Quiz – February 2020 Answers
Below are the quiz questions and answers for the general knowledge questions published in AKA’s Autumn newsletter are below. Enjoy!
The Questions
Firstly, here is a reminder of the questions…. then scroll down to reveal the answers below.
- Chionophobia is the extreme dislike or fear of what?
- What was the name given to the public festivals held on frozen Thames throughout the 17th and 18th centuries?
- In which were the first ever winter Olympics held and where?
- What happens when a dog experiences Snow nose or hyperpigmentation?
- What are Mukluks?
- Pine needles are said to be a good source of which vitamin?
- What did Scottish students take from Westminster Abbey on Christmas day 1950?
- Which British animal is brown in Summer and White in Winter
- From which play does the line “Now is the winter of our discontent” come?
- Which Caribbean country entered a bobsleigh team in the 1988 Winter Olympics?
The Answers
- Chionophobia is the extreme dislike or fear of what?
- What was the name given to the public festivals held on frozen Thames throughout the 17th and 18th centuries?
- Frost fares (the last was in 1812)
- In which were the first ever winter Olympics held and where?
- 1924 Winter Olympics, which were the first ever, in Chamonix, France at the foot of Mount Blanc
- What happens when a dog experiences ‘snow nose’ or hyperpigmentation?
- Their nose can fade to brown due to a lack of winter sunlight
- What are Mukluks?
- Pine needles are said to be a good source of which vitamin?
- They are said to be a good source of vitamin C
- What did Scottish students take from Westminster Abbey on Christmas day 1950?
- The Coronation Stone (or Stone of Scone, or Stone of Destiny)
- Which British animal is brown in Summer and White in Winter
- From which play does the line “Now is the winter of our discontent” come?
- Which Caribbean country entered a bobsleigh team in the 1988 Winter Olympics?
