The Art of Snow Trivia Quiz

Answer: 1869

Pissarro was a Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist who lived from July 10, 1830 to November 13, 1903. He was a contemporary of Claude Monet, Armand Guillaumin and Paul Cézanne. Patrick Bade stated in "Monet and the Impressionists", Pissarro "acted as a father figure not only to the Impressionists but to all four of the major Post-Impressionists, including Georges Seurat, Paul Cézanne, Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin."

Answer: Chris de Burgh

Chris de Burgh was born in Argentina. His father was a diplomat, so Chris spent time in Malta, Nigeria and Zaire, before settling in County Wexford, Ireland. He attended college in Wiltshire, England and Dublin. I'm not sure why he chose to sing about snow in New York.

Answer: Smilla's Sense of Snow

In the book, it is said that Eskimos have a hundred words for snow. This has been called a myth by many linguists. They counter that Eskimos have about the same number of words for snow as other languages, and it's much less than 100.

In reality, it is difficult to compare estimates because it depends on what you include in the definition. Another factor is that some languages modify the root word for snow by adding prefixes and suffixes, thus creating countless "new" words. In other languages, the same concept is conveyed by the use of an adjective or a separate word, thus not adding to the list of words for snow.

In any case, Smilla's "Sense of Snow" is a good book about snow!

Answer: Robert Frost

"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost was written in 1922. It is a simple, elegant and beautiful reflection of quiet snowy evening. Frost was quite proud of this piece and thought it would be his best-remembered work.

Answer: Snow White

Some of the best children's fairy tales are actually quite violent! An evil stepmother who wants you dead must have frightened some children. However scary this might have been, earlier renditions of the story have Snow White's mother, rather than step-mother, wanting Snow White dead.

Answer: Brittany Snow

Brittany Ann Snow was born in Tampa, Florida in 1986. She began modeling at age three. She was reputedly a straight-A student. She has suffered from anorexia, bulimia, and depression.

Answer: yellow

Yellow snow might be yellow thanks to Rover the neighborhood pooch, but scientists report that snow can be yellow for other reasons. For example, pollen or pollution in the snow can give it a yellow hue. Still, Frank probably has the right idea. Not a good idea to eat it.

Answer: Most likely true

Scientists believe that this statement is very probably true. Jon Nelson, a scientist and snowflake expert from Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan, estimates that about a million billion cubic feet of snow falls on the planet each year, and a cubic foot of snow can contain about one billion crystals. In spite of this unimaginably huge number of snowflakes, Nelson also states, "It is probably safe to say that the possible number of snow crystal shapes exceeds the estimated number of atoms in the known universe". This is because a typical snowflake has approximately a quintillion molecules, and the arrangement these molecules take depends on each of many tiny changes in temperature and humidity as the snowflake falls. This results in extraordinary diversity.

Still, this really can't be scientifically proven, since capturing and examining each snowflake is, of course, not feasible.

Answer: 2 million

The festival began in 1950 when high school students created six snow statues to celebrate winter. The festival runs for a week in February, and includes ice carvings, concerts, contests, and sledding. It draws visitors from around the world.

Answer: His footprints

Beck is an orienteering mapmaker by trade. He creates his giant designs on paper, and then walks and walks and walks- for upwards of ten hours- to create the artwork in fresh snow. Some of his designs are more than 1000 feet long.

If you have never seen these designs, google "Simon Beck Footprint Art". It will give you a new appreciation for the beauty of snow!