The Ice Type Trivia Quiz

Answer: Stellar's walrus

There is no such animal as a Stellar's walrus. Walruses are large pinnipeds that live only in the Northern Hemisphere and above or near the Arctic Circle. Historically, walrus have been hunted for their blubber and tusks which led them to drop in numbers. Since the dawn of the 21st century, walruses have increased in number especially the Pacific walrus. Because of this and climate change, walruses are considered threatened species.

Answer: Vanilla

Madagascar vanilla is a species of the vanilla plant. Madagascar is one of the world's largest producers of vanilla and vanilla is commonly associated with the island. Vanilla Ice is a rapper named Rob Van Winkle who sang the hit song "Ice, Ice Baby" in 1990.

Answer: Ice-T

Ice-T is a rapper and actor born Tracy Lauren Marrow. He is known by other aliases including, Ice Berg and Ice Oscillator. He was part of the heavy metal band Body Count and was also involved in the music of Public Enemy. He might be most famous for portraying Fin, an NYPD Detective on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit". He also has a reality show with his wife called "Ice & Coco".

Answer: Batman

Mr. Freeze is the villainous Dr. Victor Fries, a cryogenicist who has the power to freeze people and items. Mr. Freeze wants revenge on Batman because of his involvement in an explosion that killed Dr. Fries' fiancee Nora. Mr. Freeze was called Mr. Zero when he was first introduced in 1959.

His name was changed to Mr. Freeze for the 1960s "Batman" TV series and remained such in all future appearances.

Answer: Refrigerator

Refrigerators that have ice makers built in typically need to be hooked up to some kind of water source so the ice can be made. These built in ice machines mean you can have a cold drink at any time without having to got to the store and buy ice or make ice in trays in the freezer.

Answer: Diamonds

Diamonds are nicknamed ice because pieces of diamonds, which are usually clear, can resemble ice in appearance. The phrase "to be iced out" means to be wearing a lot of showy diamond jewelry. Diamonds are also called ice because they have a high thermal conductivity which makes them feel cold to the touch, just like ice.

Answer: Iceland

Iceland is known as the land of fire and ice because of its glaciers, volcanoes and hot springs. Vatnajokull is the largest glacier in Iceland and the most famous. Vatnajokull literally means water glacier in English and covers almost one-tenth of Iceland's land area. Langjokull, which means long glacier, is located in western Iceland. Both glaciers are melting rapidly due to climate change which has a drastic effect on Iceland's climate.

Answer: Ice

This was not a trick question. The ice trade was a popular economic activity before the dawn of modern refrigeration. Norway was a leading exporter of ice mainly to the eastern United States and the Caribbean islands. The ice was mainly used to preserve meats and fish during transportation. Nowadays, the ice trade is virtually nonexistent and mainly used in arts such as ice sculpting where artists will try to use the "best" ice for their craft.

Answer: From snow and honey

Ancient Greeks ate an ice cream mixture made from snow and honey with chopped up fruits or nuts mixed in. This was a popular treat during the winter months as it could not be made during the summer or when it was warm. Hippocrates considered this "ice cream" to be a healthy treat to reenergize one's body.

Answer: The gangster who was stabbed to death

"Iced" was a common old-timey gangster slang word for assassinated or killed, usually indiscreetly and in response to some betrayal or wrongdoing.

The word ice has many other slang meanings, especially in the U.S. It can also mean diamonds or crystal meth. In addition "to be iced out" can also meaning to be exhausted, under the influence or drugs or to have been murdered.

Answer: Alcoholics

"The Iceman Cometh" is a 1949 play focusing largely on a group of alcoholics in a bar. The characters are all alcoholics whose dreams vary from big to small but are all unachievable. The titular iceman is Theodore Hickey, a salesman who visits the bar once a year. Hickey recently became sober and tells the other patrons that they can achieve their dreams if they sober up. However, that quickly proves not to be the case and Hickey realizes that people need their dreams to keep them going in life.

