10 Pop Culture Trivia Questions About Blizzards

At this very moment, Superstorm Nemo (jeez, who names these things?) is bearing down on the East coast, and here in NYC everyone is in survival mode. Memories of Hurricane Sandy are fresh in our minds, and while we hope this storm passes with minimal damage, everybody’s still preparing for the worst: stocking up on groceries, checking flashlight batteries, and glued to the news for updates.

Until the storm hits, though, let’s have a little fun!

Here are 10 pop culture trivia questions about snow, ice, blizzards & the winter for you to enjoy – don’t worry, none of them will appear at our “90s vs 00s” pop culture trivia challenge next month in Brooklyn, hosted by NY1 morning news anchor Pat Kiernan. Try your hand at these, and see how you do!

  1. 1) Which airport is featured in the movie “Die Hard 2?”
  1. 2) Which movie’s tagline is, “A Lot Can Happen in the Middle of Nowhere?”
  1. 3) What was the one memorable hit by Canadian reggae musician Snow?
  1. 4) In which 2004 sci-fi film does global warming ushers in a new Ice Age, causing New York City to go into a deep freeze?
  1. 5) Robert Matthew Van Winkle is better known as whom?
  1. 6) Following actor Mark Hamill’s real-life car accident, a new scene involving what snow beast had to be added to “The Empire Strikes Back?”
  1. 7) What is rapper Tone Lōc’s favorite beverage?
  1. 8) Originally recorded by Simon and Garfunkel in 1966, “A Hazy Shade of Winter” also became a hit for which band in 1987?
  1. 9) Which 2 characters are forced to spend a freezing night in the woods chasing a Russian mobster in “The Sopranos?”
  1. 10) What is the Abominable Snowman’s nickname in the claymation classic “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” TV special?

Leave your answers below, or you can respond to individual questions via our Twitter feed @TrivWorks

Good luck – stay warm!

3 Comments

  1. Garth Hammer on February 7, 2013 at 9:54 pm

    1) Dulles (Yippie Kai-Ehh Mother Falcon)
    2) I don’t know, but I am going to guess Fargo
    3) Don’t know
    4) The Day After Tomorrow
    5) Vanilla Ice (don’t waste my time)
    6) Tan-Tan
    7) Funky Cold Medina
    8) The Bangles (also the theme song from Less Than Zero, an underrated 80’s Classic)
    9) Paulie and Steven Van Zandt’s character
    10) Bumble

  2. yishai on February 7, 2013 at 10:04 pm

    1)dulles
    2Fargo
    3)informer
    4)the day after tomorrow
    5) vanilla ice
    6)wompa
    7)funky cold media
    8*bengals
    9) Christopher and paulie
    10)sam

  3. JGP on February 8, 2013 at 11:17 am

    Dulles
    Fargo
    Informer
    The Day After Tomorrow
    Vanilla Ice
    Tauntaun (sp?)
    Funky Cold Medina
    The Bangles
    Paulie and Christopher
    Sam

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