GEOGRAPHY CHRISTMAS QUIZ 2010

1. GEOGRAPHY CHRISTMAS QUIZ 2010

2. Get into groups of 3s or 4s • Decide on a team name • Collect • 1 pair of scissors • 1 glue stick • 1 sheet showing Santa’s sleigh • 1 answer slip

3. THE TASK IS...TO FILL SANTA’S SLEIGH WITH PRESENTS! 5 4 3

4. YOU GET PRESENTS BY ANSWERING QUESTIONS 4 1 A series of clues will appear on the screen. As soon as you know the answer, fill out an answer sheet and bring it to me at the front. I’ll give you a new answer sheet and a present worth: 5 points after the first clue 4 points after the second clue 3 points after the third clue etc 3 3 2 5 4 You won’t lose points for guessing, but you can only have one guess per clue!

5. YOU GET PRESENTS BY ANSWERING QUESTIONS 4 1 Whilst the game is in progress you must cut out the presents NEATLY and glue them onto the sleigh. At the end of the game add up the numbers on the NEATLY GLUED IN presents & the team with the highest number wins. Any presents not NEATLY glued in fall off the sleigh! 3 3 2 5 4

6. ANY QUESTIONS???

7. 1 – where is this place? This area of the world makes up 1/3 of Finland and the most northerly part of Sweden. The sun here is visible around the clock for 73 days of the summer. 4 5 3 Anagram: dnallpa 2 Santa Claus lives in Rovaniemi in this place 1

8. 2 – what is this animal? The male of this species takes care of the babies 4 1 These are birds but they cannot fly 5 They have adapted to live in the coldest places on the planet 3 2 They eat snow as a source of fresh water

9. 3 – what is this natural phenomenon? The correct word for this is the Aurora Borealis 1 This effect is caused by the Earth’s magnetic field 3 This effect happens during our winter time 4 You can view this in Scotland, but to be certain of seeing it you need to travel further north 5 2

10. 4 – what is the name of this country? This country caused chaos earlier in the year when UK airports closed The capital city of this country is Reykjavic. This is the northernmost capital in the world 2 3 1 They speak Icelandic here 4 This country was created by undersea volcanoes that grew up above sea level 5

11. 5 – what is the name of this animal? These animals can grow 10 feet tall and weigh over 1400 pounds.  In the wild they live up to age 25 This animal has white fur for camouflage in ice and snow and black skin to absorb heat from the sun's rays to help keep them warm 5 2 These land animals are very good swimmers 4 This animal lives where there are no plants so it has adapted to a carnivorous diet (mainly seals) 3 1

12. 6 – what is the name of this sport? This sport was first developed in the 1960s and 1970s. It first became a winter olympic sport in 1998 5 It involves using a piece of equipment that is similar in principle to a surfboard, but with a boot that is set into the board for the feet. 2 There are many tourist resorts in Europe that cater for this sport 3 The most common injuries in this sport are to the wrist, shoulder, and head 4 1

13. 7 – where is this place? Anagram: ttniccraaa 3 There are no native people living here. 4 This is the driest continent on Earth. It receives less than 2 inches of precipitation a year. 5 1 This continent has no government and is not owned by any country. 2

14. 8 – what is this? I cover 10% of the Earth’s land area 1 I contain ice crystals that can be as large as baseballs 2 I am actually white, but I often look blue 4 3 I am the largest moving object on the planet 5

15. 9 – what is this? These aren't always white. Years ago, when coal was used in factories and homes, these were often gray. 4 1 These are made up of ice crystals 2 Each one has its own unique shape 3 The average one falls at a speed of 3.1 miles per hour. 5

16. 10 – who was this? His middle name was Falcon 5 He was born in 1868 and he was a Naval Officer (he was a Naval Cadet at the age of 13) 4 2 He raced the Norwegian Roald Amundsen to the South Pole. Amundsen got there before him. 1 He died of starvation and exposure in his tent in Antarctica on 29 March 1912. 3

17. 11 – what is this process? This is a test for CO2 emissions and global warming 3 1 5 2 This test uses compacted snow This can only take place in very cold places 4

18. 12 – what is this film? It stars a stupid sloth named Sid, a woolly mammoth named Manny, a saber-toothed tiger named Diego, and an acorn-loving saber-toothed squirrel named Scrat This DVD was released in 2002 5 2 The film is set at a time when the Earth was much colder than it is today 4 3 The film was the first of a trilogy. The third film had the words ‘dawn of dinosaurs’ in its title 1

19. 13 – where is this country? 1 Anagram: aaadnc This is the second largest country in the World in terms of land area (9,971,000 square km) 4 5 The capital city is Ottawa The northern coast of this country is permanently ice-bound or severely obstructed for most of the year. 3 2

20. 14 – which month is this? Until 46 B.C., this month only had 29 days. But the Roman statesman Julius Caesar added two days, which made it 31 days. This month holds the shortest day of the year 2 4 The name of this month comes from the Latin for “ten”, as it was the 10th month in the Roman Calendar 3 1 This is a month of the year that ends in the letter R 5

21. 15 – where is this place? This is a USA state beginning with A. 3 5 This is the state flag 4 Anagram: lkaaas This is the most northerly US state 2 1

22. 16 – what is this animal? These animals are herded by the Sami people of Northern Europe 5 2 Male of this species drop their antlers at the end of the Winter and re-grow them again in January or February 4 Their hair is hollow to insulate them from cold. Their feet are large to be able to support them on snow. Their sense of smell is good to be able to find food under snow 3 Santa has one called Rudolf 1

23. 17 – what is this natural hazard? 2 These kill more than 150 people worldwide each year 5 90% of people caught in these hazards start them themselves 4 Statistics show that 93 percent of victims survive if rescued within 15 minutes. After 45 minutes, only 20 to 30 percent of victims are alive. After two hours, very few people survive 3 Most deaths result from suffocation 1

24. COUNT YOUR PRESENTS!!!... Remember to count the numbers and not the number of presents.