Snow and Ice - Answers

Published: Thursday 12th November 2020A free general knowledge with snow and ice as the theme. Ideal for Christmas.
  1. Always popular at Christmas, who wrote the book "The Snowman" on which the popular TV animation was based? Raymond Briggs.
  2. Who provides the voice for Manny, the wooly mammoth in the "Ice Age" series of movies? Ray Romano.
  3. Which song by Snow Patrol was declared in 2019 to be the most played song to played on UK radio? "Chasing Cars".
  4. Which former X-Factor finalist won both Series 4 and the 2014 All-Stars series of ITV's "Dancing on Ice"? Ray Quinn.
  5. Who composed the opera "The Snow Maiden"? Rimsky-Korsakov.
  6. Which rapper, real name Tracey Lauren Marrow, stars in "Law and Order-SUV"? Ice-T.
  7. How are ex-BBC newsman Peter Snow and long running presenter of Channel 4 news Jon Snow related? Cousins.
  8. The series of epic novels entitled "A Song of Ice and Fire" were transformed into which record breaking TV series? "Game of Thrones".
  9. In the USA they are known as Snow Peas, how do we know this vegetable in the UK? Sugar-snap peas.
  10. The single "Ice in the Sun" gave which band their second of 22 top ten UK chart hits? Status Quo.
  11. The song "Do You Want to Build a Snowman" comes from which Disney movie? Frozen.
  12. In which city did ice skaters Torvill and Dean win Olympic gold with their "Bolero" dance? Sarajevo (1984).
  13. Who wrote the 1941 Award winning novello "The Snow Goose"? Paul Gallico.
  14. The Vanilla Ice hit "Ice Ice Baby" was based on the bass line from which other song? "Under Pressure" by Queen & David Bowie.
  15. By what other name do we know The Abominable Snowman? Yeti.
  16. "Ice Station Zebra" was a thriller novel by which Scottish author? Alistair MacLean.
  17. Who had a UK top ten hit in 1959 with the instrumental "Snow Coach"? Russ Conway.
  18. Which ice cream company has flavours such as "Phish Food" and "Caramel Sutra" among its best sellers? Ben and Jerry's.
  19. For which county did England fast bowler John Snow play his first class career? Sussex.
  20. Which American Nobel Prize winning author wrote the short story "The Snows of Kilimanjaro"? Ernest Hemmingway.

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