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1. This "Icebox Of The Nation" (U.S.) took another town to court in 2002 for using its revered title in vain. Fraser, Colorado lost the suit to whom?
2. This town in Idaho claimed the record of the greatest number of coldest days in a consecutive period of time. What was its name?
3. Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory, Canada had a recorded low temperature of -74 degrees F in 1947. True or False?
4. This site is on the Continental Divide in northern Montana. A record low of almost -70 F was set there in January, 1954. What's this chilly place?
5. A German research team set up a station in 1930 in Greenland and recorded a low temp of -84 F at one point. What did they call their facility?
6. Shiver me timbers, January of 1954 was COLD! Where was a record 86 degrees F below zero recorded?
7. Oymyakon, Siberia, has held the dubious honor of having the lowest recorded temperature of a permanently inhabited settlement.
8. Prior to 1969, Plateau Station in Antarctica had a record low of how many degrees Fahrenheit below zero?
9. Also in Antarctica is Vostok, a Russian research station located about 800 miles
from the South Pole. At what altitude above mean sea level is this COLD COLD place?
10. As if Mother Nature didn't provide enough mean temperatures, scientists have been able to reach very close to absolute zero in a laboratory. How cold is this in degrees Fahrenheit?
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