Trivia Thursday Let it Snow

It is once again Trivia Thursday. I will post a new set of trivia questions on Thursdays. The rules are simple. Please put your answers in the comments section of the post and I will reveal the answers next week or whenever I feel like it. No Cheating! I trust that all of you will all use the honor system? That means you will not use Google, (or any other internet search engines) or mooch off other peoples answers. Cheating is BAD. If your employer has somehow made it impossible for you to post comments (bastards), you may also email your answers to me at MCDupras@gmail.com.



It has been like 4 years since I got a day off from work due to snow. Total BS. So I am trying to will it to snow this year. On a Monday or Tuesday preferably. With a good stock of beer and food in my house. So this week's trivia is going to be about snow. Good luck:

1. As water droplets freeze, they grow into tiny snow crystals. These stick together to make what?
a. snowballs
b. hail
c. snowflakes
d. rain

2. If the air is cold and dry, what type of snow is made?
a. wet
b. powdery
c. icy
d. blue

3. Why doesn’t snow always melt right away?
a. the air temperature is always too cold
b. not enough air space between flakes
c. it’s too icy
d. the sun’s rays bounce off the snow

4. When snow falls, it muffles sound – true or false?
a. true
b. false

5. It must be 32 degrees F or colder for it to snow – true or false?
a. true
b. false

6. Wet snow that splashes and makes puddles is called:
a. powder
b. blue
c. slush
d. hail

7. Can it snow from clear skies?
a. yes
b. no

8. What rule of thumb is often given for the amount of snow that one inch of rain freezes into:
a. 10 inches
b. 2 feet
c. 1 inch
d. 5 inches

9. Sun reflecting on snow can cause sunburn, even in cold weather – true or false?
a. true
b. false

10. When snow begins to melt at the end of winter, what is it called?
a. flooding
b. a Chinook
c. a thaw
d. blue snow

11. What kind of snow should you never eat?


12. Why does salt help keep snow from turning into ice?
a. salt is warm
b. salt is tasty
c. salt water doesn’t bond with ice particles
d. salt waters needs to be much colder to freeze

13. At which of the following temperatures does water spontaneously freeze?
a. 18 degrees F
b. 32 degrees F
c. 0 degrees F
d. -40 degrees F

14. What is mixed together to create a blizzard?
a. snow and rain
b. wind and rain
c. wind and snow
d. hail and rain

15. Snow sometimes melts during the day and freezes as ice at night. Dripping water that freezes makes what?



16. Heavy equipment that clears snow off roads are called?
a. snowplows
b. dumptrucks
c. snowpushers
d. sander trucks

17. Sheep can be buried under snow – true or false?
a. true
b. false

18. Wind blowing the snow can form what?
a. tobogganing hills
b. waves
c. drifts
d. snowmen

19. Which of the following is not effected by wind chill?
a. person
b. dog
c. car radiator
d. bird

20. The Inuit have many words for snow – true or false?
a. true
b. false

Good luck!