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Snow Time Trivia Quiz

There's snow business like snow business!

A multiple-choice quiz by minch. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
minch

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
199,162

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
548

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Who wrote "The Snow Queen"? Hint

Hans Christian Andersen

Charles Dickens

The Brothers Grimm

Tolstoy

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Question 2 of 10

2. How many points does a snow crystal have?

Answer: (One Word or One Number)

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Question 3 of 10

3. By what other name is the snow leopard known? Hint

pound

puma

catamount

ounce

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Question 4 of 10

4. Sometimes green snow can be seen on the ground in Greenland.

True

False

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Question 5 of 10

5. What Canadian singer is perhaps best known for the song "Snowbird"? Hint

Anne Murray

Celine Dion

Juliette

k.d.lang

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Question 6 of 10

6. In what state or province does the novel and movie "Snow Falling on Cedars" take place? Hint

Alaska

Oregon

Washington

British Columbia

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who wrote and illustrated the children's book "The Snowy Day"? Hint

Eric Carle

A.A. Milne

Edward Munsch

Ezra Jack Keats

8. What is the name given to the packed granular snow from which glaciers originate? If you don't know the answer, look for it as a hidden word in the following sentence. For many men Everest has been a challenge to climb.

Answer: (One word - no diacritic marks necessary)

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Question 9 of 10

9. The snow bunting is sometimes known by this name. Hint

snowwing

snowdrop

snowflake

snowfinch

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Question 10 of 10

10. How much snow equals one inch of rain? Hint

All of these

10 inches

3 inches

25 inches

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who wrote "The Snow Queen"?

Answer: Hans Christian Andersen

"The Snow Queen" is a tale told in seven stories, written by the nineteenth century Danish storyteller, Hans Christian Andersen. His other stories include "The Little Mermaid" and "The Ugly Duckling".

2. How many points does a snow crystal have?

Answer: six

A single snow crystal has six points and can be called a snowflake. However, the term snowflake can also mean a group of snow crystals. No two snow crystals are ever exactly alike.

3. By what other name is the snow leopard known?

Answer: ounce

This member of the cat family is to be found in central Asia. Its coat is whitish gray with darker spots.

4. Sometimes green snow can be seen on the ground in Greenland.

Answer: True

Snow crystals are transparent, but light reflection makes them look white. Sometimes there is algae in the snow which can give the snow color, and the snow can appear green, red or other colors. Of course, it is not only in Greenland that colored snow, green or otherwise can be found.

5. What Canadian singer is perhaps best known for the song "Snowbird"?

Answer: Anne Murray

"Snowbird" was written in 1970 by Gene MacLellan. Anne Murray recorded in in 1980. The bird referred to is the black-eyed junco.

6. In what state or province does the novel and movie "Snow Falling on Cedars" take place?

Answer: Washington

"Snow Falling on Cedars" was written by David Guterson and won a PeN/Faulkner award for fiction in 1995. It is set on a fictional island in Puget Sound, Washington in the 1950s and concerns the murder of a Japanese American fisherman. It was made into a movie which was released in 1999.

7. Who wrote and illustrated the children's book "The Snowy Day"?

Answer: Ezra Jack Keats

"The Snowy Day", published in 1962, won a Caldecott medal. It tells of a young African American boy's delight in the first snowfall of winter.

Answer: neve

Neve or n�v� is the hard packed icy snow found near the tops of mountains, which eventually becomes the source of glaciers.

9. The snow bunting is sometimes known by this name.

Answer: snowflake

The snow bunting breeds in Arctic regions, but in the winter migrates to southern parts of Canada.

10. How much snow equals one inch of rain?

Answer: All of these

The amount of snow that produces an inch of rain varies according to the type of snow. Two to four inches of wet snow produces about one inch of rain. However, if the snow is powdery it can take as much as 30 inches to produce one inch of rain. The average is around nine to ten inches.

Source: Author minch

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