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.

  1. Chionophobia is the extreme dislike or fear of what?
  2. What was the name given to the public festivals held on frozen Thames throughout the 17th and 18th centuries?
  3. In which were the first ever winter Olympics held and where?
  4. What happens when a dog experiences  Snow nose or hyperpigmentation?
  5. What are Mukluks?
  6. Pine needles are said to be a good source of which vitamin?
  7. What did Scottish students take from Westminster Abbey on Christmas day 1950?
  8. Which British animal is brown in Summer and White in Winter
  9. From which play does the line “Now is the winter of our discontent” come?
  10. Which Caribbean country entered a bobsleigh team in the 1988 Winter Olympics?

The Answers

  1. Chionophobia is the extreme dislike or fear of what?
    • Snow
  2. 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)             
  3. 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
  4. What happens when a dog experiences ‘snow nose’ or hyperpigmentation?
    • Their nose can fade to brown due to a lack of winter sunlight
  5. What are Mukluks?
    • A type of Eskimo boot
  6. Pine needles are said to be a good source of which vitamin?
    • They are said to be a good source of vitamin C
  7. What did Scottish students take from Westminster Abbey on Christmas day 1950?
    • The Coronation Stone (or Stone of Scone, or Stone of Destiny)
  8. Which British animal is brown in Summer and White in Winter
    • The Stoat
  9. From which play does the line “Now is the winter of our discontent” come?
    • Richard the Third
  10. Which Caribbean country entered a bobsleigh team in the 1988 Winter Olympics?
    • Jamaica