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Shining on Frost Trivia Quiz

A quiz about a few frosty items. Good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by mlcmlc. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
mlcmlc

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
392,431

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

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1384

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1. Which author gave us the novel "Frost" about an isolated teenager choosing between parental advice and saving the life of her pet broot, Romes? Hint

J.K. Rowling

M.P. Kozlowsky

John Green

Stephenie Meyer

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2. "Frosty the Snowman" started life as a song, do you know who first recorded it in 1950? Hint

Gene Autry & The Cass County Boys

Eddie Dean

Roy Rogers

Tex Ritter

3. The companion ski areas, Jack Frost and Big Boulder, can be found in the Poconos in Pennsylvania. At the Jack Frost ski resort, which opened in 1972, which of the topsy-turvy items from below would a visitor find? Hint

Vegetable garden in the basement

Training hill at the bottom

Skiers going uphill

Resort lodge at the top of the mountain

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4. Developed by Sega, which of these video game characters are portrayed at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games? Hint

Bub & Bob

Donkey Kong & Diddy

Billy & Jimmy Lee

Mario & Sonic

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5. The members of the Norwegian black metal band Satyricon both use stage names, Satyr and Frost. Frost, the drummer, has been a core member since 1993. Which of these names was given to Frost at birth? Hint

Kjetil-Vidar Haraldstad

Edvard Munch

Edvard Grieg

Henrik Ibsen

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6. Detective Inspector Jack Frost first appeared in the radio play "Three Days of Frost" in 1977. Which of the authors listed below would publish six novels with this detective as protagonist? Hint

R.D. Wingfield

Dick Francis

Rex Stout

James Patterson

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7. One of Marvel Comics characters introduced in 1980 would eventually become an X-Men superhero. Do you know which of these is also referred to as the White Queen? Hint

Emma Grace Frost

Katherine Anne "Kitty" Pryde

Alison "Ali" Blaire

Sean Cassidy

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8. The "Frost/Nixon" film fictionalizes the interviews of Richard Nixon in 1977 by David Frost. Who directed the 2008 film? Hint

Sam Mendes

Martin Scorsese

Ron Howard

George Clooney

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9. Sugar Frosted Flakes were added to the U.S. grocers' shelves in 1952. Can you identify which of the mascots listed below has been telling us ever since that "They're grrrrreat!"? Hint

Snap, Crackle and Pop

Tony the Tiger

Toucan Sam

Milton the Toaster

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10. Though many know that the poem "The Road Not Taken" is by Robert Frost, can you identify his first published poem from the list below? Hint

Home Burial

My Butterfly: An Elegy

After Apple Picking

Fire and Ice

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which author gave us the novel "Frost" about an isolated teenager choosing between parental advice and saving the life of her pet broot, Romes?

Answer: M.P. Kozlowsky

Frost gets parental advice from the information uploaded to her robot Bunt before her father was taken from her world. One piece of advice is to never go out. She's happy to follow that advice until her pet, Romes, gets sick and she must venture out to save him.

2. "Frosty the Snowman" started life as a song, do you know who first recorded it in 1950?

Answer: Gene Autry & The Cass County Boys

Gene Autry & The Pinafores recorded "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" written by Johnny Marks and it was released in time for the Christmas season in 1949. The song was a huge hit, and Autry wanted to find another seasonal hit song. "Frosty the Snowman" was written by Walter "Jack" Rollins and Steve Nelson and released on December 14, 1950.

Answer: Resort lodge at the top of the mountain

The Split Rock Club, formed in 1942, included a lodge and the Hazzard ski slope. When sold in 1947 the slope became Big Boulder Ski Area. It was also in in 1956 that John Guresh invented a working snow-making machine. When Jack Frost was designed, the lessons learned from Big Boulder were incorporated from the start.

4. Developed by Sega, which of these video game characters are portrayed at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games?

Answer: Mario & Sonic

"Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games" was the first sequel to "Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games". The title characters from both the "Mario" and "Sonic the Hedgehog" series are cast as this game's characters. The game was released for both Wii and Nintendo DS platforms (2009).

Answer: Kjetil-Vidar Haraldstad

Kjetil-Vidar Haraldstad, aka Frost, has played for several bands, but most recently for 1349 and Satyricon. Satyricon won a Norwegian Grammy for Best Metal Album for their their fifth studio album, "Volcano" (released 2002).

6. Detective Inspector Jack Frost first appeared in the radio play "Three Days of Frost" in 1977. Which of the authors listed below would publish six novels with this detective as protagonist?

Answer: R.D. Wingfield

R.D. Wingfield (1928-2007) created this character around 1972 after being offered a "non-returnable" advance from Macmillan publishing house. "Frost at Christmas" was created and then rejected by the publisher. Wingfield, a veteran radio play creator, modified the book into a script, "Three Days of Frost".

7. One of Marvel Comics characters introduced in 1980 would eventually become an X-Men superhero. Do you know which of these is also referred to as the White Queen?

Answer: Emma Grace Frost

Emma Frost first appears in "The Dark Phoenix Saga" as a villain, White Queen of the Hellfire Club. She is telepathic and can use her mind to control others. It's not until the Sentinel robots kill her students at a mutant school that her second mutant ability manifests; the ability to transform into a diamond-like object.

8. The "Frost/Nixon" film fictionalizes the interviews of Richard Nixon in 1977 by David Frost. Who directed the 2008 film?

Answer: Ron Howard

"Frost/Nixon" starred Frank Langella as Nixon and Michael Sheen as Frost. Though some scenes never happened (like the drunken midnight call), the characters are brought to life in a gripping narrative.

9. Sugar Frosted Flakes were added to the U.S. grocers' shelves in 1952. Can you identify which of the mascots listed below has been telling us ever since that "They're grrrrreat!"?

Answer: Tony the Tiger

Kellogg's first cereal in 1906 was Kellogg's Toasted Corn Flakes. The cereal was popular and the business thrived. Tony, with the red bandana around his neck, has been the mascot for Frosted Flakes for more than 50 years.

10. Though many know that the poem "The Road Not Taken" is by Robert Frost, can you identify his first published poem from the list below?

Answer: My Butterfly: An Elegy

Frost's first poem was published in the "New York Independent" when he was 20 (1894). However, he had trouble getting more poems published until he went to Great Britain in 1912. There he published two volumes of poetry before returning to the US in 1915.

Source: Author mlcmlc

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