Quiz  /  Winter Weather Words Quiz

  • 1. 
    What can you call a heavy snow that is not quite a blizzard?

  • onding
  • skift
  • flurry
  • sleet

  • 2. 
    Which of these words refers to thin, bending ice, or to the act of running over such ice?

  • duvet
  • kittly-benders
  • pince-nez
  • spindrift

  • 3. 
    What’s the best thing to do when you see corn snow?

  • grab your wallet
  • grab your spoon
  • grab your skis
  • grab your ice pick

  • 4. 
    Which of these words refers to a wavelike ridge of hard snow formed by the wind?

  • nemesis
  • gondola
  • sastruga
  • carpaccio

  • 5. 
    What is a pogonip?

  • an unusually heavy snowfall, typically one that occurs later than winter
  • a small drink of liquor, taken to restore feeling
  • a mythical creature that feeds entirely on snow
  • a dense winter fog containing frozen particles

  • 6. 
    What is a cryophile?

  • an organism that thrives in low temperatures
  • a type of desert plant, common in the Southwest U.S., that blooms in January
  • a person who weeps in cold weather
  • an implement for de-icing locks

  • 7. 
    Another word for ‘a person who travels to an area of warmth and sun, especially in winter’ is a:

  • gulpin
  • sunseeker
  • gudgeon
  • gull

  • 8. 
    When was the word deice first used?

  • 1957, when the Soviet Union launched the first satellite into space
  • 1934, shortly after the first jet engine was developed
  • 1909, when Robert Edwin Peary's crew first reached the North Pole
  • 1676, when fruit ices were all the rage in Paris

  • 9. 
    Which of these words refers to ice newly formed in cracks, holes, or surface puddles of other ice?

  • tortoni
  • pomade
  • glimmer
  • cerise

  • 10. 
    Which word means “of or relating to winter”?

  • hiemal
  • estival
  • autumnal
  • vernal
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