The word "iceman" in the title refers to Hickey's profession as a salesman but could also be interpreted as the Grim Reaper or Death, who also visits during the play.

Answer: Elsa

Elsa and her sister Anna are two princesses from the Disney movie "Frozen". Elsa (Idina Menzel) can control ice she which uses to "play" with her sister Anna (Kristen Bell). Elsa's powers are taken from her until she can better control them. The sisters eventually grow distant and Elsa, at her coronation, plunges her kingdom into an eternal winter after having a fit with Anna over Prince Hans, Anna's love interest.

Answer: Foreigner

"Cold as Ice" appeared on Foreigner's first album "Foreigner". It is considered one of the band's best known songs. "Cold as Ice" was originally released as a single where it peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Answer: Edith Rosenbaum

Edith Rosenbaum was an American fashion designer who survived the sinking of the Titanic after she secured a spot on a lifeboat. Her story of the sinking is one of the most famous stories of the event and was featured in "A Night to Remember" by Walter Lord. Rosenbaum was also famous for her toy pig music box that she used to calm the children she shared the life boat with.

Isidor Straus was the co-owner of Macy's Department store. He died when he refused to join his wife Ida in a lifeboat, seeing that there were still women and children aboard. Ida refused to leave without her husband and gave her spot to her maid.

W.T. Stead was a famous newspaper editor and is sometimes said to be the father of the British tabloid. John Jacob Astor IV was a prominent American socialite and possibly the richest passenger on the Titanic. There are varying accounts as to how Stead and Astor died. It was reported that neither man accepted a seat on a lifeboat or that they were possibly left behind in the rush. Other accounts say that both Stead and Astor had jumped off the ship and clung to a lifeboat but the ice cold waves forced them off the boat.

Answer: St. Lidwina

Lidwina is a Dutch saint from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries who became permanently disabled after she broke a rib while ice skating. Lidwina is one of the first known people to have suffered from multiple sclerosis. Despite her disability, Lidwina was reported to have survived on very little food and a lot of prayer. She became known locally as a healer and mystic.

Answer: An inverted icicle

An spike is a rare formation of ice that is basically an inverted icicle, meaning the ice formed from the bottom up, not top down like an icicle. It looks like an ice stalagmite (A rock formation that forms on the bottom of a cave). Ice spikes are rare and scientists cannot fully explain why they happen. Ice spikes tend to be only several inches long and take several different shapes including an inverted pyramid.

Answer: Curling

The scoring area of the ice sheet (the area curling is played on) is called the house. The team whose stone is the closes to the button in the center of the house scores one point and one addition point for every stone that is closer to the button than the opposing team's closest stone. The hog line is a line on the sheet that indicates where a stone must be released before crossing.

Answer: Game of Thrones

"A Song of Ice and Fire" is a fantasy novel series written by George R.R. Martin. "A Game of Thrones" is the first book in the series and the one from which the television series is named. "Game of Thrones" features a very large cast and has many story lines.

The main story line involves the power struggle in the fictional kingdom of Westeros. The show is known for its depiction of violence and nudity which has garnered some criticism despite rave reviews from critics. The show has won a number of awards, including an Emmy for Best Drama series.

Answer: Blue fire

Red ice is found predominantly in the Ice Cavern behind Zora's Domain. King Zora is also frozen in the red ice when Link first meets up with him in the adult timeline. The blue fire is found in two spots within the Ice Cavern and Link can save some in an empty bottle.

Answer: Greenland

MS Hans Hedtoft is sometimes called Denmark's Titanic because it was also called unsinkable and considered the top ship of its time when it first set sail in 1959. MS Hans Hedtoft had arrived safely at its destination of Julianhaab, Greenland. It was on its return journey that the ship hit an iceberg off Cape Farewell and sank, killing all 95 people on board and losing generations of genealogy charts.