees.
WHAT IS MONGOLIA?
400
A winter sport where a person on skis is pulled by a horse, a dog (or dogs) or a motor vehicle. It is derived from the Norwegian word meaning ski driving.
WHAT IS SKIJORING?
400
It falls as snowflakes and hail or occurs as frost, icicles or ice spikes.
WHAT IS ICE?
500
Widespread or localized lake induced snow squalls or heavy snow showers which produce snowfall accumulation to 7 or more inches in 12 hours or less.
WHAT IS LAKE EFFECT SNOW?
500
The country lives up to its name since the average temperature is almost always below 0 degrees. The coldest that the country reached is minus 40 degrees.
WHAT IS ICELAND?
500
An annual sports event, controlled and arranged by the U.S. sports broadcaster ESPN, which focuses on extreme sports.
WHAT ARE THE WINTER X GAMES?
500
Typically, flavorings and colorings are added in addition to stabilizers. The mixture is stirred to incorporate air spaces and cooled below the freezing point of water to prevent detectable ice crystals from forming.