Trivia Corner Round 1
You have seven days from now for your answers.
1. What colour snow fell over an area of 1,500 sq. km. in Siberia on Feb 2 2007?
a. Orange
b. Black
c. Pink
d. Gold
2. The following words are from which song?
"Don't be a naughty Eskimo"
3. Each of the following mean snow in which European language?
a. Sneeuw
b. Lumi
c. Schnee
d. Neve
e. Snieg
4. Who had a hit song in the late 60s with Hazy Shade Of Winter?
5. What is an Alberta Clipper?
6. Which director said "Blondes make the best victims. They are like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints"?
7. What are Mukluks?
8. [this space intentionally left blank]
9. After she eats the poison apple the seven dwarfs, believing her to be dead, place Snow White in what?
10. In which country were the first Winter Olympic Games held in 1924?
11. What is an Ushanka?
12. Can you name some famous sled dog breeds given the following clues?
a. first letter M, last letter E
b. first letter S, last letter D
13. Each of the following all mean what in Europe?
talvi, inverno, zima and tel.
14. Which Canadian female singer had a hit in the USA, Canada and the UK in 1970 with Snow Bird?
"The snow bird sings the song he always sings, and speaks to me of flowers that will bloom again in spring"
15. Which Sir played Richard Lionheart in the prize winning 1968 film The Lion In Winter?
16. Due to the lack of sunlight a dogs nose can fade to brown in the winter. What is this called?
17. Which name is given to the battle that took place in severe winter conditions in the Ardennes between 16 December 1944 and 25 January 1945?
18. Who had a hit song on both sides of the Atlantic in 1969 with Winter World Of Love?
19. Which 'winter' film opens with the following text? "This is a true story. The events depicted in this film took place in Minnesota in 1987"
20. What is the more common name for the legume called Mangetout?
2 Nanook Suite, Frank Zappa
4 Simon and Garfunkel
5 Fast moving western canadian front
7 Eskimo boots/shoes
9 Glass coffin
11 Big russian furry hat
12 malamute, samoyed
thats it for me...village idiot out....
17. Battle of the Bulge
2. No idea
3. Finnish
4. Tom Jones
5. Arctic jet stream
6. Hitchcock
7. Eskimo footwear
8.
9. Glass coffin
10. Switzerland?
11. What you do when another inmate threatens you in Eskimo women's prison.
12. a. Malamute, b. Samoyed
13. Rain
14. Anne... Annie...Lennox, no, Rice, no...
15. Sir Lawrence Olivier
16. Aurora Noseyalis
17. Battle of the Bulge
18. Bobby Sherman
19. Fargo
20. Chestnut
Quote: CroupierIn honour of the snow that is currently bringing the UK to its knees, all the questions are snow and winter themed. All have been pulled from a website that allows free use of the questions. And remember - no Google (or Bing, Yahoo or other search engine). If the questions prove too difficult, then I will try and find easier ones. Just let me know after your answers what you think.
You have seven days from now for your answers.
1. What colour snow fell over an area of 1,500 sq. km. in Siberia on Feb 2 2007?
a. Orange
b. Black
c. Pink
d. Gold
Would you believe that 30 minutes ago I finished reading Ian Frazier's Travels in Siberia? Orange.
Quote:2. The following words are from which song?
"Don't be a naughty Eskimo"
"Don't Eat the Yellow Snow"
Quote:3. Each of the following mean snow in which European language?
a. Sneeuw
b. Lumi
c. Schnee
d. Neve
e. Snieg
No idea. I'd guess, but they'd just be guesses.
Quote:4. Who had a hit song in the late 60s with Hazy Shade Of Winter?
Easy, Simon & Garfunkel.
Quote:5. What is an Alberta Clipper?
A cold windy snow storm. (When the jet stream brings cold Canadian air to the east. We get them all the time here in NE PA.)
Quote:6. Which director said "Blondes make the best victims. They are like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints"?
Sounds like something Hitchcock would say. He loved blondes (Hedren, Leigh, etc)
Quote:7. What are Mukluks?
Heavy snow boots.
Quote:8. [this space intentionally left blank]
9. After she eats the poison apple the seven dwarfs, believing her to be dead, place Snow White in what?
bed?
Quote:10. In which country were the first Winter Olympic Games held in 1924?
Don't know.
Quote:11. What is an Ushanka?
Don't know.
Quote:12. Can you name some famous sled dog breeds given the following clues?
a. first letter M, last letter E
b. first letter S, last letter D
Malamute, don't know the second one.
Quote:13. Each of the following all mean what in Europe?
talvi, inverno, zima and tel.
fire?
Quote:14. Which Canadian female singer had a hit in the USA, Canada and the UK in 1970 with Snow Bird?
"The snow bird sings the song he always sings, and speaks to me of flowers that will bloom again in spring"
Anne Murray.
Quote:15. Which Sir played Richard Lionheart in the prize winning 1968 film The Lion In Winter?
Richard Burton.
Quote:16. Due to the lack of sunlight a dogs nose can fade to brown in the winter. What is this called?
Don't know.
Quote:17. Which name is given to the battle that took place in severe winter conditions in the Ardennes between 16 December 1944 and 25 January 1945?
Battle of the Bulge. Didn't Ken Jennings miss this to end his Jeopardy run?
Quote:18. Who had a hit song on both sides of the Atlantic in 1969 with Winter World Of Love?
Don't know.
Quote:19. Which 'winter' film opens with the following text? "This is a true story. The events depicted in this film took place in Minnesota in 1987"
LOL, Fargo, one of my favorites!
Quote:20. What is the more common name for the legume called Mangetout?
Don't know.
3. Lots of vowels, so I would go with the Scandinavian languages -- Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, and Icelandic. I would be utterly guessing which word was which of those languages.
5. I think we're having one now in Chicago -- a blast of cold Canadian air, I think because a low pressure system in the US sucks it in.
9. A glass box/coffin. It is kind of creepy for a kids' movie.
10. This is a guess -- Staad (sp?).
12a. Malamute.
13. Winter.
19. Fargo.
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4. Who had a hit song in the late 60s with Hazy Shade Of Winter?
Simon & Garfunkle
5. What is an Alberta Clipper?
Cold front moving from Western Canada to the East.
6. Which director said "Blondes make the best victims. They are like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints"?
Alfred Hitchcock
7. What are Mukluks?
Winter boots traditionally made from cariboo or seal skin with the fur side turned inside
9. After she eats the poison apple the seven dwarfs, believing her to be dead, place Snow White in what?
Coffin
10. In which country were the first Winter Olympic Games held in 1924?
Norway???
12. Can you name some famous sled dog breeds given the following clues?
a. first letter M, last letter E
Malamute
b. first letter S, last letter D
Samoyed
14. Which Canadian female singer had a hit in the USA, Canada and the UK in 1970 with Snow Bird?
"The snow bird sings the song he always sings, and speaks to me of flowers that will bloom again in spring"
Anne Murray
15. Which Sir played Richard Lionheart in the prize winning 1968 film The Lion In Winter?
Richard Burton
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Quote: Croupier15. Which Sir played Richard Lionheart in the prize winning 1968 film The Lion In Winter?
Sir Richard Burton was much to old to play Richard the Lionheart in 1968. It was one of the first films of a promising young actor who would later be knighted.
Scores and new questions will be up later or tomorrow.
1. a. orange
2. Don't Eat The Yellow Snow
3. Five answers
a. Dutch
b. Finnish
c. German
d. Italian
e. Polish
4. Simon and Garfunkel
5. An extremely cold, fast moving winter storm
6. Alfred Hitchcock
7. A type of Eskimo boots
8.
9. A glass coffin
10. France. Chamonix.
11. Russian fur cap with ear flaps
12. Two answers
a. Malamute
b. Samoyed
13. Winter. Talvi is Finnish, Inverno is Italian, Zima is Czech and Tel is Hungarian for winter
14. Anne Murray
15. Sir Anthony Hopkins
16. Snow nose or hyperpigmentation
17. Battle of the Bulge
18. Engelbert Humperdinck
19. Fargo
20. Snow Pea
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3. Each of the following mean snow in which European language?
a. Sneeuw
b. Lumi
c. Schnee
d. Neve
e. Snieg
The wording of the question confused me ("language" instead of "languages".) It thought there was only one answer.
